There are many Once Removed calls that can be done in multiple ways. Of course, the question is, what way is appropriate considering what the caller wants and what the experience of the dancers dictates.
These calls include but are not limited to:
| Peel Off | Trail Off | Single Turn to a Line | |
| Peel and Trail | Reach Out | Single Wheel |
These calls present challenges because they can be done in several ways and are indeed taught in different ways by different callers.
The methods are:
These three approaches are diagrammed on the pages following:
Peel Off
The physical separation approach is generally applicable to wave-type setups as shown below:
It is easy to do this call once you get into the take out position, but that take out must be accurate and, of course, everyone else in the square must be doing this the same way.
This method is extremely confusing to most dancers and is not recommended.
The Twosome approach is often applied from parallel 2-faced lines as shown below:
This method looks very clean and neat but has limited application and in any event, Twosomes is a C3B concept and is thus not available to C2 and C3A dancers.
The take out method is generally applicable and is shown below:
This method works for most of these cases. It is clunky and requires more steps and time. However, it is consistent and will work as long as everyone in the square uses this method. This method of resolving the Once Removedness once the tidal formation has been established is called DRAG and DROP.
The DRAG and DROP works well with most Once Removed calls that are taken out first and end in a tidal formation. See the section on Calls That End in Tidal Formations.