For the upcoming week of learning, there are some things I would like to work on. First, I noticed that I still have little control over where the board goes. I start going straight then all of a sudden the board starts to go left or right. Second, now that I've been able to get both feet on the board, I need to make one minor adjustment: rotate my right foot (the one at the front of the board) to the left so that it's facing outward and not forward. From what I've been reading about skateboarding, making that change will give me more control of the board and it'll allow me to have better balance. Finally, the third change I plan to make is to branch out and start practicing somewhere that is not my backyard. I've tried to stay in my backyard because I don't feel 100% ready to take my beginner skating skills to the outside world, but I feel I need more space in order to practice and learn how to skate more effectively.
Unfortunately, during this week of my learning I did not have anyone to videotape my progress so I decided to videotape myself as I practiced. I was only able to get a few video-clips of my progress because I felt like I was losing my balance every time I tried to skate and videotape at the same time. By the way, my apologies for the format of the video, the only way I could videotape while skating - without completely falling on my face- was by holding my phone upright. Either way, the video is posted below!