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How To Ollie Higher And Better
VLSkate6:36
How To Ollie Higher And Better by VLSkate is a skateboarding tutorial for the Ollie. Diagnoses three things that hold beginners back (back-foot placement, the back-foot motion, and timing) using a teeter-totter model of the two feet.
What this video teaches
Diagnoses three things that hold beginners back (back-foot placement, the back-foot motion, and timing) using a teeter-totter model of the two feet.
Key tips
- Stand on the ball of your back foot, not the arch or center of the tail
- Press down and jump off the back foot in one fluid motion
- Think of the back foot as jumping off the board, not just pressing
- Keep the front foot passive until halfway, then slide it to the nose
- Time the front-foot slide to peak with the back foot
- Use the teeter-totter motion to level the board
- Avoid sliding the front foot too early or too late
- Hold something while learning to isolate the foot movements
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Teaches
Ollie