backward 1-footed

Practice.Do it over and over and over and over again.THen some
more.youll get it.

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I've only done 4 revs, but I found that thinking about picking up my
foot on the back (now front; in otherwards the up) stroke helped quite a
bit.

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I was just about to make a thread about this but decided not. i can only
get like 1/2 rev ive got 2 before though.. any help is more than
welcome

Chase

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U-Turn has it right. You need to think a lot about the upstroke. Try
hard to pull it up and over. The down stroke is pretty easy. You do have
to lean back more than feels comfortable, but don't lean too far, as
that is risking serious injury.

I found it worked best to go from one-footed riding, then just reverse
and go backward, but also try it from backward riding and from
one-footed idling.

It's level 8 so it is fairly tricky.

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While we are on the freestlye subject area.. i have completely lost all
knowledge at riding seat at side, i used to be able to do it but i didnt
do it for a long time becuase i alwasy burnt my leg. but now i cant do
it at all.. any points jsm and others..

Chase

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Unitik908 said:

*While we are on the freestlye subject area.. i have completely lost
all knowledge at riding seat at side, i used to be able to do it but i
didnt do it for a long time becuase i alwasy burnt my leg. but now i
cant do it at all.. any points jsm and others.. *

I personally bend my knees a LOT to keep the tire from hitting my legs,
and that helps. somewhat.

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the upstroke is definitely the hardest part, but once you get the hang
of it, its sort of easy. just make sure your pedals are on tight...mine
undid themselves, and it wasnt pretty...

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Quoted message said:

Originally posted by Unitik908
While we are on the freestlye subject area.. i have completely lost
all knowledge at riding seat at side, i used to be able to do it but i
didnt do it for a long time becuase i alwasy burnt my leg. but now i
cant do it at all.. any points jsm and others..

Here's what I wrote on the Unicyclopedia. I had just learned it to the
left, (I could already do it to the right) so it was pretty clear in my
mind at the time

"Riding seat on side is level five, so it's about as difficult as wheel
walking. This is one skill that is a lot easier on a 20" wheel. It is
still possible to learn it on a 24" wheel, and that's the perspective
from which I write.

To start with, practice riding in circles with seat out in back. When
you are comfortable with this, lean a little while turning, and slip the
seat around on your side. The hard part is avoiding scraping you leg
with the tire, while still getting you leg properly between the the seat
and wheel. It helps to go slow, squat down a fair amount, lean back, and
even move you foot so it's half off the end of the pedal. This may not
be as necessary on a 20" unicycle. You can also do spins in this
postion, or go backward, if you practice enough."

The most important thing is to squat down a little bit.

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well do u even have backwards down yet?

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What I noticed about 1-footed forward riding is that at first I tried to
control the balance with vigorous pressure on the down stroke. After
about 6 months the pressure got lighter and lighter till I was just a
hair's breath away from coasting–that's when I could start 1 footing
fluidly and really get some speed up on the flats.

In my limited experience, it's the jerky motion of too much
downpressuring that disrupts the flow when you're backward 1 footing.
And till you can get that flow, you can never get past a few strokes. So
lighten up on the down stroke and connect the up stroke and you're good
to go with a few weeks practice.

JL

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Well, I kick real hard on the way down and balanceit out on the way
up.... I can do it as far as i want usually, but why, I learned it cause
it looks cool never really use it anymore. There is a short one foot
backwards in my gallery only like 3 rev, it was a little trick set i was
playin with. it in the freestlye and skatepark folder and the clip is
called freestyle...

http://gallery.unicyclist.com/Codys-Gallery

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