I'll be very honest with all of you. I most likely won't be the world's best unicyclist. In fact I'm kind of terrified of the whole idea, but on Saturday afternoon I asked my dad to help me fish out the family unicycle from the garage and teach me how to ride it. My dad has been able to ride a unicycle for years and is still pretty good at it. I've done some preliminary research on the basic skills needed, like getting on and balancing but putting them into practice is easier said than done. Thankfully we have a long fence at my house next to a flat sidewalk, so I am able to cling to that as I slowly get used to the feeling of balancing on one wheel. This first day I spent about half an hour practicing getting on the unicycle (next time I will be wearing shin guards because the pedals come up and smack my shins) and figuring out how to balance. Most of my sources suggest holding on to something and rocking slowly back and forth to find your center of balance and get used to the motion of your body and the unicycle together. After I gained some confidence I slowly rolled my way down our sidewalk, still clutching at our fence for dear life. Falling off isn't as bad as it would seem because the unicycle simply slides out forward or backwards and you land on your feet, but I will admit screaming a few times. Hopefully in the next week I'll find some days when it isn't pouring rain to keep up my practice!
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