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Slap

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How to Tap Dance, It's Never-2-Late Lesson 9: Slaps · Tap Dance with Mary Wall
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Brush the ball of the free foot forward, then tap that same ball on the floor without putting weight on it. It sounds like a flap, but the weight stays on the standing foot, so the slapping foot is free to move again right away.

Breakdown

  1. Brush
  2. Touch
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Brusha
Touch1

Practice Tips

  • Lift the foot as soon as the brush strikes; a brush that drags along the floor smears into the touch.
  • Check that you could lift the slapping foot straight after the touch. If you can't, you have done a flap.

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