right foot dominant and sick of it...

eric · Since 13 Jan 2006 1805 Posts XTreme Poster

Anyone tried anythhing to improve the coordination of their less coordinated leg? I am very right foot favored, which means that 90% of what I do is on port tack--I was the same windsurfing.

Skateboarding with my feet reversed, hypnosis, what...?

Thanks,
Eric

Spike · Since 13 May 2007 1414 Posts Alameda Spelling Expert

just make sure you do the same trick on the opposite tack. When i started doing backrolls the only way to untwist my lines was to do a backroll on the other tack. Then I started doing front rolls, but I kept this routine so that I could do it equally well both ways. For ever trick i do i try to it an equal number of times on the opposite tack. Works really well.

pkh · Since 27 Feb 2005 6548 Posts Couve / Hood Site Lackey

Ever since my right knee started bothering me I started doing more tricks landing on my other tack. Hasn't made my right knee feel any better but my goofy side tricks are almost as good as my regular footed ones now. Confused

jimmyc · Since 04 Aug 2005 74 Posts Cape Cod, MA

Not sure how it is out there but I know amongst all my friends and I we have certain tricks we do one way and certain we do the other...and we're all very different even though we have same dominant leg. I found odd stuff like learning to waterski with right foot forward has made me ride toeside better right foot forward even though I snowboard left foot forward. Strange stuff like that of course affects how you ride.

Anyway, like you I wondered about this and worked on landing the same trick on both tacks. Then I took a few lessons with some pros/semi-pros and found out they do the same thing....certain tricks only one direction. So, now I don't worry about it and try to just try to figure out which way I'll be more likely to land a new trick...

Wind Slither · Since 04 Mar 2005 2575 Posts The 503 METAL

blowhard · Since 26 Dec 2005 2025 Posts Windward

I hear you
The southerlies are sooo good
I want to ride them better
But while doing it last Thanksgiving day
I slightly damaged my minicus (knee)
had to take off the winter from snowboarding waiting for it to heal
might be why it's called the weak side
but still working on it using my surfboard to come in heelside on northers
and feeling pretty comfortable going goofy the rest of time
Our oldest kiter is Wild Bill and he just turned 64
he has been surfing for 50+ years
he says just throw your other shoulder forward when you jump up on your board and you will become amberdextrous
works for me

jimmyc · Since 04 Aug 2005 74 Posts Cape Cod, MA

blowhard, did you have your meniscus repaired or part of it removed (partial menisectomy)?

I had mine repaired almost 6 months ago and am just getting back on the water. It's a downer, huh?! Sad

blowhard · Since 26 Dec 2005 2025 Posts Windward

no ,
not bad enough at this time
not torn loose
just crunched
he siad it will go (hurts in certian positions)
eventually (something to look foward to )
at least they got a $1200.00 pic of it
5k deductable
self employed health plan