Ollie attempts using new jumping technique

[@slavaz7932]

On first atempt of this video, your weight distribution was very good to do Ollie. Stop doing pop before start phase of jump is not almost completed. Thinking about jump only from board, forget surface. I see how you can't fully extend back foot and don't touch the ground, to make good pop. Much of pop energy lost in to the ground. To prevent frontside turn don't look at front foot, see middle of the board. And pull the toe of your foot towards you when start level out board, think about heel goes first(it's only to stop frontside, until you take full control). Also you can try japan technique, start ollie at frontside stance look forward and then you pop, look down at the board and rotating shoulders parallel.

Yes, that is my problem - popping too early. I sometimes thinking of it as lifting front foot too early, since that's what I think is going on!? Interesting advice about the toe of the front foot - will experiment it the next time.

[@francine7762]

Nice tries Henrik! By the way, you got some really decent ollies on this past session, when you were trying the ninja kick approach: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fnK2Xp9tr5KBb9E Look for example at the ollie on 2:49 of that video, that was a huge one! Why don´t you stick to that technique and repeat it over and over in every session until you master the movements, instead of trying new approaches every time you go to skate. I think you don´t let your body getting used to the motions if you change it so often. Keep trying Henrik, one day you´ll get it!!!

Thanks! Yeah, in that video from 2019 I got some good ollies, but they felt "really strange" to do and required insane amounts of power. I was usually drenched in sweat after an ollie session 😀 This made me feel that I was doing something wrong, even though I got good results. My ollies didn't look "light and effortless" like they do for great skaters, so I kept trying different techniques. I want to find a technique which "feels right", but also feels "effortless". I think those two are a good indication of if you're on the right path. I have been able to improve other things by looking for these feelings. Especially if I get stuck or plateau. Recently I managed to improve my drop in technique by following this principle, for example. Mitchie over at SkateIQ also talks a lot about these things. If you do it right, it's easy - kind of :)

[@birdman7450]

Tighten those trucks for learning ollies. Your foot turns because your shoulder is drifting. Maybe try putting the back wheels in a crack or start rolling slowly. I spent way too much time on the stationary Ollie. Stations ollies and rolling ollies are quite a bit different. Nice effort!!! Keep visualizing and keep popping them. It will make sense eventually.

[@francine7762]

I think the effortless feel refers more to how the board sticks to your feet and feels "light" and "weightless" underneath you. On the contrary, the act of doing the ollie itself does require quite a bit of effort, in terms of the act of jumping high and drawing your knees to your chest. It's actually quite tiring, so I don't think you were doing anything wrong, it's just quite tiring to do that kind of jumping for an hour. Good luck Henrik, you will make it!!