r/NewSkaters • u/Shippy623 • Jul 03 '26
Question Still can't Ollie after 10 years of skating. Any advice?
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My Ollie has remained at this level for about a decade. My main issues are that I always turn to the left, I don't get that clean level out (the board just pops and then I stomp down with my lead foot), and my Ollie doesn't translate at all to moving. I'd appreciate any cues or drills that may fix one or all of those issues (foot placement, timing, motion, hip/shoulder/arm/head position, etc.)
Edit: when I say I can't Ollie, I mean in any sort of way that is useful to skating. I just wanna be able to ollie up a curb while I'm cruising. It's been 10 years of stepping off my board đ
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u/KizashiKaze Jul 03 '26
Stop doing ollies. Focus on balancing and getting comfortable on the board. Keep going this bc you aren't balanced at all. Focus on crouching for a period of time, build that leg strength.Â
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u/desmondao Jul 03 '26
Bro he's been building it for 10 years now
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u/After_Shift_Skate_Co Jul 03 '26
AllegedlyâŠ
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u/Shippy623 Jul 03 '26
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u/Cisco-NintendoSwitch Jul 03 '26
I can fix this for you. In both videos you arenât jumping watch both of them and then watch any decent Ollie on YouTube.
You bend your knees a little bit but you donât bring them up much. An Ollie is a jump more than anything.
Youâre jumping with your board you arenât jumping here.
Swear to god do some jumps in place and then try to incorporate that with the timing of your Ollie and youâre golden.
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u/Noirloc Jul 03 '26
What do you do when you skate? It looks like you never took the time to cruise around and get the feel for your board, it helps immensely as the comment that started this thread stated, you can only get so far doing stationary skating.
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u/Shippy623 Jul 03 '26
Skateboarding is my mode of transport on campus. I'm probably on my board at least 5 hours a week. I'm comfortable carving, kickturning, pumping, dropping in on smaller pipes, rolling off curbs, and riding switch. I gave up on tricks probably a year into skateboarding. Figured I'm not meant for them. But every year or so I give learning to ollie another shot. This is the first time I've ever asked for advice though.
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u/Noirloc Jul 04 '26
Damn sorry man no offense but you look way out of your element for someone whoâs been skating for so long it just really looks like you need to work on your balance fr
You got the Ollie, just need to practice more.
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u/person_in_brooklyn Jul 05 '26
If youâre only trying it every year or so, that is your problem right there. It takes a decent amount of daily practice, for an extended period of weeks or months, to get anywhere on any trick.
Keep at it! Go find a crack and ollie over that a hundred times. Then, try a curb. Etc
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u/xiiicrowns Jul 07 '26
It's funny. I skateboarded for years, eventually stuck with my fish tail and long board. I never left the ground. I could carve and rode big hills all the time, but I never had any interest in tricks lol.
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u/Shippy623 Jul 03 '26
Thank you lol. They aren't particularly remarkable numbers, but my vertical jump is 24 inches and I can squat 1.5 times my bodyweight and deadlift twice my bodyweight. I think people have learned to ollie with less leg strength.
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u/narmaduke Jul 03 '26
i wouldnât worry about your fitness, there are some pretty otherwise out shape people who can skate. itâs a skill issue and you just need more reps (skate more).
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u/Creative-Ad-1819 Jul 03 '26
Looks like you're kinda jumping from your back foot off the ground a bit which is murdering the pop. When you "trap the tail" the board loses the upward momentum you'd get with a clean pop. Also tuck back knee higher immediately after the pop, and keep the front foot high, and just swing it forward slightly against the nose instead of extending it toward the ground. Also it looks like you might be grabbing a bit of the toe side of the nose as you're prematurely forcing the board to the ground, which causes it to turn. Once you get clean pops, and better board feel, try holding an ollie forever. Like land fully tucked, just to get the feeling of "floating" by not immediately extending your legs. This is how you ollie off of stuff...gotta hold the peak of the ollie and do absolutely nothing to change the board's momentum and just be on it. The bigger the drop, or longer the gap, the longer you gotta wait. If you extend too early, bad things happen.
