How to Break in Hardshoes for Irish Step Dancing
First things first, a hard shoe is like a tap dancing shoe, but it is a little more expensive and instead of metal it has fiber-glass or resin tips., Apply some Vaseline to the inside edge of your hard shoe where your heel will be., Walk...
Step-by-Step Guide
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Step 1: First things first
Therefore, some of the things you do to break in tap shoes might seem similar to these tips. -
Step 2: a hard shoe is like a tap dancing shoe
This is to prevent a lot of blisters from coming.
You are still going to get blisters, just not as much as you would without the Vaseline. ,, Just do maybe five to ten in a row.
Sevens work too, if you would rather.
These exercises will help increase the wideness of your hard shoe. , Make sure you rub at the sides and the front and backs. , Walk up and down the stairs about three to five times.
Remember to walk at a very fast pace. , Once again, every Irish step dancer knows what this movement is.
Repeatedly, do these exercises about ten to fifteen times. , You can leave it overnight.
This will help make it easier to go en pointe. , You could do any one you want, as long as it will make your shoes feel "worn." This will probably give you blisters, but it's essential. , Once you are comfortable standing in three-quarters pointe (with just the balls of your feet on the ground), you should begin working towards a toe stand, if they are allowed for your age group.
Begin by holding onto a surface at waist height such as a desk or a sturdy chair.
Go into full pointe on one foot and pick the other up off the ground while using the desk for support. (It's okay if you have to bend your knee, but as your hard shoes become more broken in, try to straighten it more and more.) Meanwhile, repeatedly tap the heel of your standing foot with the toe of your standing foot.
This will help give your shoe the flexibility you need to do a toe stand.
Switch feet and do the same exercise on the other foot. -
Step 3: but it is a little more expensive and instead of metal it has fiber-glass or resin tips.
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Step 4: Apply some Vaseline to the inside edge of your hard shoe where your heel will be.
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Step 5: Walk around.Since your hard shoe is now on
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Step 6: walk up and down stairs
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Step 7: walk around the house
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Step 8: but do not walk outside
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Step 9: the concrete will ruin the leather sole.
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Step 10: Start doing hop two threes.Every Irish step dancer know what a hop two three is.
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Step 11: If your feet are starting to hurt
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Step 12: take a break and start rubbing the inside of your hard shoe.
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Step 13: After rubbing
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Step 14: apply some more Vaseline
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Step 15: and put your hard shoes back on
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Step 16: because it is time to do more exercises.
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Step 17: hop back
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Step 18: hop back two three four.
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Step 19: Bend your hard shoe in half and put it under the couch.
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Step 20: Once you have done everything here
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Step 21: try to dance.
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Step 22: Toe stand practice.
Detailed Guide
Therefore, some of the things you do to break in tap shoes might seem similar to these tips.
This is to prevent a lot of blisters from coming.
You are still going to get blisters, just not as much as you would without the Vaseline. ,, Just do maybe five to ten in a row.
Sevens work too, if you would rather.
These exercises will help increase the wideness of your hard shoe. , Make sure you rub at the sides and the front and backs. , Walk up and down the stairs about three to five times.
Remember to walk at a very fast pace. , Once again, every Irish step dancer knows what this movement is.
Repeatedly, do these exercises about ten to fifteen times. , You can leave it overnight.
This will help make it easier to go en pointe. , You could do any one you want, as long as it will make your shoes feel "worn." This will probably give you blisters, but it's essential. , Once you are comfortable standing in three-quarters pointe (with just the balls of your feet on the ground), you should begin working towards a toe stand, if they are allowed for your age group.
Begin by holding onto a surface at waist height such as a desk or a sturdy chair.
Go into full pointe on one foot and pick the other up off the ground while using the desk for support. (It's okay if you have to bend your knee, but as your hard shoes become more broken in, try to straighten it more and more.) Meanwhile, repeatedly tap the heel of your standing foot with the toe of your standing foot.
This will help give your shoe the flexibility you need to do a toe stand.
Switch feet and do the same exercise on the other foot.
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