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Why You CAN'T Ollie! | Common Mistakes Explained!

Sean Brown25 skaters recommend it · 42 mentions, 2019 to 2023
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1.8M views · 7 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

Sean Brown explains how to ollie and the common beginner mistakes, including front foot slide and committing to the pop. Part of his Why You Can't tutorial series from 2019.

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Linked in r/NewSkaters threads whenever someone asks why their ollie will not work, mostly for front foot slide and back foot pop problems.

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“He'll be mentioning like pushing your front foot as you slide it so the back will be able to pop high enough.”

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u/fucksoggysoap2020 · 14 points

This was always my problem as well so i’m going to try giving you some detailed advice on how I fixed it. The first problem is that you’re not jumping very high. You need to really commit to getting that back foot in the air. I think committing to jump is an underrated problem so don’t get discouraged if you can’t do it right away. When I was learning these, I would just keep the board completely still and then just

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u/BiiyaahhBeybe2021 · 5 points

Not sure if it'll help but I'll comment anw just in case. [VIDEO] This guy's vid really helped me in polishing my ollie as I also encountered the similar problem with my front foot. He'll be mentioning like pushing your front foot as you slide it so the back will be able to pop high enough. Anw I hope this helps :) Goodluck and have fun!!

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u/PGameplay2019 · 4 points

Watch this it will help you a lot [VIDEO]

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u/ItsJabez2020 · 3 points

You seem to be sliding your foot up not all the way You also don't push forward with your sliding foot. That is why it doesn't level out. To fix this you need to slide all the way up(practice just the sliding part too) and push forward kinda like ninja kick it. I hope this helps This video by Sean brown goes over some common issues when it comes to oillies. Good luck [VIDEO]

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u/qwertea_2021 · 3 points

So stoked, I finally pulled some clean-ish ollies! I'm still not consistent and can't do it with more speed but this is the best attempts I've gotten since I started at the beginning of the year And thanks to u/BiiyaahhBeybe who commented on another post to link the youtube video below, it really showed me the "missing piece" of my ollies! [VIDEO]

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u/__wumbo2021 · 3 points

This videohelped me a bunch when working on my ollies. video here [VIDEO]

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u/zigss_a2022 · 3 points

This video helped me a lot [VIDEO]

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u/bazzajunior2020 · 2 points

Great to see that you're trying this out whilst moving! Try looking down at your feet and reach down as if touching your toes, then spring up into the jump, keeping your feet and shoulders parallel (at the moment you're twisting your shoulders round as if facing which direction you're moving in). Your back leg should be hopping up as high as your front leg - which incidentally should be moving forward with the toe to

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