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- Dec 8, 2016
Hi. I'm having so much trouble with my backspin. After crossing my legs, I get about 3 revolutions but then all of a sudden, my blade will just stop moving. I think what's happening is I'm getting back towards the heel of my skate and I just come to a complete standstill when that happens. I'm not sure how to prevent this. I've watched videos but they haven't helped with this particular problem. I've tried focusing on trying to spin over my baby toe, and thinking about this does ensure that I'm getting over on my outside edge, but it's not helping in terms of keeping me from shifting to the back of my blade. Does anyone know of any way that I can keep from shifting to the back of my blade or is the only answer just lots and lots of practice. I'm happy to keep practicing but I'm not sure that it's going to help when I keep moving to the back of my blade as I practice. My practice may just be reinforcing the bad habit of shifting to the back. Would using one of those at-home spinners help with this? I have one that is about the size of my foot that's made by Jerry's but I don't use it much b/c I live in a small place where there's not much room. I'm always afraid that if I fall off of it, I'll hit a piece of furniture, lol! But if it will help with this problem, I'll start using it again....I may just have to move some furniture to use it! I welcome any suggestions. Thank You.