I have used the Wally Skater in the past to set my anti-skate on my Kuzma Stogi tonearm. I found it interesting that the factory recommended setting based on my cartridge VTF and the Wally results were different, by quite a bit. I confirmed the Wally anti-skate results with a test record.
Nsgarch has posted an interesting method for testing anti-skate. It is is the opposite of what you mentioned. Instead of deflection of the tonearm on the rise, look at what happens to the stylus when you lower it onto a spinning record. If you don't have the anti-skate set correctly you will notice a deflection one way of the other. Good light and perhaps a magnifying glass help with this test.
Nsgarch has posted an interesting method for testing anti-skate. It is is the opposite of what you mentioned. Instead of deflection of the tonearm on the rise, look at what happens to the stylus when you lower it onto a spinning record. If you don't have the anti-skate set correctly you will notice a deflection one way of the other. Good light and perhaps a magnifying glass help with this test.