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I've seen in a few places people talking about balancing one-footed on the board (and building up the length of time you can do that), as a decent beginner exercise. My balance is generally pretty good but I can't get anywhere near 30 seconds on the board yet!
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yeah I started doing that for a little bit when I first got the board, just standing on the board on the carpet in the hall and pretending to push whilst standing and bending the front leg. My knee stability isn't the greatest (previous non skating injuries) so I could do with building up the strength in them anyways, without having to resort to buying, a balance board or similar.
cornelius_blackfoot
Back on the skateboard after a couple of months off with a foot injury.
Current issue is the movement of front foot from being sideways on the board to forward on the board for the start of the push.
I’m finding if my foot isn’t pretty much straight I push and go off to my right. I’ve got no confidence in my push currently, trying to move from pushing with my foot and calf to swinging from my hip to push but my balance goes out of whack when I try that.
Any suggestions or should I just keep attempting to push on the board? I’m thinking I need to strengthen my front knee, just get steadier with it, when it’s bent and I’m leaning over it.
On the optimism front, feel much better standing on the board even after the time away, much more comfortable on it as it rolls.
Going to spend next week just getting back into doing 30m to an hour on the board to see how I improve..