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Spank Step Ball Change

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Spank Step Ball Change Tap Dance Move Shown by Rod Howell · United Taps - Tap Dance Lessons
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Description

Do a spank step, then a ball change: step lightly onto the ball of the other foot, then shift your weight back onto the first foot. Four sounds, with the weight changing on each of the three steps.

Breakdown

  1. Spank
  2. Step
  3. Step
  4. Step
Count (one cell per sound · counts vary by teacher)
Spank&
Step1
Step&
Step2

Practice Tips

  • Keep the foot flexed on the spank; pointing it causes a scrape on the very first sound.
  • Practice it back to back with a flap ball change: the ball change part is the same, only the first sound's direction changes.

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