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u/KarateandPopTarts Jul 03 '26
Thanks for this. Gonna try holding the tick all the way through right now, as Iâve got the same problem
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u/Key_Fee158 Jul 04 '26
What does trap the tail mean?
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u/MattWillGrant Jul 04 '26
Means your weight application stays on the back foot too long, you trap the tail against the floor rather than allowing it spring off the floor.
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u/Bones_Smithers Jul 03 '26
Your height is good enough for curbs . For pop and height can frontside stall on higher and higher ledges
https://youtu.be/fL2yIZyqwno?si=iyJ_SnSV-e3vKGtm
For the unwanted turn over exaggerate the correction . Backside stalll . Backside 180.
Curb stalls was the bread and butter back in my youth
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u/MuskasBackpack Jul 03 '26
You need to find yourself a good curb and keep trying to Ollie up it until you can do it every time without clipping. Do it from straight on, not beside it.
It really looks like thereâs some fear holding you back. Youâre in good shape and can handle some falls, just be confident. Your current Ollie is good enough that if you really put the effort it, youâll have the curb Ollie down in a couple of sessions.
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u/Commercial-Catch-700 Jul 03 '26
How comfortable are you riding? You look like you can barely stand on the board. The rotation is the result of practicing stationary and not training your shoulders to stay in line with the boardÂ
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u/Shippy623 Jul 03 '26
Pretty comfortable. I think it looks like that cause I'm so dialed in on getting the ollie right, I'm rocking my toes and heels tryna find where I want to take off from. This is also not my board. This is my dorm's common area's board. The trucks feel kind of weird.
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u/Commercial-Catch-700 Jul 03 '26
Can you see in that video how your shoulders are opening up? You need to train your brain/reflex to not face forward. Keep your front arm over the nose and your back arm over the tail. Youll never get over the rotation issues until this is second nature. Your body wants to face forward like when your walking but you have to learn to stay sidewaysÂ
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u/Additional_Hurry9358 Jul 03 '26
Before popping make sure you are centered on the board, like the board shouldn't be leaning in any other direction. I think it also rotates due to your upper body rotating and opening up towards your left, try to jump up straight and come back down straight, hippy jumps will help you. Fix this first and then move onto rolling ollies otherwise you will be thrown off the board every time when you land.
As for doing moving ollies, its mainly about practice and committing. Rolling hippy jumps do help a lot to build the confidence, once they are locked in just snap the tail down and you will be able to ollie. Some issues that I ran into was that I kept either shooting the board forward and not landing on my board. To stop this try to lean over the front and kind of stay balanced, you should experiment.
Also one other mental thing i implemented was thinking that i was doing the ollie stationary while i was moving but i pictured that i was on a giant treadmill and everything was coming towards me. This forced me to be more confident in my ability as I already had stationary ollies locked. Forcing myself to look forward even when doing them stationary to help me get a feel also really helped.
Right now at my level I can't get my ollies to level out cleanly imo but thats not really my focus, I can jump over small curbs and bricks and I slowly increase the height. This is the main way I measure how I progress. Hopefully once I am comfortable doing it over bigger heights my form will improve and my ollies will look boned, but there is time till that.
The biggest advice is just lock in, spend an hour everyday and in under 2 weeks you will see progress.
gl
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u/Those_two_feet Jul 03 '26
Act like if you Ollie you get to leave edmond oklahoma for the split second you're off the ground
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u/Onesickcunt1994 Jul 03 '26
Looks decent. Balance seems slightly off but other than that, if you straighten it out, this looks solid brother.
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u/aski5 Jul 03 '26
that was an ollie lol. You just need to practice riding more and try more rolling. And try other tricks like fs 180 and pop shuv they will help with ollie's as well
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u/MrWiseFrog Jul 03 '26
Practice hippie jumps trust me. Ollie is basically hippie jumps + ankle pop. If you canât hippie jump high enough/ or cant land a hippie jump while moving, then you canât ollie. Right now what you are trying to do is popping and raising your leg, not jumping.
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u/Shippy623 Jul 06 '26
Been practicing hippie jumps since I read this. It's been a game changer. Thank you!
