Instructions

Things You’ll Need:

• Tap shoes

1. Step 1

   Learn the count to the soft shoe break, which is “1&a2&a3&a4a&a5a6a7&8.” The soft shoe break is a rather complicated combination.

2. Step 2

   Recognize that the count alone might not make a lot of sense to you, especially if you’re new to dancing. Slowly learn to combine the count with the steps.

3. Step 3

   Start memorizing the order of the steps in the soft shoe break: Step-brush-ball-change-shuffle-hop-shuffle-step-shuffle-hop-step-flap-flap-stamp-stamp.

4. Step 4

   Step to the left on your left foot and brush ball (right) change (left) in front of your left foot to the count of “1&a2.”

5. Step 5

   Shuffle hop on your right foot and then shuffle step on your right foot, stepping back. The count is “&a3&a4.”

6. Step 6

   Shuffle hop step on your left foot, stepping behind the right foot, and doing so on the count of “a&a5.”

7. Step 7

   Flap your right foot followed by a flap (brush step) with your left foot, doing this combination on the count of “a6a7.”

8. Step 8

   Stamp your right foot on the count of “&.”

9. Step 9

   Stamp your left foot on the count of “8.”

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