HEELFLIP LEVELS #3

[@circlesplitter]

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[@Jaeeedon]

You Hitting on the exact trick i need is crazy im definitely taking these tips into account im probably gonna pay for the patreon for those really in depth tutorials.

[@NormanWoods]

Glad this was timely for you 👊🏾

[@Weston_d]

The sports science part you mentioned was fantastic. Power and athletic explosion are NOT the same thing.

[@NormanWoods]

So very different. I guess it’s hard to tell, without either experience or study. I’m very light on the study and heavy on the experience.

[@Santan2x]

Needed this video. Norman Woods the GOAT

[@FloatDown]

Since you posted this I went from heelflip level 1 to level 3. I'm so grateful. It is all because of your tips, and with all credit, the tips of Dan Corrigan (who doesn't really do tip tricks, they're not even on his channel - they're on Dale Decker's). Your emphasis on how you jump differently than maybe you have conceptualized it before was the biggest revelation for me here. You are good at framing things, like oh, it's different, let me actually absorb that and tell my muscles. Before, I had almost this idea that I was launching myself off the ground, but of course most of your height comes from how high you can lift your legs - depending on what sports you've played this is prob obvious but I just hadn't had the conscious realization. Like in hurdles and high jump, you're changing the position of your body, not actually launching yrself several feet off the ground (usually!). Also, actually calling attention to focusing on sucking yr legs up is a lot more instructive than just "ollie" or "ollie then flick" which is the dense approach my brain was taking (and how it's almost always explained by everyone else) Blah blah. If you still reading I think you'd appreciate Dan Corrigan's most clever tips for kf/hf (IMO) - the physics are smart: put your feet in the normal starting positions, maybe like 50% more towards a normal ollie, and when you flick, don't think about where you are flicking FROM but where you are flicking TO - imagine two spots right in front and below the corners of the nose for kf/hf you are flicking/kicking. If you think about only where you are flicking from, who knows where your foot goes from there, but if you think about where you are flicking TO, all the in between motion happens without thinking about it, and your foot is in the proper place to come back over the board! And it works for both advanced kf & hf. Also very good tip - conceptualize kf/hf as ollie norths, but instead of kicking out, kick down through the nose to those special spots! He does not emphasize the beginning of the trick tho, or how you lift your legs up..Between the two of you I feel like I have a full understanding, even if my muscle memory isn't there yet. The ones I am catching now are soooooo satisfying. Thx so much. I will repay you somehow, prob a Collage deck :)

[@FloatDown]

blah blah ps i have reduced the technique to a mantra i repeat in my head while i practice. kinda suggestive but: "pop suck flick". workin for me so far

[@ryanrowe1975]

Good tips

[@DannyBoatright]

Thank you

[@NormanWoods]

You're welcome

[@MrDrRemi]

Been a heelflip guy since day one! One of the most informative videos on the breakdown of this trick! Side note: is that the Moonswatch Mission to Mars on the wrist?!

[@emiliocalise4699]

Best Tips thanke you bro

[@NormanWoods]

Thanks for checking it out, and you’re welcome.

[@Unoriginal3]

Love it

[@NormanWoods]

🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾

[@130world1]

Richard Mulder had a good heelflip, my first fliptrick I learned was a heelflip and was alot easier than a kickflip for awhile right before I got better equipment

[@NormanWoods]

Muller was sick! I struggled with the heelflip. Kickflip was easier. Not much easier though 😭

[@АндрійАніме]

4:15 it is Ukrainian folk dance Hopak

[@NormanWoods]

Thank you! Always thought it was from Russia.

[@tomvass1642]

great video,how big is your foot and your skateboard? greeting

[@NormanWoods]

Thank you! Size 12 and this is an 8.38”. I alternate between this and an 8.5” setup.

[@buzzerking]

Do you stay tailside through the pop? I had an issue of shifting weight toward the nose during the pop so I couldnt get my front foot on.

[@NormanWoods]

With a FS tail heelflip?

[@buzzerking]

@@NormanWoods That and regular heelflip.

[@matteoz.6632]

🫶🔥

[@NormanWoods]

🙏🏾

[@tkn317071]

Nice demonstration of pow...that's a nice feeling.

[@ryanwalters3531]

I like that point you mentioned that power and height in a heelflip is generated mainly from the back foot because the flat footed nature of doing the trick. I tend to use my nose for heelflips to generate more height and power. Also helps with my timing so I tend to have a delayed flick with most tricks.

[@taterstoolboxskates]

Thanks for this video Norman, I’m struggling with heel flips for some reason the board keeps wanting to credit card me😳🤙🏼😎

[@NormanWoods]

I had that going on, in the beginning, as well. Might be that stiff leg thing.

[@thewolfjames1175]

Bru this helped out so much. I was in the mob heelflips and catching them nice and high. It felt like overnight i lost both. But this video and your ‘popping too late’ video helped me lock in and land them how i always wanted to. Thank you!Do you have any advice for catching it high at different angles and bringing the board down smooth without smash my heels through the board?

[@130world1]

Heelflips on a 7.6

[@NormanWoods]

I learned on a 7.5. Painful!

[@pxtixntzero7127]

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[@NormanWoods]

Thanks!

[@FloatDown]

Love how you talk about the psychology and intangibles around tricks. When I first started learning flip tricks I just did not have the reflex muscles needed, they are such weird musckles that you take for granted once you have them. Gotta eat that spinach. And it is so easy to get overwhelmed or be lost by the details of what you are supposed to do unless you have some mental tricks.

[@matroxman11]

Great tips but don’t worry about addressing haters and bad advice keep it positive

[@NormanWoods]

I think you’re right!

[@fishingrightnow2369]

I just recently joined. I’m looking to take my skating to the next level this year

[@scott.skates]

Threat level midnight 😮

[@AnneALias]

They say y'all got heelflips and pop like no other

[@muhdhadziq-z5c]

hello norman,thankyou so much for giving out tips for us,i need some help with learning switch,do you have any tips or can you make a video for how to skate switch

[@NormanWoods]

You’re welcome. I’ll make a video with tips for skating switch.