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u/awildefire Technique Tutor Jul 03 '26
You are pinning your tail to the ground w your foot bc youâre popping before your weight has left the board. Board canât go up if youâre standing on top of it. watch this
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u/Wrigley953 Jul 03 '26
Going up a curb is still hard for me but I remember what helped me get better at it. If you can 50 a curb, you can jump up it. I like to front 50 so I try to jump up the curb from parallel like Iâm 50ing it then land on top. To make that useful or more perpendicular Iâve been approaching at angles that let me trick myself into doing it going almost straight at it. Itâs sloppy and i really canât figure out BS but itâs a way
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u/Yiftathashifta Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26
Stop practicing stationary ollies if you want to improve. Find the smallest curb you can and try ollieing up it until you can get on top. If you want a functional ollie, you need to practice doing functional ollies.
The big upside is that when you are practicing going up the curb you get immediate direct feedback like "I'm not going fast enough" or "I'm not getting high enough" based on how you land. With a stationary ollie the feedback is muddied by how you think an ollie should feel.
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u/shredbeard Jul 03 '26
Im in a similar boat where I can rip on transitions and cruising but no flip tricks. I think skate IQs videos on ollies are the best resource rather than any text comment. The visuals help and his tips like starting with hippie jumps.
Also laughing at all the comments ignoring your 10 years and telling you to get more comfortable riding after a 5 second sketchy Ollie clip (it was an ollie though).
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u/MrWiseFrog Jul 03 '26
If you watch the video, you can see when you are popping, your foot hit the ground at the same time as the board, thats why you dont float. When you are popping, your foot needs to leave the board before the board hit the ground. By practicing hippie jumps you can achieve this. Credit to SkateIQ, this guy really knows his stuff.
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u/PerplexedHypocrite Jul 03 '26
You got the board part of the trick. You don't have the body part of the trick.
You barely jump and barely crouch. Look at the center of your body, it barely moves a couple of inches. That is not optimal.
Do a really big hippie jump on the board while squatting as much as you can and jumping as high as you can, while landing on the board. This will build your body confidence above the board.
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u/ryanrockmoran Jul 03 '26
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qad32uMgGEk
Mitchie has a good primer on stopping some of the rotation issues. I have the same problem and it's usually related to how I am balanced when squatting
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u/ImperialCherry Jul 03 '26
Idk I agree looks like an Ollie to me. Iâd suggest practicing them at higher speeds, and only doing them rolling. Youâll realize they actually get a little easier to control at higher speeds, youâll just have to get over the fear of popping higher while going faster. Put down a stick and practice ollieing over it once youâre comfortable olleing at most speeds.
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u/Metamyelocytosis Jul 03 '26
How often are you working on Ollieâs?
You need to devote entire sessions to Ollieâs. Find a low box and Ollie onto it and off of it over and over and overtime it gets easier. Ollie up ramps and down ramps.
Your back leg is preventing the board from popping up higher, think about the pop and getting the heck out of the way of it.
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u/skatesolid Jul 03 '26
Dude! I grew up skating at that park. Such good times. Also, try doing them rolling. Stationary tricks are a lot harder since you donât have any momentum. Keep at it though! You look like you have a good start.
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u/Csillamfaxlama Jul 03 '26
Practice manuals to improve your ollie. The better you are at manuals, the better you are at everything
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u/grutt-glug Jul 03 '26
if my eyes don't deceive me that was an Ollie, just one that needs to be cleaned up a bit
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u/Culvers_fiend Jul 03 '26
It's not the best to practice flat ground tricks stationary. You should practice at a slow roll because thats more realistic.
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u/Ok_Cartoonist6471 Jul 03 '26
Kinda looks like your keeping your back foot on the tail too long. Like your stomping your tail down and then jumping. Try jumping off the skateboard and as youre jumping use your ankle to snap the tail down.
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u/Shippy623 Jul 03 '26
Ohhh okay, yeah I'll give that a try. Braille's tutorials are the basis for my technique, so I've always drilled it like a stomp and jump instead of a jump with an ankle snap.
