you shouldnt have skidding be your main means of stopping, skipping is way more effective, actually brakes are the most effective, but skipping works well enough. so get good with skipping for stopping, skiddings only good for showing off/having fun really

but yeah, i think its all been said, when your leading leg is bent around 10 oclock, thats when you should be humping the stem and locking up. dont literally lock up your knees though, they should have some flex in them.

wet roads are really the best though, cause then you're like "oh, thats what its suppose to feel like" and it gets much easier from that