How to do Paddles in Tap Dancing

Video Transcript

"Hi, this is Sarah McLellan in New York City here at June Parody's Dance Studio. On behalf of Expert Village, I'm going to teach you today some basic and beginning tap moves. Come on in! The next step we are going to do is the basic paddle. This is kind of going to be broughy together to make a paddle and row as you get a little bit more advanced. But it is made up out of the steps that I have thought you before a heel dig, a slap up, a ball and a heel drop. Then you are going to do it on the other leg. So it alternates to each leg to make the paddle and roll which you have not heard this before it is kind of a steam train, a steamed engine. The paddle and roll it shuga, shuga, shuga so let's try that. So I'm going to show you now heel dig, step up, roll, heel, heel step, ball heel. We are going to do it a little bit faster 4 sounds 1,2,3,4,1,2,3,4, 1,2,3,41,2,3,4. Simple 4 sounds heel. Do it quickly. That is the paddle move."