Look at Your Feet to Skate Better! Rookie Mistake #4

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Жыл бұрын

If you're not looking at your feet and board, when you skate, it's time to change that. This is a very common mistake I see beginners committing. It's definitely impending your progress, and could lead to injuries (it did for me).
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@MickyThunderV Жыл бұрын

You really managed to do a KZfaq channel that covers these details nobody really talks about, so awesome! Also funny enough I think many of these "rookie" tips are things that are always important and sometimes you forget about these even as an advanced skater.

@NormanWoods Жыл бұрын

So true. You’ll never completely remove these mistakes. I have to remain conscious of them today, after 25 years of skating.

@jeremycollins6380 Жыл бұрын

I haven’t stopped trying to watch the board and my feet since you mentioned it.. that and staying tucked or crouched until I land. Back In the day I had a terrible ankle ligament tear 360 flipping off a launch ramp and rolled off the nose. 6 months heal time made it hard not to second guess every flip trick down, over and whatever. Maybe I would’ve saved myself knowing I didn’t catch correctly and then forced the landing by trying to push it down. Don’t ever want to do that is again at 38. That and I’ve been getting used to less bulky vulcanized shoes. I believe you had mentioned the bulkier shoes can contribute to this.

@NormanWoods Жыл бұрын

It’s vital. 6 months is rough. My ankle injury from 2020 took a year to be fully healed. 5 months to skate, with extremely limited mobility. Still haven’t done much jumping since. I think my age contributed to the healing time though.

@jeremycollins6380 Жыл бұрын

Yea that timeline sound about right for me. I remember watching the guys skate while I was spelling the alphabet with my toes to try and get the mobility back. Seemed like I lost a year cuz even sliding your foot up for Ollie was scary and felt so weird.

@yooomarie Ай бұрын

Thank god I’ve always looked at my feet and board lol I love life

@Dave0Star Жыл бұрын

Just starting to take tricks down small sets and Figured this out last night! 👍

@NormanWoods Жыл бұрын

Perfect timing!

@AlexNiedt Жыл бұрын

Doing tricks off/down stuff can be a real mindf**k as far as looking at your feet goes. Hard to time the pop at first when you're looking down at your feet, but like Norman said, it's absolutely a must.

@Dave0Star Жыл бұрын

@@AlexNiedt cheers! Appreciate the knowledge. I feel line of sight is so Important but not many people seem to talk about it.

@seniknine 6 ай бұрын

Ive watched quite a few of your videos now(mostly these Rookie Mistake vids. Brilliant idea) and theres one common tip you always give: safety. For someone who's getting back into the community and the sport after a decade of being away, safety is something thats definitely overlooked just for the sake of oanding a trick. The way you perform a trick,the way you land and even the way you bail can all keep you from or bring you closer to injury. Youre really dropping gems with this series. Thanks for the knowledge.

@NormanWoods 6 ай бұрын

Thank you! I understand how dangerous skating is. Nearly hit my head on the edge of a ledge two days ago. So, a big part of my goal is to help reduce that risk. It’s inevitable that we sustain some injuries while skating. But, with attention and care, we can at reduce the injuries caused by our own negligence. I got hurt so many times, just by being careless, when I was young and felt invincible.

@frijollimarojocaliente Жыл бұрын

Much respect for that smiths t shirt

@willblackett4709 Жыл бұрын

Loving these tips bro, Cheers !!!

@miguelsebada Жыл бұрын

Thanks for your videos dude

@RikRiorik Жыл бұрын

I love your stuff Norman. This particular one was never a problem for me as I always felt like I needed to look down to keep from dying but just wanted to chime in to say how good your stuff is for the algorithm.

@NormanWoods Жыл бұрын

You’re one of the lucky people who do it naturally. Didn’t take any injuries to learn and I hate you for it 😂😂😂 Thanks buddy 🙏🏾

@RikRiorik Жыл бұрын

@@NormanWoods haha! Stay rad sir!

@130world1 Жыл бұрын

It's quite true because I actually would be looking at other feet in relation to my walking and then as I started skating I was wondering if I was just going too slow, research is important

@estevanbourquard3913 Жыл бұрын

Thank you Norman :)

@NormanWoods Жыл бұрын

🙏🏾👊🏾👊🏾

@PatrickPoika Жыл бұрын

How doesnt this channel have more subs? these videos deserve way more attention bro

@NormanWoods Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏾 we’ll get there.

@rockerdesiempre2970 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this Norman! Appreciate this a lot as a rookie

@NormanWoods Жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome!

@andrewtate7108 Жыл бұрын

I noticed this before, especially with learning kickflips it helps a lot

@CastOutIn74 Жыл бұрын

Love the shirt Mate, best band ever !

@michaeldavid1471 9 ай бұрын

You’re real for that blitz tattoo

@NormanWoods 9 ай бұрын

You’re real for noticing 🙏🏾 We are the Boys!

@juliangreenhalgh5965 Жыл бұрын

Skating so much cleaner with this tip.

