This may just be my own personal experience, but, once I was able to get a knee down, I found that I didn't try to do it as much afterwards. I think you sruggle and try to get a knee down, and then you are excited, and afterwards it is no longer a big deal. I still touch down in the corners, but it is more of a brief slide to get feedback of your lean angle and then that's it. You don't push down or drag real hard because that just slows you down and upsets handling on the bike. As far as catching the bike in a slide, I have touched down hard a few times in a semi-loose condition-slide, but I don't think that's what saved the bike from going over. If it was going to go down, there would be nothing I could do to stop it. It helps sometimes to just get your balance. Unless of course, you ARE E-Boz!!