Are you sure?? I was dissecting my OSE to figure out how I was doing it, and I discovered that Iactually transfer more weight onto my trailing foot to keep it from slipping off the edge. I didn't realize I was doing this until I tried the OSE the other direction (the direction I can't do well) and found that the edge of the back foot wouldn't hold unless I consciously transferred more weight onto it as soon as I placed it down onto the ice. Maybe this technique of transferring weight onto the back foot is specific to an entry that starts with the leading foot and then has the trailing foot come down and lock in place (as opposed to starting from an inside SE).

I'm sure that's what works for me, and I've seen it described that way before as well. I don't really think about leaning more towards the lead foot, or trying to center myself over that foot or anything. But that foot has more pressure, if that makes any sense, as it is guiding the way and determining the edge. The problem of getting too much on the back foot is that the front foot will wobble if it is being forced into a path (by the back foot) that it isn't set to be on. This is hard to describe.

Tim

Okay, let's split the difference and say both feet need to be planted pretty firmly on the ice, LOL!