Tap Shoes are important for tap because of the tap on the bottom of the shoe. When you do a flap you should hear a tapping noise. Tap can be a very difficult thing to take because it depends on how fast you can tap and you have to be able to hear th right sound.

Tap is starting in almost every college because it is becoming more important and pretty popular to do. 

Some easy things to start out with are flaps and shouffles. These are hard to explain but if you see a flap or shouffle you should be able to get it. If you get those two things you will be able to move on to harder things like triple time steps and military time steps.