Better Foot Changes - 4 Drills for Beginner to Advanced Kitefoilers

The foiling foot change is hard! So in this video, I’m going to give you 4 different drills (exercises or techniques) that will help you to improve your foil control and better understand the correct movements and body positions needed to crack the foot change once and for all!
Whether you are:
- new to foot changes and still trying to get your first attempts sorted
- stuck getting 3-4 out of 10 and need help with your consistency
- at a more advanced level where you getting your feet switched but it's not always that pretty and you want to get them polished up
These drills are both essential practice, but also fun exercises, to mix up your next session.
00:00 : Introduction
01:25 : No 1. Walking in
03:33 : No 2. Beach Drills
06:04 : No 3. Popping
07:30 : No 4. Ski Stance
10:13 : Final Thoughts
This video is a “Learn to Foot Change” video, that I have already released last year and covers all aspect of the key elements needed to master both the Toe to Heel and then Heel to Toe foot changes. That is available to purchase on the Progression website or our mobile app:
www.progression.me/foiling-foot-change
Or come on a Progression Live camp, 1:1 Private coaching session or our new Virtual Coaching Sessions:
www.progression.me/live

[@richyandliz4802]

Thankyou ! Im 1 year on from taking your ski stance tip and its helped me loads. It really taught me the balance point to use as a foundation for the flying foot switches. Im switching like a dream now 😊

[@progressionsports]

Awesome, you’re so right, get a better feeling for the balance point and you start to get a better overall feeling for the foil, giving confidence to move around. So much of improving is simple gain confidence! Keep it up, good for switches is a game changer to opening up your overall kitefoiling performance 🤘

[@thefoildesigner]

Something occurred to me today while foiling: DON'T look at your feet when you switch your feet, this is the best way to loose your balance. Maintain a good speed and look ahead as you do your foot change.

[@peterangelov4277]

Quite comprehensive couching. Answers all my questions

[@ericmnr]

Amazing explanation with side by side screen for good and bad.

[@kuanyin123]

best foil video ever

[@dinceraydin40]

Great tips! Thanks a lot!

[@brentkochan8992]

Great tips. Much appreciated!

[@oceancolors]

brilliant ... thanks !!!!

[@JamesBurrow]

Great video. Ty

[@chungchichiu9779]

good tutorial. I have never thought of your methods. thanks

[@brubello]

Game changer video! Thanks for the great tips!!!

[@progressionsports]

Glad it has helped and hopefully your foot changes are getting more consistent 🤙

[@irvinside]

Much appreciate all the efforts into making this and sharing. Thanks Mate !

[@progressionsports]

My pleasure! Just keen to help everyone to improve these core kitefoiling techniques and keep progressing on to the next goal

[@vinifons]

I'll try it all tomorrow! Thanks a lot!

[@progressionsports]

Let us know how you get on 👊

[@rudyluxardo7358]

Thanks you vero nice video man!

[@filippoi.4138]

First day trying sky stance and I succeeded!! My foil level is low-medium, totally confident on jibe with downloop on both direction but no tack and no foot change until today. Tried sky stance just for fun and I managed to do jibes in this position with downloop. One of the funnest things ever tried. Thank you!

[@progressionsports]

Awesome, glad you are having fun with the ski stance, it really is something to have fun with but in the process you'll improve your balance and control of the foil, which helps with everything else in the long run. Keep it up 🤙

[@mattstockton2433]

Awesome, many thanks

[@progressionsports]

My pleasure, hope it helps.

[@nwkitesurfer]

Love you man!

[@progressionsports]

Love you too 😉 Thanks for watching

[@dchiffy]

Thanks another great vid. It be great if you did one for winging, just a modest suggestion 👍

[@progressionsports]

Thanks Ido. Definitely got some plans for Wing content but had a light wind spell here so haven't been winging in a while. And I'm assuming you mean a wing specific foot change video?

[@dchiffy]

@@progressionsports it would be nice both foot change and toe side issues. thanks again, hope to meet up with you on the water when this whole covid thing blows over

[@Surf_Life]

Great advice! :-) Will do that ... >cheers...

[@wmedlinmd]

another great bit of coaching - so sad that Covid stopped my camp plan - someday!!!

[@mlpmoto1977]

Muito bom seu vídeo , aqui no Brasil não tem vídeos assim orientando dando o passo a passo para velejar de hidrofoil

[@Ahjsport]

Awesome video 🤙🤙 Just bought a 4.10 board for wingfoiling - I Will defently try try these drills - Think they will help a lot 🤙 Yesterday I tried the board for the first time - my feet felt like, I couldn’t move them at all, when it came to jibing 😂😂. Came from a 7.6 board......

[@progressionsports]

Good point, these drills can all be used for Wingfoiling too! And that feeling of your feet stuck to the board is felt by everyone but start small and try and understand how to unweight your back foot (wing position and weight forward) and it will start to come to you. Let us know how you get on.

[@Ahjsport]

@@progressionsports Thanks a lot for responding 🤙🤙 Went out earlier today -You are so right - I have trained sofa foot changing a lot with weight on the front foot - that’s a game changer for me. 🤙🤙 But today I felt it easier to change foot position, when the foil was pumped close to the water line. Just after the foot change the foil immediately came back to the right position. 🤙🤙🤙 I will for sure keep on doing the sofa training combined with balance board training. Cheers, Anders

[@shanerennie6217]

360 ski stance was pretty sick

[@renitoschamann]

Great great great vídeo! I’m RIGHT there! Kkkk

[@progressionsports]

Thanks Renito. I hope it helps and let us know if any of these drills help

[@renitoschamann]

@@progressionsports definitely! Yesterday I tried the pop for the foot change and my reaction was “ it works” kkkk great man! I just need a session with a consistent wind here in catalunya, costa brava to nail it down! Big thanks!

[@maksymskoryk3784]

Hi! Thanks for the video! What is the size of the board you are using in the beach drill parts?

[@progressionsports]

That is a F-one Pocket 145cm. It what we teach people to foil on, really great board. It's great board and feels way smaller that 145 once you are up and riding. We have had a few local guys go down to smaller boards and then a year later get the 145 pocket so they can get things like foot changes sorted way quicker and easier.

[@maksymskoryk3784]

@@progressionsports I had quite a productive season this year, mastering all sorts of turns without foot change and also working on a consistency of tacks with foot change. I'm considering 120 pocket for further progression and first jumps. Wouldn't it be too small for me, considering I'm 85kg?

[@progressionsports]

120 is a good size, you can still touchdown and get away with it so helps with foot changes and some of the harder tacks like the roll. Though I should say that not all 120's are the same, if the board has a higher volume then you might be able to go a bit shorter (for instance, the F-one Pocket's are lower volume and the 120 is a great size for what you want, but the Slingshot dwarfcrafts have way more volume and the 120 feels larger so a 110 in that style of board may be better). And water conditions make a difference with board length too, the flatter the water the shorter you can normally get away with. I need to make a video about kitefoil board lengths!!

[@maksymskoryk3784]

@@progressionsports that would be awesome! Thanks!

[@paulmctigue8445]

Flat water and steady wind make a big difference!

[@progressionsports]

Definitely, we think foiling saves us from choppy/lumpy conditions but there is so much turbulence under the water screwing around with our foils. I dream of glass flat kitefoiling 😆

[@klrrafman]

I think you are showing it wrong in your land drill, where as you are doing it right on the water. The balance/control of the weight comes from the hips. In your land drill you lean torso forward and stick your butt back which makes it look like the hips are missing in action.

[@tichi72]

ski position sucks