Toe & Heel Drop Warmup

A drill to repeat every day, with the 8-4-2-1 idea at its center: eight toe or heel drops, then four, two and one, with a clap after each. Doing it all day, every day builds clarity, speed and even space between beats.

The stance is easy hips, easy knees, easy ankles, with your weight directly over your legs. Keep the arms and body alive. A warm-up is not only from the knees down.

A short tricky interlude sits in the middle, then a final section zig-zags it all across the floor.

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