Typically I wear no shoes, just socks. But it can make it slippery sometimes, so I take the sock off and just go barefoot. But if my feet are dry, they'll slip, too. I have been wearing my regular tennis shoes lately, because I think the added weight helps my double pedal speed, which needs it. Plus, it's more consistent than barefoot as I mentioned earlier. My main issue is that i wear a 15 shoe, so with shoes on, It's hard to do heel-toe. My heel is on the floor behind the pedal. Alos, I was at a show and the drummer was wearing those water shoes- I think they're called aquasocks(?). He played double real well. I may try that.