Great insight into such a challenging trick to improve. A breath of fresh air after seeing “pop-jump-slide” over and over again..

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I have the exact same issue and hyped to try this technique out this eve! Thanks for the great tip!

I hate watching these at 2 am. I can’t practice what I’ve seen and I’m too busy bashing my shins in during the day

Why do you have so few views ??? This analogy is probably one of the most educational I have seen since I started skating!!

it's a hard habit to break because we just naturally raise both feet when we jump, but really the front foot comes up and drags forward while the back foot stays lower and catches up. This tip is nice, though, to help keep that back foot more in contact and maybe with the idea of a touch of pressure backwards...

This is a good thing to think about and an interesting problem. I typically find that the board is not coming up to my back foot back because my pop and jump do not match (i.e. I jumped too high and didn't pop enough), or I did not push my front foot out far enough in order to bring the board up to the proper height. It's actually a good thing that your back foot can get away from the board a bit, but you do want it to be intentional, as this is what will allow you to be away from the board enough for it to flip during flip tricks. When I do a good ollie I can feel the board pop up into my back foot, it's not that I'm doing anything with my back foot other than popping and jumping, the proper pop power, timing, and my front foot are what brings the board to my back foot. This is what allows me to do kickflips, heelflips, etc. although with some slight adjustments of course but the general idea is that you're ollieing and getting away from your board just enough so that when you flick it, it can spin while it is coming up to your back foot just in time for you to catch it.

im lucky this didn't happen, my foot liked the board when i was ollieing just the feel of the board on my backfoot is so satisfying man i love this

Great analogy! I have the same problem so I cant wait to change my mindset and apply it.

I had the same problem. What helped me was realizing that while popping, I was trying to jump straight up, when I should have been jumping more perpendicular to the surface of the tail. It helps me stay over my board, and it's easier to level out the board with the front foot. Great analogy!

Great video, and great analogy man! I just subscribed to you. We need more recognition for channels like yours! Keep up the great work bud

That analogy is some solid genius thinking, man!

I like the analogy, thanks for the video. I think I might struggle to put it into practice myself, but I hope I give it a go and manage to surprise myself. I have this exact issue with the Ollie, my friends seem to keep their back foot in contact with the tail of the board but mine always comes off. I think it is reasonable to be honest, if you think about it a back foot rising quicker than the board loses grip with the board, whereas a back foot rising slower than the board inhibits the tail from rising. So there must be a sweet spot where your foot is moving effectively in sync with it, but in my mind that seems very hard to achieve

This is my worst nightmare, lately my back foot is coming loose all the time and it’s driving me absolutely nuts. Definitely gonna try this tomorrow - thanks for sharing ❤️

great analogy and I love the illustrations

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Great video! I had the same problem, and had done a similar thing with my own mental cue. I starting trying to keep my legs wider through the ollie, since I thought that bringing my feet in was the cause of this, which I've been calling Floating Back Foot Syndrome. Hyped to try your cue, and think about the bowl. Great stuff, dude, keep it up!

at firs the analogy didn’t make sense but once you explained it more i understood, it actually makes perfect sense. instead of trying to lift your foot up as high as possible it’s better to level out and control the gap between the tail and your foot

this video was such good quality! nice one dude

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I got the same issue for a while, thanks for your sharing. I will try it.

I thought this video was going to be hard to understand but it actually helped alot

This is SO HELPFUL! Thank you !!!

this is the first tutorial I see that talks about this issue, great job!

Thank you! I'm going to try this, I have this exact issue right now.

All it was you was stomping hard bruddah glad you got your ollies more clean i was trying to figure out this same problem a while ago. I enjoy the video thx for the ollies

Thanks for explaining!

That’s an odd one but it somehow seems to make sense !!! Thanks

Dude this helped me so much i love you

I came up with a little trick I just got one a year ago and I'm one to kickflips bend your knees inward then as your springing your knees back up it'll help with the skateboards forward motion

this is my exact problem, this video was super good dude jus subbed

Fantastic video man. Im subbing

i have this same problem so thank you !

