Tips for doing an ollie on a skateboard?

Skateboarding - Ollie Help.?

• WOOO. Im 14, girl, just got herself a new skateboard! The sad part - havent skated in 5 years. When I did skate, I used my friend's skateboard and we just rode around to get to places, so technically, i wouldnt call it skating. Anyway, im a little rusty on keeping balance and what not, but thats not my problem really. I need ollie help. So yeahh, I snap down the back but everytime i try to slide my foot up or do it quickly, i seem to like.. hesistate. Or when I try to snap my tail down, i dont do it hard or fast enough. Once I finally do it, its pathetic. I know, im new, it takes some time. But are there any tips I can use? Tips to stop my hesitation? Tips to help me push the tail down harder? anything? .... haha.

• Answer:

  visualize it in your head like this: first) what would happen if you were standing on the ground, your board was in front of you, and you stomped your foot down on the kicktail of the board? ANSWER: the board would fly into the air. so there you have it...........that's how the board gets into the air. nothing else. no foot sliding. no technical foot position. nothing. just popping the kicktail will put the whole board in the air. now remember that while you read the rest imagine you are on a flat parking lot you are standing on your board (don't concentrate on foot placement or even sliding your foot up, that comes naturally, so don't even think about that anymore) you are standing on your board. you jump straight up OFF the board the board is on the ground and you are in the air because you just jumped NOW: 1 split second after you jump off the board, imagine it looking and feeling like this: you are in the air, suspended........none of your body weight is on the ground or on the board. BUT you are still close enough to the ground to reach the board with your feet . get it? your body is still headed upwards but you haven't made it that far up yet. so you can still reach the board with your feet even though you have jumped off of it into the air. AT THIS EXACT TIME: KICK THE KICKTAIL OF THE BOARD. the board will fly into the air with ease since your body weight is not on it. so hurry up and get your feet out of the way. pull your knees into your chest as fast as you can. the board is gonna keep going higher and higher until it hits your feet. so get your feet out of the way. and i mean fast. it should almost seem like a sound effect is appropriate like: jump, kick the kicktail !!BAM!! knees to the chest. thats it, sorry its so long but i swear thats it. skateing is graceful. anytime you are wearing yourself out, you are doing it wrong. when you do it right, it will be smooth fluid graceful and effortless.