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  • Just responding to say I read this and I understand it must be a brain bender to overcome that sense of not trusting your foot to hit the ‘right’ spot every time - or maybe equating imbalance with impending emergency dentistry. Either way, time and practice is going to make that better, so your plan to put the 30mins sessions in is solid.
    One of the great things about concave on a deck (and for middle agers like me - the kicknose!) is the way you get positive feedback on heel and toe placement. Maybe think of other cues too - use 1 domehead bolt on the front truck as a ‘home key’? (Slalom skaters will often use a mount on top of the deck to get foot placement dialled and foot retention sorted).
    I was trying to think of something that’s been an equivalent hurdle for me and the only thing I could think of was going clipless. Those first couple of goes where you panic because you can’t unclip ‘in time’ (stacking it in a busy Croydon st the first time I did a longer ride) when there’s actually loads of time … and later you realise you just do it unconsciously and wtf was that all about?
    Good luck!

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