heel-toe

Smooth stepping technique

Heel-toe describes a driving technique where the driver uses one foot to operate both brake and throttle simultaneously—heel on the accelerator, toe on the brake, or vice versa—allowing smooth downshifts while braking into a corner: He heel-toed through the chicane.

The term also applies to a style of walking or dancing where the heel strikes before the toe: heel-toe technique in clogging.

dance

polka

Bouncy partnered folk step

tap · country · line-dance · rhythm · stomp · shuffle · beat · traditional · jig · reel

driving

downshift

Change to lower gear

technique · corner · pedal · blip · manual · transmission · track · apex · deceleration · smoothness

walking

gait

Locomotion pattern

  • strideExtended single footstep
  • stepFoot movement forward
  • paceSpeed of movement

rolling · foot · motion · posture · biomechanics · walking · technique · natural · movement · balance

Categories
Opposites
driving technique refinement

heel-toeflat-footed

Having no arch

shuffling · automatic transmission · stomping · plodding · tip-toe

Family

heel, toe, heels, toes, heeled, toed, heeling, toeing, heelless

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G