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Kick Ball Change

beginner

also known as: KBC

A syncopation unit — kick, then a quick ball-change weight transfer — borrowed from vernacular jazz and used constantly in WCS as anchor-step play, filler during extensions, and leader footwork during whips.

Not a pattern on its own, but documented here because it's among the first footwork variations taught, and because "throw a kick ball change on your anchor" is the classic first step into improvised footwork.