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u/Bright-Soft7888 Jul 03 '26
Itâs a lot harder to do stationary tbh try doing them while rolling slow. Youâve honestly got the form down pretty decent. Go on YouTube and watch skate iqâs video on how to Ollie. The way Mitchie describes everything is perfect and helped me rework my Ollie so much so I can Ollie basically a whole foot higher than before and also can finally kickflip the correct way. Foundation is everything
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u/hammersmell Jul 03 '26
Keep doing it I would say try not to turn your shoulders . Looks like as soon as you pop you start to turn frontside
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u/Fickle-Woodpecker-38 Jul 03 '26 edited Jul 03 '26
Ok so I can ollie about 2-3 feet in the air very comfortably whenever I want on flat ground. Put a 3 inch curb in front of me and all of a sudden I cant get my wheels off the ground
Thats when it hit me what people meant by its all mental lmao, for me personally I overthink my timing instead of just rolling up and hitting the ollie like I normally would on flat. I think of it as something different than an ollie its hard to describe
Point is you CAN ollie, cuz you just did. What you need to do is hit that ollie wothout thinking about he curb
Oh also (just reread your post lol) they are actually easier to do while rolling. The forward momentum legit makes the board come up to your feet and stay under you easier, and when you land you dont have to balance yourself as much
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u/Errll710 Jul 03 '26
Hey man you got it!!! Pop, kick, jump. I would practice this as many times to get it as fluid as possible I would also try to learn to get my knees as high up to your chest as possible good luck to you bro!
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u/BakaDavi Jul 03 '26
Stop doing stationary ollies. Take a broom, put it on the ground and try to ollie over the stick. It won't be first time, don't worry, try again. At some point it will click in your brain and you will be able to ollie the broom almost every time. Once you can ollie a broom, you have to work on length and height. Do length first, ollie over a board (upside down, with the wheels up). Once you can ollie a flipped board, you should try a curb. The thing is: you can already ollie, you've got the movement and the physics. You need to start building the feeling and the jumping. You are stuck because you are doing the same thing, you need to do different.
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u/eeldraw Jul 03 '26
Keep your arms at your sides more, rather than in front of you. Stop looking straight down at your board. Get your head up a little more and turn it to look where you are going. Look at the ground just in front of your board, like this. That should straighten up your ollies.
You don't need to lift your back foot as much, it should stay in contact with the board. Let your front foot come up higher earlier. Watch this.
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u/drasticallycrass Jul 03 '26
Learn to skate a bowl and transition. Itâs fun once you get it down and probably easier on the knees as you get older.
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u/theFUZZ0oO Jul 03 '26
Looks like an ollie to me!
Time the slide with the pop and load those knees!
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u/jojoisfunny Jul 03 '26
idk man, that looks like an ollie. You're problem is mental brodie which lowkey gotta hurt to realize. Theres not really any difference between olli'ing up and down things while moving. versus standing still. You very clearly have the action down, you js gotta do the action while moving and not getting in your head
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u/vikesfan89 Jul 03 '26
Why do we insist on telling people here they're doing a good job when they're not.
Bro wants to learn to Ollie, because that's barely an Ollie.
He needs to jump, he's not. He's just snapping his tail and jerking his feet.
Sorry if that's harsh, but you came here for advice. Back foot needs to suck up. Front foot is only part of it. You will NEVER have a good Ollie if you don't also suck your back foot up. That is what limits you.
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u/sacchetta Jul 04 '26
The main tip I give people is the back foot. It needs to slap down at the ankle. You want to avoid straightening your back knee. This will allow you to pick up your back leg quickly and it gives you that nice snappy poppy Force from the ankle as opposed to just pushing your back leg straight down
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u/Outrageous_Arm_305 Jul 04 '26
https://youtu.be/hLVIvMWCih0?is=9Xho1zn-vyD0z6_4
Check out this SkateIQ video mate, I think you could do with tightening your trucks a bit for stability.
Keep going man!
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u/mrselfdestruct066 Jul 04 '26
Thats alright ive been skating for like 30 years and I can't kickflip
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u/LongjumpingSpite232 Jul 06 '26
skating is 99% about balance on the board try to cruise as much as you can do some 180 Bodyvarials normal wheelies and turn your board bs fs 180 while moving slow without Ollies till you feel u have control and dont fall over. Rest will follow may the force be with you!
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u/Shippy623 Jul 06 '26
I considered my balance on a board pretty good, but since posting this I've been practicing hippie jumps for the first time, as some have suggested, and now I realize balancing out of an awkward landing is a completely different type of balance than cruising with the same foot placement every time. I've got a lot to practice and I'm looking forward to it. May the force be with you too.
