| The importance of proper tap shoes cannot be | | | | It is best to get your feet measured and sized to |
| understated. Getting the correct tap shoes is | | | | find the perfect size shoes for your feet. You can |
| crucial to being a tap dancer. The correct pair of | | | | easily cause damage to your ankles if you pick |
| tap shoes can help prevent a lot of problems | | | | the wrong type of tap shoes. The shoes should |
| including injuries that can happen to the feet. A | | | | also match your official tap outfit because your |
| good pair of tap shoes should be able to make a | | | | image is very important when it comes to tap |
| strong sound without much needed pressure on | | | | dancing. Be sure to also pick a pair of shoes that |
| the heels when tap dancing. | | | | has a very capable heel and not too much friction |
| The pair of shoes should also be very fit and not | | | | caused with the ground when walking on the |
| loose at all because if the shoes are loose it is | | | | dance floor. |
| very possible that the shoes will come falling off | | | | Most dance floors should be smooth so this should |
| and this can cause all sort of injuries. The shoes | | | | not be a huge problem. Just remember that |
| must not be too tight because that can cause | | | | dancing is a form of art and having the correct |
| injuries to the ankle area if there is too much | | | | materials to help you perform your art is possibly |
| pressure tightening the feet. | | | | the most important thing to the artist. |