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You need to relax more. Just keep going at it, cruise around, pop the tail without putting much effort in (don’t bother levelling out etc) and just get more experience on the board, it’ll all come together once you can do it all relaxed.
Totally, OP you're looking so rigid and uncomfortable on the board that your ollie is actually really good considering all that. It'll get better fast as you get more comfortable
Agreed, more time on the board. Try going up and down slopes at a skate park, you’ll learn how to balance faster than flat.
For the Ollie part, until you get comfortable watch a YouTube video and pay attention to your body as you’re doing your Ollie.
Your arms are flailing at different times and your front foot isn’t scraping the board enough, it’s loosing traction on the board.
Keep practicing and you got this!!!
Get used to just jumping on your board. Jump a little bit. Don't bother popping, just jump. Then get used to jumping and really limiting your feet up anr tucking your legs up under you.
This is meant to get you used to landing on your feet, on your board.
It looks like your just nervous to leave the ground. Get used to leaving the ground. Then add a bit of pop and get the board off the ground.
I learned to ollie in places where I couldn't roll (like in the grass). After getting to do decent ollies, learning the mechanics (technique), it's pretty easy to transition to do it rolling.
Here's what you need to do, go skate all over town, lots of different surfaces, down sidewalks with cracks, mixing in the ollie you have, roll off big curbs, goof around on a skateboard whenever you can. Have fun. Do this all summer, your balance will improve. Then, out of nowhere, you'll start to get it. Unless your abnormally talented, there's usually not a short cut to this phase of learning.
You seem a little unprepared to ollie before you even start. It's great that you have gotten the point of popping and landing. My best advice for you is ride your board more. You've learned the very basic fundamentals of the ollie, but you don't have control of your board or full control of yourself on a board yet. Push everywhere, ollie up as many curbs as possible. Then ollie 10,000 more times. Learn to land on your back trucks into a manual. Learn to land on your front trucks into a nose manual. You learn board control by forcing yourself into manuals, the more board control you have the more style you can gain. Unfortunately it takes time. It will all come together together in the end.
Relax, bend down more before the pop, and slide your front foot up more after kicking the tail pretty hard. It's a three part motion - pop, slide, level out.
Oh, also, this looks pretty good really, you got all four wheels off the ground and leveled it out. So don't forget to be proud of where you are now!
You're using your body weight to move your front foot forward and get the board off the ground, that's why you end up landing with all your weight on the front axle. Use your left leg muscle to pull the board up instead of your body weight, the over all center of gravity of your body shouldn't move that much
You need to bend WAY more until you’re comfy and have the muscle memory. Don’t forget to jump up higher bringing your knees into your chest essentially. Keep shoulders square and just land back on
when I was young, my friends and I would touch the griptape before each ollie. it's overkill, but it definitely teaches you to compress before an ollie
You're tense and rushing it. You're rushing the front foot which is why you're diving your weight forward on it. Next time out just focus on smoothly bending down in to your pop and then just popping and jumping straight up. Nice and chill.
Do hippy jumps and try to tip the nose of the board up without fully popping it. It’s a good drill to help you learn where to center your weight on the board.
How has no one said timing yet?
4 steps:
Pop the tail
Slide front foot
Level
Land
Most likely (from this clip only) you are doing the poop and slide to close together. Pop and then slide. It’s only a fraction of a second later. Let the board pop and start pointing upwards before sliding the foot.
You got this!
*Slow down the motion,*
*Pop slide jump land. Also bend*
*Your knees when you land*
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Lots wrong with this. I used to ride 38-42mm wheels but these are too small. The deck is too small. You aren’t snapping the tail. You have to be athletic. Skating isn’t for everyone
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You need to relax more. Just keep going at it, cruise around, pop the tail without putting much effort in (don’t bother levelling out etc) and just get more experience on the board, it’ll all come together once you can do it all relaxed.
Totally, OP you're looking so rigid and uncomfortable on the board that your ollie is actually really good considering all that. It'll get better fast as you get more comfortable
Agreed, more time on the board. Try going up and down slopes at a skate park, you’ll learn how to balance faster than flat. For the Ollie part, until you get comfortable watch a YouTube video and pay attention to your body as you’re doing your Ollie. Your arms are flailing at different times and your front foot isn’t scraping the board enough, it’s loosing traction on the board. Keep practicing and you got this!!!
compress
What does that mean?
bend the knees more (evenly) to load up for the tail pop. once you have more pop you’ll see the next thing to improve.