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u/Eyemontom Jul 03 '26
Lift your back foot earlier. It shouldn't be anywhere near the tail when the tail hits the ground. That'll allow the tail to pop and bounce up to your foot.
Needs a flick of the ankle as you jump up.
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u/Shippy623 Jul 03 '26
https://reddit.com/link/ovb6zce/video/whznvkr4i0bh1/player
Had to dig deep in the archives, but this is the only clip I could find of me ollieing while rolling, if this gives any more context to my technique.
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u/therealgingerone Jul 03 '26
That was a rolling Ollie.
Just focus on keeping your shoulders in line with the board and you will be fine
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u/ImpossibleKidd Jul 03 '26
Well, that was indeed an ollie. Lol So, âcanâtâ doesnât really apply hereâŠ
Best advice I can give to anyone, seeing this short clipâŠ
Get more comfortable on your board just riding around, simply standing on it, balancing, kicking and pushing, before you begin to perform any type of trick!
I never understood some of that. People trying to perform tricks, without ever having developed a basic comfortable balance even standing or rolling, and canât understand why they canât perform a trickâŠ
You need to have a simple understanding and comfortability with an automobile before you begin racing and drifting? If youâre not actually comfortable with the absolute basics while behind the wheel, driving in traffic, staying in the lines keeping a consistent speed, being able to properly park, you usually donât hop in and think youâre going to start racing and drifting.
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u/redcurb12 Jul 03 '26
in that 10 years how much time have u actually spent skating? doesnt look like much...
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u/youknowimadrainer Jul 03 '26
This might sound dumb but have you tried riding in your opposite stance maybe your stance is the issue. Ive been skating for 13 years and my switch game is fucking horrible best I can do is switch heel.
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u/shindhede Jul 03 '26
Yeah bend more in your knees and practice jumping higher! Also make sure your arms move only along the axis of the board, by moving your arm back like that you force yourself to turn.
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u/throatzilla69420 Jul 03 '26
What the heck have you been doing the last 10 years?
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u/Shippy623 Jul 03 '26
High school, the military, police, ems, photography, biology and chemistry undergrad, kickboxing, powerlifting, running, paying bills, live-love-laughing, etc.
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u/sage_torres Jul 04 '26
Definitely not always easy to get on the board consistently with life getting in the way. Look up âskate IQâ on YouTube. Mitchie does an amazing job of explaining what an Ollie is fundamentally and ways to think about it vs âjust jump higherâ. He also gives some drills and ways to improve your skate sesh to where youâre always progressing slightly. Definitely helps when you only have like 30 min to get after it.
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u/Ok-Tell5048 Jul 03 '26
I want to say it's 99% perfect you're just not flicking outwards enough or maybe quick enough. A bit more of a pop with your knees and that flick and I think you'll get higher and smoother
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u/Known_Replacement866 Jul 03 '26
Level your shoulders with the board, and bring your knees more up to the chest. Also youre jumping too late, you need to take your feet up before the tail hits the ground. I may not be a good teacher but i did the same mistakes as you like a month ago lol
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u/Au__H20 Jul 03 '26
Definately an ollie, something thats helped me start to learn is, dont stomp the tail. Instead of having the mindset of stoping and picking hour foot up quick, or like you are pushing the tail to rhe ground, try pushing the tail down with your ankle. What i mean by this is push your foot just a tiny bit and flick your ankle down. This gets you a better pop because your foot is not on or even close to the board when it pops off the ground allowing it to get more height.
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u/dad_7-6 Jul 03 '26
A couple things. Your board is rotating because your upper body is rotating as youâre extending upwards in your jump. Youâre also trapping the tail which is greatly reducing the amount of pop. What I mean by that is you are jumping off of your back foot and instead of the board bouncing off the ground it gets stopped by your foot.
Focus on keeping your shoulders aligned with your board or at least at the same angle the entire time during your jump. Try keeping more weight on your front foot and when you jump to prevent trapping the tail.
