The shuffle is described as a step-ball-step combination. Step forward with the right foot, step the ball of the left foot next to the right, shifting your weight to the left, then step forward again with the right foot. Repeat starting with stepping the left foot forward. This step is ideal to use as a transition or filler step in another style of dance. It can also be adapted by adding hip and arm movements with it. For example, pop the right hip forward with the first step, pop it left when you touch the ball of the left foot, and pop it right when you step right again.
Perform a scuff by brushing the heel of the foot over the floor. A brush is similar, but instead of the heel, the toe is brushed across the floor. These are both versatile components that can be integrated into dance combinations in line dancing, hip hop, tap dance and contemporary. While listed as a line dance step, brushes and scuffs are prevalent steps in tap dances as well.
The touching or tapping of the ball of one foot and then another is a basic building block of dance step combinations that can be used in virtually any style of dance. The step requires the ability and coordination to shift the weight from one foot to the other. One toe touches to the ground with the weight resting on the flat-footed leg. The weight can then be shifted to the touching foot as it becomes flat footed and the opposite foot now lightly touches to the ground, the weight of the body no longer on it. Mastering this weight-shifting step can lead to many more complicated versions in dances of many styles.
A pivot allows you to smoothly change direction. Step forward with the right foot with your body's weight distributed evenly between your two feet. Swivel or twist the body on the balls of the feet to the right, without picking up either foot from the ground, to face the opposite direction. You can adapt this move from line dances to tap dances to contemporary dances as a quick directional change.
A stomp is an accent movement that helps to capture a beat. Shift your weight to one foot and pick the other foot up by bending the knee. Bring the raised foot down to the ground aggressively so it impacts strongly with the floor. The foot should not be flopped down, however, but brought down with control and purpose. This step is common in line dancing but is also popular in tap dance numbers.