Now we're going to learn the footwork for what we call the 2 o'clock right turn. The footwork is the same for the ladies and the men. We're just going to change the counts. First, I'll show the lady's timing. It looks like this. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7. We're doing one complete turn. We start off by doing the back half of our basic. Back, rock, together. On 5, we're going to take our left foot and step forward. The reason it's called a 2 o'clock right turn is because we place the foot at 2 o'clock. Not straight in front because the idea is you don't want to step on your partner's feet. We're going to go slightly to the right, 2 o'clock, 5 with the left foot. We're going to push off with that foot, turn around, and turn on the right foot stepping together. What we don't want to do is pick up that right foot. Once we start the turn, the right foot stays planted to the ground. Push off, turn, together. A few tips. We want to keep our knees bent while we're doing this. When you're turning, you want to try to stay on the ball of the foot. You don't want to turn on your heel. As we step forward, 5. We're going to turn around, put the weight onto the right foot, and continue turning to the right stepping together to stop ourselves. The momentum doesn't come from pushing off of the foot. That's not it. It comes from the shoulders. We want to keep our arms up home base and we want to use this motion here to carry us around. As we step forward, we're going to wind up slightly to the left with our upper body and we're going to pull to the right to give us the momentum we need to get around. It's just a single, so you don't need a lot. You want to wind up really big, so keep it small and subtle. For the gentlemen, all we're going to do is flip those numbers. The guys are going to do the turn on 1, 2, 3, and the back rock on 5, 6, 7. For the guys, it'll look like this. 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7.
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