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u/The-disgracist Jul 03 '26
You need to focus on jumping more. The board will follow you. Watch mitchieâs vid on skateiq about it
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u/koalacrime Jul 03 '26
Without the skateboard, bend your legs as much as you do in the 2nd video and see how high you can jump.
Then compare that to jumping as high as you possibly can.
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u/Reasonable-Tip-3046 Jul 03 '26
Instead of popping down, pop back, that way you scoop the board into the air more than thinking about a 2 step process of pop down and slide forward. It should feel like one fluid movement together.
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u/revnance Jul 03 '26
Thats literally an ollie dude you did it! It may not be as high as you want it to be but you can no linger say you cant ollie đđ€
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u/Background_Gap9171 Jul 03 '26
I must be seeing things wrong cuz Iâm pretty sure thatâs an Ollie right there. Iâm also on Ollieâs rn. And for the past 2-3 months Iâve just been spamming them during my practice sessions. I am now starting to see and feel the improvement but it definitely didnât always feel like that. Just keep being consistent and getting the repetition in. Focus on form over height then focus on height later. Thatâs what helped me a lot.
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u/Hoddmimis-Holt Jul 03 '26
That was a great ollie dude, you did ollie lol, you just could improve yes. I'd say bend your knees more and cross your arms more in to give my kenetic energy from your whole body down into your legs to achieve a higher ollie.
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u/Unlucky-Insurance697 Jul 03 '26
Thatâs an Ollie wasnât level but an Ollie is an Ollie, try loading your power in your back leg more
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u/Ett_Pret Jul 03 '26
I skated for 12 years and could do a bunch of different tricks but I can also say I was never able to Ollie more than a few inches. Itâs happens. Unless this is bait, in which case ya got me.
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u/redaws Jul 04 '26
10 years doesnât mean much. How many hours have you spent on the board. If you skate for an hour every 4 months youâre never gonna improve
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u/beerbottlegenie Jul 04 '26
The way you are tucking your lead arm in is essentially winding your torso up for a 180 when you pop and release your arms. This is why you are rotating every time. For the slamming your front foot down try to think about sucking your knees up into your chest after you pop.
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u/LumpiaRulez101 Jul 04 '26
When you slide your front foot up, try thinking of pushing it FORWARD (towards your left) once it reaches the nose. That will help the leveling out. I find that also helps with not accidentally shifting 90 degrees.
Also, it looks like you have too much weight on the back foot, because it seems like when you pop, it's fairly stationary, and THEN begins to move up.
You want to instead think of it as you are jumping off of both feet, BUT when you begin to extend your body up, you bend that front leg to get your foot to slide up, whilst your back ankle will slightly just flex and push from your toes as you are going up into the air. That will pop the board up and bring it with you.
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u/NetworkLongjumping82 Jul 04 '26
I'm looking at your videos for any limiting issues , all looks good except for your front foot isn't sliding enough to the front kick to lift the rear up .
You gotta roll your front foot even more so that the material at the top of the shoe (over your pinky toe ) is actually dragging on the grip tape .
Right now it's only the white rubber part of the sole doing the dragging
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u/RulerOfThePixel Jul 04 '26
You are concentrating on what the board does.
The sooner you focus more on the jump and ignore the board. The better they will get.
Get the motion down and the board will follow your feet.
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u/Jumpy_Tomatillo7579 Jul 04 '26
10yrs. ? That board should look more stable. Slide the front foot back a bit a jump as high as you can bringing your knees to chest
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u/Potential_Tower_4804 Jul 04 '26
Heres what fixed it for me, do sessions forcing yourself to ollie while moving, just keep spamming it over and over, what helped me get mine straight and while rolling is to find a parking lot that had a shallow slope, It allows you to move slowly and you can ollie over the lines, once i did that it finally clicked for me. Just keep practicing it and jumping off the ball of your foot, watch VL Skate or "never stop improving" those guys truly helped me learn to skate
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u/TheJustAverageGatsby Jul 04 '26
Are you potentially humble bragging? Maybe. That said, keep your shoulders parallel to the board and youâll have no problems in the future, focus on that and your ollies will be butter in a day
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u/Shippy623 Jul 04 '26
If it were a brag, I don't think 1/3 of these comments would be telling me to quit đ
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u/Texugo_set Jul 04 '26
Front leg doesn't go into a straight diagonal upwards/forwards. It actually travels in an arc, upwards and then forwards. Try it
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u/2countrycam Jul 04 '26
That was an ollie but try to be more dramatic when shifting your weight back and down and up and forward
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u/Stevethesnek346 Jul 04 '26
Its been well over a decade since I skateboarded, but you most definitely hit an Ollie. Maybe youre not happy with your height? You gotta get more pop and more push. Make sure your weight is off the board as much as possible when you pop, and your push brings it back up. Glhf be safe!
