Tips for doing an ollie on a skateboard?

How do you ollie on a skateboard i need tips ive been watching youtube videos but i cant get the ollie right?

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• Answer:

  Dude I hear you. I've just learned how to ollie recently. Took me 3 weeks but it was the best sensation ever when i learned how to do it. Ok so you've been watching youtube vids so I'm pretty sure you know that you have to jump, pop, and slide your foot all at the same time. What some vids will tell you is to pop and then jump. Don't do this cuz you'll just end up doing nothing. You always start the jump first. Right when you start feeling light on you feet, pop the board. Ok another thing is some vids will tell you all you need to do is slide your foot up and thats it. Ehhh wrong. You need to slide your foot up and push the board forward until it levels out. When I realized this it was eye opening. I started doing this and I got a lot better. At first I was pushing it to far forward and landing with one foot off and my front foot pushing the nose down. If this happens to you, your going to have to experiment with how hard your pushing. If its still happening to you after a while here's what you have to do. Forget about it and focus on the pop. If you've been pushing it to far forward for a few days chances are your foot has already gotten in to the habit of sliding and pushing forward, and you're just focusing on it too much. Now if you focus on the pop and take some of the focus of the sliding foot you'll probably get it down. The pop is very important. Like I told you before, wait until your light on your feet and then pop it. But what I now want you to do is focus on popping harder. The harder you pop the easier it is for your front foot to bring the board up. When you pop your board think of it like your just trying to give the tail of your board a high five while your in the air. Pretend your as light as a feather. You don't jump as high as you can at first, but don't jump like 2 inches off your board cuz you won't be able to slide your foot up high enough. You should at least jump 9-12 inches of your board. A good way to practice jumping is to get on your board and jump. Bend your knees because when you slide your foot up and bring your board up with you your not bringing it up with your leg or body. You're bringing it up with your knees. Another way to practice is to just jump on stuff and bend your knees while doing it. After you've learned all this just land it. This might help a little(it helped me alot):Imagine yourself landing an ollie in your head. Don't get scared cuz if you do you will bail. Learn stationary first thats what i did. Pratice in the grass, on a carpet, or put your back wheels in crack on the sidewalk. Then learn it it on the concrete. Then learn it while moving. You probably won't be able to get it while moving at first, but you'll get used to it fairly quickly. Keep practicing even if it feels like forever. I know this one dude and he said it took him 4 months to learn to ollie, and now he's the best skateboarder in my school. After you've learned how to ollie learn how to ollie higher.