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Step 1
Begin with the body seated in the wheelchair with hands on the tops of the wheels and feet flat against the footrests. It is a good idea to wear gloves to protect your hands from the wheel edges.
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Step 2
Lift the wheelchair onto its back legs by leaning backward and displacing the chair. This means pushing forward on the wheels with your gloved hands as you step off the footrest with you left foot and use it as a pivot. Leaning into the move helps you balance in this position until the next step.
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Step 3
Choose which hand will be the constant brace for the wheelchair and stick to it. When you go into a one-handed position, taking both hands off the wheelchair will mean you have no control over the trick or the chair.
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Step 4
Release one hand from the wheel chair and allow to hover as you balance the chair in the same position with one hand. To maintain the position with one hand, slight rocks back and forth with the wheels will help maintain balance. This is not an easy step to learn and make take many practices to get right.
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Step 5
Alternate hands after practicing the one hand balancing position. Teaching both hands how to balance the wheelchair alone will only add to your skill repertoire.
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Step 6
Practice holding one hand off the wheelchair over and over again, increasing the amount of time each time. This is the only way to truly master one-handed wheelchair tricks.
