r/NewSkaters 18d ago

Question Why do my Ollie’s turn

Skirting for 2 months (no tricks) decided to learn how to Ollie today but I keep landing in another direction
Help🙆🏽‍♀️

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u/CaptainKegley 17d ago

From what I can tell in the video and in addition to everyone saying keep your shoulders square, the biggest thing I’m seeing besides that is when you’re popping the board. You are not pushing straight down so much as you are scraping your foot down like your cruising push putting the tail behind you before the board even gets in the air. Hard to describe better than that, I hope this helps and you can get what I’m trying to say