Rolling Skateboard Ollie Mistakes

Video Transcript

"Some of the common mistakes you may experience, while learning how to first roll and ollie are, one of them, is going to be finding the foot placement, because things are going to be changing just slightly, now that you're rolling, as opposed to stationary. What this is going to have to do with, is the fact that you're rolling forward, and the momentum that takes you forward, sometimes takes your body and your feet a little more forward with it. So, you're going to notice that even though your feet start right here, they may end up all the way up here. And, of course you want to end up on the bolts, that way you'll have more control, or maybe with one foot over the bolts, and one foot over the tail, to have the best control. So, basically imagine, you don't want to be too far up, because after you drag your foot up, it will slide off from the nose, and land in front of the board. And, of course you don't want to have your feet too close together, because then you'll only go a little bit up, land, and you'll be too far on the back of the board, and it may slide in front of you. So, basically the foot placement is very important with the rolling ollie, and also, getting used to the feeling of traveling forward. So, trial and error goes in with that again, also. The more you roll and test the ollies, the better. So, a lot of the common mistakes have to do with, starting to roll. Another problem that you may experience while learning how to ollie while rolling, is testing out different speeds that you want to work at. You don't want to go too fast when you're ollieing, and another important thing is, never lean too far backwards or forwards. So, all of these things will help you learn how to ollie better rolling."