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How to Ollie in Under a Minute | Tactics

Tactics Boardshop5 skaters recommend it · 10 mentions, 2024 to 2026
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566K views · 3 years ago · Tutorial · Beginner

One-minute ollie tutorial from Tactics Boardshop. It covers pop, front foot slide and leveling out, and links to a longer full tutorial.

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Linked in r/NewSkaters threads whenever someone struggles with leveling the board or getting an ollie higher. Short enough to rewatch with timestamps.

“You're pinning the tail to the ground OP. Jump and get your weight off the board first. And then do the pop-and-simultaneously-raise-your-front-foot-toward-your-groin motion. See 0:25”

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What skaters said on Reddit

u/myPacketsAreEmpty2025 · 3 points

It's to do with just being quicker in doing the motions after popping. Like, don't waste those precious milliseconds after you pop. Also this is the YT tutorial I am striving to learn from: [VIDEO]

u/dustypath2025 · 2 points

Watch a slo-mo video of someone’s back foot and leg when they Ollie. Look how your back foot and leg are moving in comparison. Back leg is way to straight on the “jumping part.” Think about it like this. Standing off your board on the ground, bend your knees and jump as high as you can. Now, again standing on the ground and off your board, keep your knees straight and try and jump as high as you can. If you watch a s

u/naughtypretzels2026 · 1 points

To me it looks like you have a good jump, but your knees aren’t bending enough. Attempt to touch your shoulders with both knees. The other thing is hard for me to describe (I’ve struggled with it a lot on rolling ollies to get higher) but essentially this video at :23 [VIDEO] Your shoe sole is pointing at the tail which is good, but it needs to essentially correct itself (like your ankle swings into your center line

u/mikealgo2024 · 1 points

This video is your answer: [VIDEO]

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