To me, the thing that clicked was this.

When wheel walking, you're really just letting the wheel out, one foot
at a time.

When you lean back the wheel wants to travel forward.

So what you are doing is in fact, slowly letting the wheel out, with
control.

As with others that said, use your full foot, ie. keep contact on the
tire as much as possible. That is your control point for now.

Dont panic if the wheel is going faster, and you feel you have to move
your feet faster to gain control. Get that control back, push on to the
tire more and LET THE WHEEL OUT slowly.

Keep in mind, because you are going slower you will also need to focus
on balancing side to side with your arms. So practising slow riding will
help in this department. Also falling to one side can be prevented by
steering towards that direction, as per normal riding.

I initially started from a mount to wheel walking. But another way is
to ride SLOWLY, lift the top foot to the tire at the 12/6 o'clock
position and start from there. The important thing is recognising that
its slower than normal riding speed.

Then after wheel walking you can focus on getting your feet back on the
pedals.


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