Best starting block position: left foot forward or right foot?
Former Member
I remember when my friend taught me how to water ski. He told me to stand feet together and then he pushed me. Instinctively my left foot shot out to steady myself. He said that is the foot that should be in front on the slalom ski.
What is the thinking on the starting block position? Which foot should be in front?
Syd
Parents
Former Member
Just as people are right or left handed...so they will be with their feet. But not necessarily with the same dominance.
That said...the lead foot may feel most comfortable taking the forward position on the starting block. For those who have never skateboarded, surfed or been on a water ski, they may have a different enlightenment on which one is best suited to take the lead on the track start.
As you said Syd...your left foot felt better taking the lead on the ski. Same should hold true on the block.
(In the surfing world...the left foot first is known as regular foot...and the right foot first is called goofy foot.)
Oddly enough there appear to be more regular foot riders than goofy footers.
www.ehow.com/how_2574_determine-regular-goofy.html
Just as people are right or left handed...so they will be with their feet. But not necessarily with the same dominance.
That said...the lead foot may feel most comfortable taking the forward position on the starting block. For those who have never skateboarded, surfed or been on a water ski, they may have a different enlightenment on which one is best suited to take the lead on the track start.
As you said Syd...your left foot felt better taking the lead on the ski. Same should hold true on the block.
(In the surfing world...the left foot first is known as regular foot...and the right foot first is called goofy foot.)
Oddly enough there appear to be more regular foot riders than goofy footers.
www.ehow.com/how_2574_determine-regular-goofy.html
