Floor contact and weight bearing are two different things
When shifting your weight in Flamenco, the position of your shoes alone does not determine which leg is supporting you. Both feet can touch the floor while almost all your weight rests on one leg. Conversely, a foot that seems ready to move can still be so heavily weighted that you can only free it with a jerk. The reliable test is to lift it briefly and calmly, not to look at the distance between your feet.
Your supporting leg holds you up for as long as your free foot is moving. Your striking foot can touch the floor without taking on that role. A weight shift only happens when you actually transfer your support to the other leg. That is why you practise two separate actions here: making contact without shifting, then deliberately transferring your weight to the other side. You do not need to lift your foot high or make a loud strike.
This distinction helps you read later foot sequences: not every audible contact means a new supporting foot. You can find out how this relates to other movement tasks in Flamenco technique for stance, feet, and arms. The slow practice pulses here are not yet a specific Compás; for that, it is important to understand Flamenco palos and their rhythmic structures.
