Rocker turn

Rocker turn

The rocker turn is a turn executed "on one foot from an outside edge to an outside edge or an inside edge to an inside edge, with the exit curve on a different part of the turn from the entry curve". Like the counter turn, it draws figures that look like a curly bracket symbol, but with one-half of the bracket pointing in the opposite direction. It maintains the same edge throughout the turn. The rocker turn is similar to a three-turn; like a three-turn, it rotates inside the circle. It changes direction, but does not change feet, and travels from one circle to another. It does not change direction, although it is similar to a change of edge in that it has a turn in the center, which faces into the direction of the first circle. Rocker turns were developed during the late 1800s.