Skateboard Heel Flip Shove It: Common Mistakes

Video Transcript

"Some of the common mistakes you'll experience while learning how to heel flip shove it are basically having to do with sending the board in a direction that you can't see. Since it's a front side trick it goes behind you. So for about a few seconds you can't really see it or predict where it's going to be. The only way that you can improve on this is just by feeling the board and testing out different foot placements and different situations to see what works best for you, but while you're in the heel flip position it does help to hang your toe over to try to get the adjustment and test which one works the best. Another common mistake is, of course, not flipping enough and landing on the board upside down. What this usually means is you need to hang your toe over a little bit more or put a little more toe on the back corner of the board so that allows the front foot to do more work and get the flip over. Another common mistake is landing primo, or over flipping, this just means you need to put a little more foot on to try to stop the board and have it go a little bit slower. As with any flip trick, the common mistakes usually have to do with not jumping high enough and not coordinating, the foot placement, the ollying, the flipping, and the jumping at the same time. So one thing to do is just practice, practice, practice and that'll definitely help you with your heel flip shove its."