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
1Stand on the ball of your back foot, not the arch or center of the tail
2Press down and jump off the back foot in one fluid motion
3Think of the back foot as jumping off the board, not just pressing
4Keep the front foot passive until halfway, then slide it to the nose
5Time the front-foot slide to peak with the back foot
6Use the teeter-totter motion to level the board
7Avoid sliding the front foot too early or too late
8Hold something while learning to isolate the foot movements