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title: 15 Speeding up your turns
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date: 2026-04-28T08:02:00.567Z
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## FOCUS 
- This lesson focuses on speeding up turns in Chicago Triple by integrating single time stepping into learned moves, with a goal of practicing send outs and quick returns using energy and rhythm adjustments.
## TIP & TRICKS:
- Followers should travel steps on a line towards their partner during turns.
- Use head movement to look into the turn before the body to maintain direction.
- Keep the pulse in your body to stay on beat and avoid rushing.
- Leaders increase energy during release to signal a faster return.
- Speed up your own steps as a leader to transmit the need for followers to speed up.
- Practice send outs with triples, inside turns, and outside turns while applying return options.

##REMEMBER
- Maintain a consistent energy level when not changing the triple rhythm.
- Followers should focus on line, head direction, and body pulse for effective turns.
- Leaders can choose from three return options: triple back, triple with rotation, or stepping every beat with rotation.
- Catch the follower securely after a send out to ensure safety and flow.
- Adjust rhythm and energy together as a couple for synchronized speed changes.
- Apply these techniques to various turn types for versatility in dance moves.