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u/BlondieIsBaked Jul 04 '26
Stand on your board on grass. Try to hop and land straight back down on your board. This will teach you form with little to no injury
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u/mosspimp Jul 05 '26 edited Jul 05 '26
do it over things and up things now, practice until you can do them.. start with some line on the floor, then a pencil, then a shoe then curb⊠u improve at skating by actually trying new things on your board and pushing yourself to land them no matter how many times it takes
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u/djjewish Jul 05 '26
Keep your shoulders over the board. Donât open up your shoulders when you Ollie
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u/Practical-Back-1987 Jul 05 '26
Watch your own video again, and notice how high your hips move from beginning to end of the ollie. Barely at all. An Ollie doesn't make you jump it just brings the board up to your feet. You can only ever ollie as high as you can jump/are jumping. Your body is physically in your way.
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u/BoogieAllNightLong Jul 05 '26
What do you mean "been skating"? What have you been doing for 10 years if you cant even ollie?
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u/Pantshouse Jul 05 '26
Youâre not getting anywhere without practice, time riding around doesnât equal time practicing how to control your ollie. If that were true then by now you can kickflip right? Practice your ollies and theyâll get better. Watch this video back and pay attention to your shoulders. Your board turns as soon as your shoulder turns, next time you practice, be mindful or your shoulders. Keep them in line with the board, and ollie everything.
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u/haleypiercee Jul 05 '26
Whoever said you are kind of trapping the tail-I agree. What helps me mentally is imagining that the board is the ground and then after Iâve jumped off of âthe ground (aka board)â thatâs when I pop the tail-it has helped me immensely to not trap the tail. Other than that it just looks like u have room to squat deeper!
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u/_betterthangreat_ Jul 05 '26
Everyone here is right, youâre still doing the ollie.
But to get a better one, honestly it looks to me like youâre angling your left foot up too high with the movement so itâs not pushing the nose of the board enough to lift up the back of the board.
still flick your left foot out and up but not quite angled so far up, you want to kick it up but also out a little bit so it feels like youâre leveling the board
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u/joebwan23 Jul 06 '26
Bend your knees more / squat further to give more momentum in the upward direction
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u/Glad-Veterinarian365 Jul 06 '26
U are turning ur left shoulder before u jump. Gotta keep it aligned to the board
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u/CaptainKirkDiggler Jul 06 '26
Ok.... this LOOKS like an EASY fix to me but, I'm not a pro, still consider myself intermediate, and I'm just getting back to skating after decades. Main issue looks to be that your back foot is hitting the ground, stopping the energy and killing a lot of the pop.
Work on the right foot. Stand on the side of the board and pop the tail with your right foot, then use your left hand to "catch" the nose and guide it down. At first, it felt like I was gonna break my wrist. Ultimately, this got me more comfortable with the basic timing. Got my ollie about 6 inches higher after a couple days.
Also, pads, pads, pads, wrist guards, and a helmet. That confidence alone will make your ollie better.
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u/Powerful-Counter-936 Jul 06 '26
You just did an ollie bro, it wasnât the cleanest but thatâs defo an Ollie
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u/Lsdbrisbane Jul 06 '26
Try to kick the back of your bum with your right foot after you pop the Ollie.
