How To Frontside Shove It Better

What this video teaches

VLSkate's retcon video addresses the common bad habit of jumping backwards and scooping weakly, which causes the board to fly behind the skater. The fix: prioritize a strong downward pop (not just a scoop), then kick the back foot out in front of you rather than behind, while jumping straight up and down instead of backwards. The standout drill is doing frontside shove-its with your back against a wall to force the board to stay under you instead of flying behind.

Key tips

• 1The old advice of jumping backwards is a bad habit: with proper pop-and-scoop the board stays centered and you can jump straight up
• 2Prioritize the downward pop first: it should feel more like popping an ollie than just scooping the tail
• 3Kick the back foot out in front of you (toward the nose direction) after the pop to compensate for the board's natural tendency to fly backward
• 4Back foot position: slightly less in the pocket compared to a full shove-it, more toward the edge of the tail for better pop power
• 5Front foot barely hangs toes off with weight on the ball of the foot to maintain board control through the spin
• 6Wall drill: practice with your back against a wall or next to a curb to force the board to stay under you, not fly behind
• 7The better the pop-and-scoop technique, the less you need to jump backward: a well-executed trick has almost no backward body movement
• 8Experiment with the balance between pop and scoop force to find the combination that keeps the board consistently centered

Summarized from the video transcript.