Skateboarding Tricks: Frontside Switch Pop Shove-It Mistakes

Video Transcript

"Some of the most common mistakes people experience while learning how to switch frontside pop shove it basically has to do with you not being able to see the board. The board is going behind you now and for one moment you won't really be able to see it. So what you have to do is practice as much as possible so that you're able to feel where the board is going and test your foot placement so you can anticipate where it's going to be. The other problem that people experience while learning how to switch frontside pop shove it basically has to do with them staying switch and keeping their stance steady while shove iting the board behind them. This seems like it would be easy but it's actually kind of hard. What sometimes happens is the board goes 180 and since your shoulders aren't the right direction or aren't standard and sticking with the switch position you end up landing a little far more forward than 180. This basically ruins the trick because you're not able to continue straight. So what you want to do is make sure you stand on your board and you keep it straight and steady and in the direction that you're headed. The reason you want to keep your shoulders straight is because you want to pop the board and land and you don't want to get it confused with being a fakie. You want to keep it switch so what you're going to do is you're going to pop the trick, land, and keep your shoulder directed forward and then look in the direction that you're headed, and these are just some of the common mistakes with switch frontside pop shove its."