How Do You Do The Back Step In Tap Dancing?
In the back step in tap dancing, you are chugging backwards as well as ball changing (step, step) to the back. Normally, when you execute a ball change, the “ball” is done to the back, the “change” is done in place and the “change” foot is situated in front of the “ball” foot. However, in the back step, you step back on both the ball and the change–thus the name for this step. Shuffle step ball change on your right foot and then on your left. Chug to the back on your left foot and ball change to the back (right, left). Repeat the ball change to the back twice (right, left, right, left). Remember that the chug requires the dancer to shove her entire foot either frontward or backward (as is the case here) and drop her heel when she completes the shoving motion. Bend your knee so that it is easier to make your foot slide in either direction. Chugging backward may prove a bit more difficult than doing the move to the front. Combine the steps: Shuffle step ball change, repeat; chug, ball c
