That is, maintain your balance during the turn and stay atop of your feet. This is essential to staying in a slot during West Coast Swing. After all, he's the one watching her spin and can see where she's headed when, if she's off kilter, she's watching the room blur by. Don't feel hesitant to turn to unravel out of an awkward position. Your weight should be on the ball of your foot when turning.
Ballet dancers get the nasty habit of turning up on their toes.
Ankle rise used to lift the heel must be absorbed in the knees and hips. Also, stylistically, it can be a detriment to look like a ballerina and tippy-toe around the dance floor on straight legs. Ballet dancers switching to ballroom find that one of the most difficult habits to correct is coming down in their knees instead of standing tall and straight like a ballerina. Ballet and ballroom technique are different. For smooth dancing, heel leads, lowering, body swing and parallel feet are usually not instinctive.