Mikefule wrote:
* It isn't important, it's just fun.. which is important as an end in
itself.
*


In the end it is important to have fun. If you can have fun with a few
skills, great! I like learning new skills, or tricks, whatever you want
to call them, because I'm greedy.

The skill levels don't just apply to freestyle. My personal opinion is
that it is easiest to learn skills on a smooth level surface with a 20"
unicycle. These are usually termed freestyle unicycles, but maybe the
trials and Muniers will just start calling them trainers.

Skill level skills are a progression of skills. In general you should
learn skills in the order listed in the levels, but of course everyone
will find that they have certain areas they learn faster than average.
You can also learn a skill by just practicing it over and over until you
get it. But the skill levels can tell you a lot about why you might be
having a problem learning a skill. For instance, if you can't idle or go
backward, have you been able to ride forward, stop, go back 1/2 rev and
then continue forward? If you can't do seat out, can you ride with your
stomach on the seat?

If you have no problem learning a skill, the levels are probably useless
for you. If you don't care about learning new skills, they are also
useless. If you have seen someone gliding down a street for 100 yards,
and you think that is cool and want to do it, the skill levels might be
interesting to you, not necessarily to pass, but as a guide on how to
get there.

Once you learn something on a 20", it will be relatively simple to
translate that to another unicycle size or type.


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