20 years Teaching: HOW TO OLLIE, EASIEST WAY, Higher/Longer, Safety, Timing, Pro Tips, Overcome Fear

Skating is hard. *Y* [LINK]*ou* know you have a problem with anger [LINK], and it's important to learn to take a step back and reflect - both to get yourself to a better place mentally, and to help you progress skating, physically. It's not on Baker, it's not on your board, and it's not on skating. When we're mad, we lose critical thinking skills and we get tense. Both of those make it infinitely harder to consciously adjust what we're doing to fix mistakes. You haven't posted a clip of your attempts, so all people can offer you is general advice. Without knowing specifically what you're doing, nobody will be able to tell you specifically what you need to adjust. And if you come asking for advice with a shitty attitude, people are less likely to want to help you. Here is one tutorial video [VIDEO]. Other people on this sub have shared other favorites - search 'how to ollie' in the search bar and watch a few. Don't just breeze through them, and don't assume you know the steps to get there already - some people explain things differently in a way that might resonate with you and make it make sense. Slow down, don't rush your attempts, think about what you're doing, and realize that t…

>So complex timing in this Yes. Super complex and fast. It's not a beginner trick, even if people always try to learn it first. >...too early which makes the tail touch the ground with the foot still on it which is a no-no He's not pinching the tail - so not too much to worry about there. That's usually more of a weight transfer problem, IMHO, where people shift their weight backwards instead of jumping. It looks to me that he's not "leveling out the board" - probably because of timing (but the wood deck is likely not helping). ...if you watch the video closely, you can see he does his flick and that sends the front of the board flying really quickly upwards (terrific!) where it slams right into his front foot already coming straight down (bad!) Around that moment, instead of it hitting a downward front foot, that's when the foot slide needs to catch onto the nose of the board and pull the board **forward**. That's "leveling out the board" This video [VIDEO] shows how the front foot levels the board super well. You need to get that to happen. How? Well, that's harder. Some *ideas*: * Start the back flick earlier, and the front slide later. * Think of the front slide as two parts: F…

Looks to me like you're not committing... your back foot is just going backwards to the ground instead of back onto your board. Try using a low fence or a sign post to hold with your hands so you can practice committing to landing back on the board. See this vid for example: [VIDEO].

You need to jump higher and work on the front foot drag and timing. Jumping high is self explanatory but no matter how high your jump, you gotta get the front foot motion and time Ng right or the back wheels won't level up and they'll start calling you"Rocket Man". You can work on both by finding a low fence or handrail to hold on to like in this video. [VIDEO] Holding on to a rail can take away the fear of falling and let you concentrate on your form and foot placement. Speaking of form, let me share my other favorite Ollie video with you because it does an even better job explaining and showing when and where your feet need to be. [VIDEO] It seems like a lot of people are telling you to put your front foot more towards the middle of the board to start. After getting your jump higher and back foot up more I don't think front foot starting position is as critical as where you move the front foot to and when you time that front foot move as you jump. Both of those videos show and explain it better than I can. Both have been super helpful to me. I saw a neat tip online about using part of a cardboard box to make a sort of hurdle. Cut the top and one side off a box. Ollie from the sid…

id focus more on getting comfortable on the board instead of jumping to tricks. looks like the board throws you of balance as soon as it moves just the slightest. sure you can try to learn how to ollie but it will be super hard when your not comfortable on the board yet. if you dont care about getting comfortable on the board and really want to learn how to ollie anyway thats great and nothing wrong in that. you do you. when it comes to tips there is to many errors to point out. everything from footplacement, to weight distribution and execution is off. best thing you can do is watch a high quality tutorial and suck all that information in. and try again a 1000 times until it finnaly clicks. here's a great tutorial on how to : [VIDEO] best skateboard teacher on youtube in my opinion for anything beginner.

No problem! I'm by no means an expert, and still learning myself, but I notice the biggest thing missing from most "why can't I ollie" posts is a total lack of jumping. But you're actually doing that! So I think for you it's mostly a matter of being more comfortable balancing on the board, being comfortable jumping high off the board and bringing your feet up with you, then adding the final ingredient of the pop which makes the board follow you up! Then just fine tuning the timing off it all. A few videos that really helped me understand and practice [VIDEO] [VIDEO] [VIDEO] [VIDEO]

Your back leg isn’t getting much height and you’re landing knees straight in the middle of your board. Practice hippy jumps rolling where you bring your knees to your chest and land with your knees bent over the bolts. Once you got that down, go back to your Ollie. Note your Ollie height depends on how high you can get your knees. Think of it like a box jump with a karate kick. Also, you wanna jump up AND forward to carry your momentum rolling. I can’t recommend skatepark lessons on YouTube enough for their Ollie videos: [VIDEO] and [VIDEO]

I think of tip videos these are the best. They are what I am studying and making progress. Best of luck. Sarah Park-Matott [VIDEO] JB from Skate Park Lessons. [VIDEO]