Floor Surfaces and Foot Support (was Scottish Country Dancing VS Scottish Folk Dancing)

Iain Boyd

Feb. 2, 2006, 8:58 p.m. (Message 44055)

Tom Mungall wrote - 
   
  "When dancing on these surfaces one realizes that there is a reason
  that most professional dance studios and basketball courts have
  sprung hardwood floors."
   
   
  Most basketball courts now seem to have quite different flooring and
  it is the ankle support given by their footware that prevents
  injury.
   
  Unfortunately, the soft soled pumps we wear do not provide the
  support needed to dance comfortably on other than wooden floors -
  sprung or not - and most of us know that we would prefer not to
  dance in other than pumps.
   
   
  Regards, 
   
  Iain Boyd
  Wellington
  New Zealand
   
   
   
   

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