25 Years of Doing it Wrong or I'm Still Learning
After 25 years of teaching tap dance I think I've been doing warm-ups wrong the entire time. Granted there is no official right or wrong way to do warm-ups, but I measure their success by how well my students can execute the steps we do in warm-up each week. Before we go on I want to share my thoughts on the purpose of a warm-up. In most cases I don't think it's really about "getting warm" or "warming up the muscles". At least not for the young kids I teach who can break out into a full-on run with no preparation whatsoever, or who can drop into the splits without first stretching for a few minutes. I'm a little older so for me it does serve a bit of the "warm up the muscles" before we torture them purpose. But the kids I teach are good to go. So why do it? I do it for 2 reasons: 1. Reinforce basic steps. There is no substitute for repetition. If you do 100 step heels a week I promise your step heels will sound infinitely be