Welcome to the Shamrock School Practicing Page. Practice alongside these videos at home.

Warm ups and drills are recorded here for you to use as a guide for practicing at home.

Practicing without Perfecting is just Cardio

Suggested Comments to Ask your Dancer.

More often than not the kids know some of the comments they need to work on to improve their dancing, but they just need to be reminded. We often ask in class, "What could you have done better" to help them remember and understand what they specifically need to work on to become the best dancer they can be.

When You’re Practicing are You…?

1. Crossing your Feet

2. Turning Out your Feet

3. Pointing your Toes

4. Hitting your Butt

5. Dancing on Time to the Music

6. Looking Straight Ahead

7. Keeping your Arms In

8. Keeping your Back Straight

9. Two Sounds on the Ground for a Treble in Hard Shoe

10. One Sound on the Ground for a Brush in Hard Shoe

11. Stamping with a Full Foot in Hard Shoe

3-D Movement Exercises

Warm-ups: Light Jig and Reel

Soft Shoe Drills: Jumping on one foot and Pointing your Toes and Pushing off the ground with a Pointed Toe

Turn Out Drill: keep both feet turned out while switching feet front to back

Beginner Reel: The three points step & Hop 1 2 hop 1 2

Beginner Light Jig: The three point ups & Box step