How To Do Pick Ups
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How To Do Pick Ups
In this video, a professional tap dancer will show you the basics of the pick up technique, as well as adding in heels and toe digs.
I'm going to show you how to do a pick up. Step back onto your right leg. Lift the toe of your left leg, keeping the heel on the ground, and then pick up the foot by slapping the toe on the ground.
That's a pick up. So, you step back, and pick up the foot. Step back, and pick up the foot.
Step back, and pick up. Step back, and pick up. I'm going to show you this on the side.
Step back, and pick up. Step back, and pick up. Again, step back and pick up, step back and pick up.
Pick ups. Step pick up, step pick up, step pick up, step pick up, step pick up, step pick up, step. And that's how to do a pick up.
Now that you've mastered the pick up, you can then add a heel. Step pick up heel. Step pick up heel.
Step pick up heel. Step pick up heel. I'll show you on the side.
Step, pick up, and heel. Step back, pick up, and heel. A little bit faster: step pick up heel, step pick up heel, step pick up heel, step pick up heel.
That's the step pick up heel, finishing with the toe dig. .