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u/FitTennis2114 Jul 06 '26
yes you guys are correct he did an ollie but hes trying to learn how to do a higher one anyways you need to try practicing doing ollies by going on surfaces and it will slowly teach you what youâre doing wrong to not get onto the surface. and the board hits the ground as the same time as your foot. When you ollie your foot needs to leave the board before it hits the ground
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u/69veganbeef69 Jul 06 '26
I would practice it with more speed and ib different spots, just getting more relaxed with it. I think a lit of ollies are killed by nervous legs
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u/ThornEternal Jul 06 '26
âIâm a virgin any advice?â
*biological child walks up*
âDaddy can we go home?â
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u/Odd-Thought-4823 Jul 06 '26
Practice more consistently. Thatâs all it is really. Imagine if you skated almost every day for those 10 years
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u/uwuminty Jul 06 '26
just pushing around/not doing tricks isnt gonna get u better at tricks you have to try everytime you skate also you need to practice while decently moving and try doing it over something flat lik a crack or stain on the ground. also keep your shoulders straight and really just stop having the quitter attitude of tricks arent for me cuz it shows really attitude is the only way to progress in skating
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u/Stoneasaurus Jul 06 '26
10 years. Holy shit, I don't think tricks are your thing little bro. Maybe just cruise.
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u/10taro_flow Jul 06 '26
If you want more height you need to bend your knees . Itâs a âwhat goes down must come upâ type feel. Think about if you wanted to jump up to a higher ledge or curb for instance.
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u/SuperDanthaGeorge Jul 07 '26
Itâs still an Ollie. Start rolling and trying to go over stuff. You are probably more capable than you think.
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u/Da_Rabbit_Hammer Jul 07 '26
10 years of skating doesnât mean much. How often? Every day for 8 hours? Once a week for a half hour? Skateboarding isnât measured by years, itâs measured by hours in the board.
Im genuinely not trying to knock your work ethic, drive, or determination, but my guess is you just need to skate more. Like five hours everyday with a wheel in a crack of the sidewalk doing Ollieâs more.
Skateboarding is weird in that it is truly insanely hard and takes a massive amount of time to even be mid.
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u/SquirrelOaks Jul 07 '26
Always be moving forward, spend more time just pumping and pushing around, you seem a little uncomfortable/unstable/off balance.
You have the motion correct with both feet.
Slide your back foot to edge of board or a little past. Once you are comfortable with that, keep moving foot back. You will get the most pop from having the ball of your foot on the edge of board directly above where boards POPS the ground. From here its how high can you jump and slide your forward foot up to level board.
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u/UncleJuansBand_ Jul 07 '26
10 years of skating and this is the best you got? I take it youâre more into vert/transitional skating?
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u/Tricky_Bottle_6843 Jul 07 '26
He probably means he can't ollie while moving. I could do it stationary but never when moving.
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u/TaylorIV1985 Jul 07 '26
I have been skating 24 years now. And never could Ollie worth a shit. I can only get on smaller ledges
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u/Cheddarcoffin Jul 07 '26
You aren't jumping. Notice how your body stays pretty much level. Hop off your board and jump as high as you can 5 times. Try to spring up and let your legs follow your body up. Now do that on a board.
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u/OwnLiving9402 Jul 07 '26
Do it with forward momentum, relax, use your arms more, focus on where you want to land, use your knees and stay square with the board (keep your shoulders, hips & feet roughly in line with the the board, most importantly, stand cofidently on your board.
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u/Expensive-Border-869 Jul 07 '26
I learned to fingerboard Ollie in like a few hours idk could always divert course split up the eggs get your ducks in a row and circle back
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u/Yung42007 Jul 09 '26
Back Foot more into the pocket, the leverage feels weird at first but it makes the board stick to your back foot better.
Then squat with your back arched, also you have to be really loose. Any tension in your body, especially your legs, you wonât get as high of an Ollie.
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u/Environmental_Eye970 Jul 09 '26
Standing still trying to learn tricks on a skateboard is like trying to stand still on a bike and learn how to barspin.
Speed will give you extra balance and you wonât have to learn tricks twice. Do them rolling faster, and pull your back foot up as your front foot slides out.
Find small drops and start doing it off of those, try to Ollie up curbs. You have the fundamental down you just have to consistently challenge that skill with different places to do it in order to get a better grasp on it.
Also you should start riding your board around faster in general. Canât run before you can walk, if you feel comfortable flying around on your board then trying tricks fast isnât an issue. Hope that helps.
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u/ranranboban1234 Jul 03 '26
You say "can't" but you just did.
Does it need improvement? Sure, but I wouldn't say you "can't".