I have, but aside from the cost, I still think it is different to actually move part of your body to the rhythm. I don’t think it is a substitute.
Maybe I try toes again…
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My experience is that foot tapping hurts my playing just as often as it helps me, so I just let it emerge naturally. This usually happens when I really find the groove in a song I know well.
Is there something specific in your playing that you think will benefit from foot tapping?
If not, I wouldn’t worry about it. In fact, I vaguely remember reading that classical teachers discourage students from tapping their feet…though I can’t remember why.
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I’ve got one and I don’t think it’s a substitute. I feel you still have to connect with the pulse and tap your foot or wiggle a toe etc.
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I play right handed and while sitting down, I hold my electric guitar in the classical position so it rests on my left leg and the fret is up nice and high at an angle. When I stand up, it’s in the exact same position as it was sitting down. Therefore, I tap with my right foot, or else my guitar would be jumping up and down on my left knee. I find the classical position easier for bar chords and reaching down the neck past the 12th fret.
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Are you supposed to tap on every beat in a bar or just the first one?
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Hi Prashant @psarkar, welcome to the Community! We’d love to learn about your guitar journey…you can introduce yourself over here. 
You’ll tap your foot on each beat. So if you’re in 4:4 time (four beats per bar), you’ll tap your foot four times per bar. Note that you won’t always strum the strings when you tap your foot, but it’s important to keep that foot (as well as your hand) going!
If you’re viewing the lessons on the app, it’s always worth taking a few minutes to review the notes for the lesson over on the website. You’ll find the notes for Grade 1 Module 2 here. There’s often a bit of extra information that didn’t make it into the video!
Hope to see you around the community.
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It doesn’t matter what foot you use for tapping. The important thing is, that one part of your body is showing you the rhythm and pace.
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Hi,
Is it ok to tap my right foot as I’m finding it difficult to tap my left foot gets tired faster and also I feel more in time when I tap my right foot.
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That’s fine Prabhath @prabhath
It is often the case that many people lean their guitar on their right leg more often… I usually change a lot between them (when I finally start tapping over the past six months after years of playing) because one foot get tired …
Edit: And I also heard Justin say in the video that depending on which leg your guitar is leaning on, you don’t tap with that leg where the guitar leans on
Welcome here and I wish you a lot of fun 
Rogier
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Either foot is fine.
I can’t prove it, but I deliberately tap with my "weak’ foot sometime…I think that exercises the rhythm part of the other side of my brain, which might help my rhythm overall.
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Thank you Roger, appreciate your inputs 
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Thank you @Tbushell , appreciate your inputs. 
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I developed this during band but it’s more like a stomp 
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It helps thanks sir
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Exactly
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Judi 
today i have learned tapping foot 
from Monday im gonna start doing in my practice
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When tapping foot counting 1 & 2 & 3 & 4 & I notice I do a mini tap on the ands. Is this a habit I should get out of? or is it actually good?
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When you get to songs that are 150 bpm you’ll be tapping 300 times a minute.
You’ll find it a lot easier at higher bpm to tap on the 1 and 3 or 2 and 4 (back beat).
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Hi Paul, I do this naturally as well. @stitch Rick gives good advice. I’m nowhere near 150bpm, and it’s already becoming a problem for me! I’m working to break this tendency.
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@judi Judy try tapping the ands with the other foot. This will help get your main foot use to tapping only on the down beats.
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