Wow, I had exactly the same idea 2 weeks ago. But my Ollie is not (yet :) ) anywhere near the beauty you have on lock! Well done.

I got an ok ollie I can get on top of ledges and what not but notice my back foot always has space between the board so thanks for the video i couldn’t find a good video about this anywhere else

Thank you so much for the video. Tried this mind set and worked out perfectly. God bless you~~~

Bro Great video, thank you really, i will try today. Btw you have a really good ollie

I had the same problem and this analogy helped a lot thx dawg

Interesting - I will try !

Omg I needed this thank u

Great job!

omg i have the same problem dude ,i will deffinitely try to think like this

oh my god such a great tip !!! it works really well on me thank you so much !

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Wow very insightful. Subbed

Thanks for your help you made my day

I don't really have the right to give advice, but I suggest to keep it off but push it back down so ur foot hits the tail. it feels really good when u do it.

Omg I just tried it and it works perfectly thank you so much man

Not sure if I understand it but you really improved that back foot that would be scetchy going off something and the backfoot getting crazy lol 👍

Can’t wait to try this out my Ollie’s been so goofy too long 😂

I thought I m the only one with this problem. So stoked to try it out. Thank you

what i learned is to not hunch ur back so much forward and bend your foot a little instead of standing with flat foot

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Wow! Thank you everyone for 10.000 Views! Never imagined something like this would get so many views! Also thank you so much for all the nice comments! I'm still answering, so keep them coming if you have anything to ask or to say! EDIT: 20k Holy Moly! EDIT, EDIT: 30k.....me gusta! Thanks so much! EDIT, EDIT, EDIT: 40k when does this stop? :D

I hope more people appreciate ollies. It's my favorite trick to do (probably because I can't kickflip yet lol)

I just had a thought in my mind I wanted to share, I don't know if it will work in practice. If you think about it, maybe you want to have your back foot reach the same level as your front foot when the front foot has reached the tip of the nose (assuming you have pushed it that far), and have it reach this level at exactly this time (not later and not earlier). To achieve this, maybe you have to predict the timing with which your front will stop levelling out the board, and raise your back foot at such a rate that it apexes at the right time

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brotha i am so old school and back on time, I had a gorgeus ollie, I tell ypu make secret, the center of your body the Y axis has to go a bit behind the center of he board, all must have to be parallel, and the pop must be dried, you will know because of the sound, clack, then bend the tail upwards and the frontfoot extend it like kick at this point your center and the board center must be align, becaue ou gotta jump with board, . ok good luck

thanks

My ollie's are so high but they look so goofy

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I have the exact opposite problem

When I pop, my board shoots backwards. I try to pop straight down, but then I lose the fundamental of the ollie in general. My front foot cant grab and correct the board when it shoots backwards also. Even when I slide and push correctly. Please help!

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THIS IS MY EXACT PROBLEMM

I have the exact same problem! I can ollie and get decent height but my back foot is just off floating above the board. It messes with my control on the landing... I'll try your advice

My problem is I can’t even bring my back foot up high enough it’s almost like I don’t have enough time during the Ollie to move it anywhere.

I can pop and slide but can’t even have my back foot land on the board what’s the problem and how can I fix it?

I see in this video your ollies are all turning to the left. Did you get rid of that problem? Do you know what you did wrong?

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I drag very well, I level out the board in the air well, my only problem is my back foot never lands on the board. If someone could give me a tip I would really appreciate it

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can you give me tips on getting my back foot up more because I find myself holding the back of the board down for a split second when I pop

My back foot runs frm me

I’ve had ollies down for 2 weeks but I haven’t been able to land one the last few weeks😭

See I have a problem like this but my foot is too low,

My problem is that I can’t slide my foot up while getting my board down

I have no idea what you are talking about but I think I did it wrong. I just Christ Aired down El Torro how do I fix this?

Me: trying to do the opposite and get my back foot up 😭🤚

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I D’Ont understanding it What is this

Are you german? You have a very German accent tho

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this analogy is still kinda confusing to me

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In other words, are you suggesting to pop slightly backward? As opposed to perpendicular to the ground? Great video, thanks