Flip the Diamond – Analysis

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Flip the Diamond

Links:   Define Standard Module Teach Other Extend

Call Analysis:

Hands needed at the start: Neither hand
Hands held at the end: Both or one hand as needed to form the wave or line

Body flow at the start: Clockwise for a right-hand diamond
Body flow at the end: Same as at the start

Good preceding calls:
— Diamond Circulate
— Center wave Swing Thru
— Very Centers Trade
— Centers Trade
— Centers Hinge

Good following calls:
— Centers Trade
— Centers Cross Run
— Acey Deucey
— Fan the Top

Ending Formations for Standard starting Formation and Arrangements:
a) Right-Hand Diamonds (All four Diamond centers in one wave), “1/2” (Boys as centers and Girls as points): Flip the Diamond
Ends in Parallel Right-Hand Waves, “0” (Girls in Center)

b) Right-Hand Diamonds (All four Diamond centers in one wave), “0” (Girls as centers and Boys as points): Flip the Diamond
Ends in Parallel Right-Hand Waves, “1/2” (Boys in Center)

Some Extended Applications:

a) Left-Hand Diamonds (All four Diamond centers in one wave), “0” (Boys as centers and Girls as points): Flip the Diamond
Ends in Parallel Left-Hand Waves, “1/2” (Girls in Center)

b) Facing Diamonds (All four Diamond centers in one right-hand wave), Boys in the wave: Flip the Diamond
Ends in Parallel Right-Hand Two-Faced Lines, “0” (Normal Couples)

c) Facing Diamonds (All four Diamond centers in one left-hand wave), Girls in the wave: Flip the Diamond
Ends in Parallel Left-Hand Two-Faced Lines, “0” (Normal Couples)

ARC Rulings (Applications Review Committee of CALLERLAB): none