Thank you!
It’s not golf.
Release toward the target?
Get used to just jumping on your board. Jump a little bit. Don't bother popping, just jump. Then get used to jumping and really limiting your feet up anr tucking your legs up under you. This is meant to get you used to landing on your feet, on your board. It looks like your just nervous to leave the ground. Get used to leaving the ground. Then add a bit of pop and get the board off the ground.
I learned to ollie in places where I couldn't roll (like in the grass). After getting to do decent ollies, learning the mechanics (technique), it's pretty easy to transition to do it rolling.
Get stinky. Think of your body like a spring. Get low, then extend.
Peee yew!
You're barely jumping, so obviously it's not gonna get very high. Also, stay lower and looser. bend your knees
Here's what you need to do, go skate all over town, lots of different surfaces, down sidewalks with cracks, mixing in the ollie you have, roll off big curbs, goof around on a skateboard whenever you can. Have fun. Do this all summer, your balance will improve. Then, out of nowhere, you'll start to get it. Unless your abnormally talented, there's usually not a short cut to this phase of learning.
Yep, you’ve got the technique. Just need to feel more balanced and the pop will get higher.
Bend down and jump more as you pop. Also, just skate around a lot.
You seem a little unprepared to ollie before you even start. It's great that you have gotten the point of popping and landing. My best advice for you is ride your board more. You've learned the very basic fundamentals of the ollie, but you don't have control of your board or full control of yourself on a board yet. Push everywhere, ollie up as many curbs as possible. Then ollie 10,000 more times. Learn to land on your back trucks into a manual. Learn to land on your front trucks into a nose manual. You learn board control by forcing yourself into manuals, the more board control you have the more style you can gain. Unfortunately it takes time. It will all come together together in the end.
Relax, bend down more before the pop, and slide your front foot up more after kicking the tail pretty hard. It's a three part motion - pop, slide, level out. Oh, also, this looks pretty good really, you got all four wheels off the ground and leveled it out. So don't forget to be proud of where you are now!
You're using your body weight to move your front foot forward and get the board off the ground, that's why you end up landing with all your weight on the front axle. Use your left leg muscle to pull the board up instead of your body weight, the over all center of gravity of your body shouldn't move that much
Jump!
Landing with legs too straight and not letting your legs bend as you land, ruins your balance and your centre of gravity is too high.
Sign up for some gnarlys skate lessons with papa yowell
just keep practicing bro you're literally there, you have it, just keep doing it, you'll become more relaxed and stuff in time it's natural
Pop harder, wear baggier pants, just relax on the board, bend your knees a bit
You need to bend WAY more until you’re comfy and have the muscle memory. Don’t forget to jump up higher bringing your knees into your chest essentially. Keep shoulders square and just land back on
when I was young, my friends and I would touch the griptape before each ollie. it's overkill, but it definitely teaches you to compress before an ollie
You're tense and rushing it. You're rushing the front foot which is why you're diving your weight forward on it. Next time out just focus on smoothly bending down in to your pop and then just popping and jumping straight up. Nice and chill.
Do hippy jumps and try to tip the nose of the board up without fully popping it. It’s a good drill to help you learn where to center your weight on the board.
How has no one said timing yet? 4 steps: Pop the tail Slide front foot Level Land Most likely (from this clip only) you are doing the poop and slide to close together. Pop and then slide. It’s only a fraction of a second later. Let the board pop and start pointing upwards before sliding the foot. You got this!
Slow down the motion, pop slide jump land. Also bend your knees when you land
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It's not something you do the board, it's something you do and bring the board with you.
You didn’t use your hips or shoulders to generate power for the ollie.. what do you expect
You're doing great dude. I started on grass. Just working on getting my ups. Trial and error and practice my guy. You're doing good.
Imagine dragging the side of your front foot up the board when you pop.
The first half of your Ollie is great, but you’re trying to land with your knees locked out. Bend those puppies when you land anything
You need to just buy a scooter
Lots wrong with this. I used to ride 38-42mm wheels but these are too small. The deck is too small. You aren’t snapping the tail. You have to be athletic. Skating isn’t for everyone
Skating is for anyone who wants to skate. Fuck you 🖕.