@mikeemswiler4541 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for the cool channel,

@a7xSkateboarding Жыл бұрын

I feel like I'm sometimes looking down too much. I think because my first year I only had flat ground to skate. Also remember the first time I heelflipped a stairset, I just blacked out. Rolled up, popped and next thing I knew, I was rolling away. Always found it funny when people said "catch it when you see the griptape" Later on I understood, as repetition is key

@NormanWoods Жыл бұрын

You can get lucky sometimes. But you want to be looking at your board/feet. That black out feeling is novelty. Once you’ve done hundreds of a trick, it starts to slow down for you. Neural pathways and all that. That’s when skating gets really addictive. I have sessions where I feel like I’m bending the air around me. The adrenaline dump you get, once such sessions end, is nuts. Feels like life in slow motion on the drive home.

@urbanumbra6170 Жыл бұрын

I remember when I kickflipped down a stairset in 3 tries it felt the same way. It just happens and you roll away its so weird but feels amazing

@JohnAvillaHerpetocultural 3 ай бұрын

I struggle with this. I have a crushed disk at C4 that makes looking down very painful. I basically have to take quick peeks to see if my foot placement is good.

@lilaj67 Жыл бұрын

Great video Norman! I struggled to grasp this concept for so many years... It was only about 2 years ago that I even started realizing that I won't land any tricks if I don't look at the board. I wonder why nobody really mentions this. I wanted to ask though, do you have any tips for doing flip tricks at higher speed? I always feel so uncomfortable, flip tricks feel completely different if I'm going too fast. Any tips would be appreciated.

@thefitgamerdad Жыл бұрын

It's not really much different going fast. You just have to not freak out in the middle of the flip. A lot of the times tricks feel better going a little faster.

@alejandropreciado1814 Жыл бұрын

The thing about speed is that it makes timing crucial. You are going faster so you get less time to prepare

@NormanWoods Жыл бұрын

I think I’ll make a video on this one soon. Thanks for watching and commenting.

@J-Jizzy Жыл бұрын

Thanks Norman, I was just thinking about this today....I'm assuming you watch what your feet are doing on your grip tape/board as you're in the air as well, and then after a while everything becomes one? Thanks for all of your vids!

@timothyquinn4919 Жыл бұрын

I'll keep this in mind, I recently started skateboarding from Ice Hockey and looking down while doing that typically means your going to have a bad day.

@stewartlinton7825 Жыл бұрын

bro that crook nollie heel on the lock wood table was awesome.. lol i wonder if i don't look at my feet enough!!!???

@bosnuts7058 Жыл бұрын

Yes, extending too early is super dangerous, I had snapped my femur in half skating in darkness, overextended because I couldn’t see how far the ground was as a attempted to run out of a failed trick…

@alejandropreciado1814 Жыл бұрын

Holy shit femur breaks are wicked. Longest and strongest bone in the body. How was your recovery?

@bosnuts7058 Жыл бұрын

@@alejandropreciado1814 yea it was in ‘09, I’d plateau-fractured my tibia simultaneously which had me non-weight bearing for 3 months,months this really hampered recovery. Tbh as far as pain, is wasn’t very painful - I didn’t fall, just a bad step - crucial; when I tensed my quadriceps at all, severe pain!!! When I relaxed, almost zero pain… I’m 49 now and however devastating the injuries were, with abundant cryotherapy (ice packing) and deep stretching and continued fitness, I occasionally can tell the weather with my knee. Otherwise no problem

@Litfilmz Жыл бұрын

Honestly I’ve skated for 16 years and still to this day find my self making this mistake, especially when going bigger than usual I think it’s just nerves of wanting to see where I’m gonna land. Which I guess roots back to committing

@jerryboy5876 8 ай бұрын

I've always had a problem doing stairsets and doing tricks over things mainly flip tricks how do I do them without looking at my feet. Its almost like I have to do my tricks blind because I have to look at the obstacle.

@brycew.9055 3 ай бұрын

What about when your skating ledges or Manny pad?

@mrsemifixit Жыл бұрын

So for example if kickflipping over a gap. You want to look at your feet before snapping the tail? Or should you be looking at the gap to know when to snap?

@user-oh2ez9du6q 7 ай бұрын

I used to look down but I felt like it was really stunting how high I can jump and my height cause my eyes were always on the board. Does anyone know how to fix that??

@NormanWoods 7 ай бұрын

Gotta look at your feet. I pop plenty high, and never have it hindered by paying attention to what’s going on down there.

@jmzan Жыл бұрын

Couldn't nose Manuel for the longest time stopped looking at my feet and instantly started getting 15 feet or more

@brycekeith5653 Жыл бұрын

I would pay a proper price for you to be my skate coach lol

@isreallearsi6349 Жыл бұрын

do you have any advice for nollie/switch heels? I have landed them before, but have 0 consistency and pop

@NormanWoods Жыл бұрын

That could be so many things. I’d have to see to know.

@AlexNiedt Жыл бұрын

I'm also inconsistent with these. Some days I have them every try and popped high. Other days they feel so awkward that I don't even want to keep trying them. Yesterday, I had perfect nollie heels but then my switch heels were gone. 😆

@rustyshackleford58008 Жыл бұрын

My worst ankle sprain was because of not looking at my feet

@NormanWoods Жыл бұрын

Ouch! I know that feeling.

@rustyshackleford58008 Жыл бұрын

Fakie backside 180 off a loading dock. Not looking at my feet, front foot slipped off & went fakie 180 to 3 foot drop ankle roll. 23 years ago & I still think of it when I drive by the spot on my drive to & from work. Listen to this man & watch your feet.

@NormanWoods Жыл бұрын

@@rustyshackleford58008 yikes! That’s a rough one. The type of injury that’s hard to forget.