This is the beginner level warm up video for this course. Make sure you always warm up before dancing.

You’ll learn the shuffle step (aka the “double step”) in this lesson. The shuffle step is one of the most used steps in clogging. It consists of 3 distinct sounds.

Practice along with Courtney as you do the shuffle step. Make sure that you have the movement down really well before moving on. Rewatch the video as much as needed.

Dance the shuffle step again, but this time you will do it faster and with music. Music in clogging adds another layer of sound and makes it more fun and interesting.

Practice along with Courtney as you do the shuffles to music in this fun combo!

Scuffing is when you strike your heel along the ground in a forward motion. It is a fun movement that comes from the flatfooting style of dance.

Time to practice the scuff! Make sure you are flexing your foot and swinging your leg low. Practice as many times as needed to have the movement down really well.

The slap is similar to a scuff that it is from the Flatfooting style of dance. But it is opposite in every other way. This movement is done in a backward direction and you are striking the ball of your foot to the ground.

Practice the slap. Make sure you are using your ankle in order to make contact with the floor. You got this! Keep practicing until you have it down.

In this combo you will combine the scuff and the slap and dance them in a single count of 8 to music.

Practice the scuff & slap combo in this video.

There are several ways to do a pullback in clogging. In this lesson, you will learn one of the most basic ways. It’s level 1 of a series of 5 levels of pullbacks.

It is vital that you practice this level 1 pullback over and over until you have it down well. The next lesson builds upon this movement.

This is the 2nd pullback in the 5 pullback series. It is just a little different than a level 1 pullback.

Practice this level 2 pullback as much as needed before moving on to the combo!

This combo will take the level 1 pullback and the level 2 pullback and combine them into a full series. This is a long combo at 4 full counts of 8, but you got this!

Because this combo is so long and is comprised of many steps, it is especially important to practice it a lot!

This lesson is a lecture from the Clogging: Novice course. Please review it before moving onto the next lesson.

In this lecture, you will learn about the “and” beat (AKA the “Upbeat”).

Scuff ups are a combination of 3 clogging moves that you already know - the step, scuff, and jump-up. It’s a high energy movement.

Time to practice the Scuff Up! Do it as many times as you need to until you have it down so well that you don’t even have to think about it.

The gallop is similar to the scuff up in that it is comprised of 3 clogging movements that you already know. It has a step and jump-up, just like the scuff up, but the gallop has a knock instead of a scuff.

Practice the gallop over and over until you have it down. When you’re ready - you can move on to the combination next.

This combination has up doing the scuff up and the gallop, back to back. It’s really fun and requires a lot of high energy. Let’s go!

Practice the gallop up combination with and without music. Feel free to slow down or speed up the video if you need to review slowly or challenge yourself!

The rockstep is a very simple beginner movement, but it is important to know because it is used a lot in clogging.

Practice the rockstep. Because the movement is so simple, work on the stylization of it. Make sure you are getting the contrast between the high movement of the rock back and the low step when you rock forward.

The cowboy is a very stylized combo involving shuffles, a scuff up and the rockstep. It is the longest combo you’ve learned yet, at 2-counts of 8 in length.

Practice the cowboy as much as needed before moving on.

The single is a mini-combo. It combines the shuffle step with the rockstep. Go ahead and review both of those movements if needed, before attempting this lesson.

Practice the single as many times are you need before moving on.

For the first time in your clogging lessons, you are going to be placing weight on just the heel of your foot.

The heel walk is a movement that needs to be practiced a lot in order to do it correctly. Make sure that you have two loud and distinct sounds when executing the heel walk.

The turkey is a really fun combo that combines the single (shuffle and rockstep) with a heel step. There is an opportunity to add an extra little movement in this lesson. Challenge yourself and go for it!

This combo has a lot of different parts, so make sure you practice it over and over again.

The triple is a step that combines 3 shuffles with 1 rockstep.

This should be a fairly easy move for you. But make sure you practice until you have them down fast with good sounds.

Crossovers are also called the “grapevine” if you’ve ever done a line dance at a wedding or party before, you’ve probably done this classic step.

While practicing this movement, make sure that you are keeping your hips and shoulders facing forward the entire time.

This is a fun combo that has us combining the triple and the grapevine to make a whole new step!

This step has a lot of moving parts (literally) so make sure you practice it until you have it down really well!

This step is in the same “class” as the single and the triple. But, unlike the single and triple, this movement has TWO rocksteps. Thats what makes it “fancy.”

Although this is a simple movement, practice it a few times to make sure you really have it down before moving on.

Arguably the most famous clogging step, the drag is incorporated in many advanced clogging steps. You will learn the drag in it’s most basic form in this lesson.

This ones tricky! Make sure you are practicing it a lot.

This combo is really well known in the clogging community. It’s a great one because it helps you practice two of the most common steps - the shuffle and the drag.

Practice the Samantha as many times as needed before moving on.

You will learn how to replace a rockstep with bucks in this lesson. We will do it with a single, fancy double, and triple step.

The last lesson was a big lesson! Make sure you practice it a lot!

Now, we will replace rocksteps with knocks for singles, fancy doubles and triples.

Time to practice your knocks with the rockstep replace! Make sure you practice all of the variants - Single, Fancy Double, & Triple.

We are going to do all of the rockstep replaces, both with bucks and knocks in this combo.

This is a lot of new information. So practice it a lot! You got this!