Learning to foot brake the Calamity Jane way

Hey guys its Haeli here... just thought i'd share a bit of an epiphany i had yesterday and if theres anyone out there like me whose not too crash hot on the whole foot braking thing, read on...

so, what ive been doing is riding my bike around, picking up some speed and then putting my foot down to stop the bike instead of using the hand brakes. Whats good about it is that if you get into dire straits you can resort to the hand brakes, but its good to build the confidence in the power of your foot, as well as get control of the amount of weight you can place along the ground.

if you use a low enough bike, you can even stand up to strengthen your other leg while you brake. this is also useful for you mongo guys who want to brake normal!