The Basics of Tap Vocabulary

Check out these important tap basics below!

 

  1. Stamp – put your foot on the ground with weight
  2. Stomp – put your foot on the ground without weight
  3. Hop – jump up and down on one foot
  4. Leap – jump from one foot to the other
  5. Slap – brush the ball of your foot forward and down without weight
  6. Flap – brush the ball of your foot forward and down with weight
  7. Shuffle – brush the ball of your foot forward and back
  8. Scuff – brush the heel of your foot forward
  9. Ball-change – use the balls of your feet to do two marches, often back and then front