Lets study how to Ollie from a scientific and physiological point of view. Jump and loosen the pressure on your board before popping. If you pop too early, your body weight holds down your board making it impossible to lift it. Let's analyze the motion of an Ollie from a scientific and physiological point of view.
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-- Table of Contents --
00:00 Intro
00:39 Difference between jumping and popping
01:37 When you time it right
03:40 When you time it wrong
06:34 If you want to bone Ollie
06:46 How to Ollie physiologically
06:51 1. Crouch down & shoulder angle
08:27 2. Weight distribution while crouching
09:15 3. Physics after raising your body
09:45 4. Finally time to pop
11:03 Introduction of motion capturing system
#3d #ollie #skateboarding #ai #science
Jump, THEN push the tail. Holy crap! I've watched so many videos and nobody has ever mentioned this. This is the best analysis of the ollie.
this is how i teach my students too, i'm a coach. Growing up, i was taught to pop first. But as I grew older and ollie-ing became 2nd nature, i realised i don't even pop first. It's especially obvious when i'm ollie-ing over cones and benches
I honestly think that ollieing over things or on things has a different concept than over nothing or just ollieing@@coachNazSG
You jump off the board and bring it with you. Many people think your feet jump off the ground but you just jump off the board then pop the tail and bring the board with you with the front foot
"Jump before you pop." Paused the video a minute and a half in and proceeded to do my first Ollie, first try. 😲 You have my sub.
same lol
First and foremost this channel is unlike any other skate channel and we need to show our appreciation,i hope he becomes an physical therapist or orthopedic surgeon or something....and if you skate i dont care how good you are or think you are ....we all need to watch this channel ....the science used in these are accurate and thorough.....its not the most "entertaining" but its not meant to be ....this man is taking time out of his life to not only put us on game...but explains to us how to optimize every aspect of this thing we love, that being said my name is steven and im a skateaholic ...have been since 93 ....keep rippin and youll stay young....the moment you stop you will start to age physically,you will loose all your tuck and roll ability and abilities to take a fall like you used to ...yea that comes with age but if you dont use it you lose it skatin is nothing like riding a bike
the actual physical aspect of skating will always be a mostly intuitive endeavor. that being said, you're right that everyone stands to gain immensely from actually understanding what's going on with the physics.
Bro I totally agree with everything you said. This channel is very thorough and helpful to new and seasoned skate addicts alike. I started skating back in 1994 at the ripe age of 8 and continued through to my early 20s. I then started working out of state during the week and met my wife who at the time had my stepdaughter who was almost 2. Then we had 2 more children and between work and family I let skating be placed on the back burner and then completely out of the picture. I continued to snowboard regularly until recently, I still make it to the slopes and board parks a handful of times each season but nowhere near enough as I’d like. Anyway my son got a cheap halo pennyboard for Xmas one year and I busted out my old zero deck from my 20s. Still had the grinding trucks I had gotten in high school and I still love them as much as I did then haha. Anyway point of the story is I had to and continue to have to relearn everything. My balance and cruising skills were still there for the most part just needed polished back up a little but as far as tricks that’s a big negative. I knew what I needed to make my feet and body do but had to retrain my muscles to have that muscle memory. I’ve never been so frustrated. Since I used to have a pretty good pretty good array of tricks in my arsenal and now I was relearning a damn ollie. I’m 37 now and been skating again for about 4yrs and am once again a complete addict. I’ll never be as good most likely as I once was just bc of age but I take slams and what not just as good as if I was 16 still. I’ve only had a couple that put me outta the game for a couple days. The instincts needed to tuck and roll and get out of those hairy situations with minimal or no injuries is still on point. My only regret in life is that 10yr or there abouts hiatus from skating. Everything about skateboarding remained a part of my life always except physically getting on my board and doing it and now that I started again I’ll never stop. Even if I’m 80 and all I can do is cruise around town I will be on my board. Now my 9yr old son and my one daughter who’s 13 skate with me all the time. My oldest daughter has taken to snowboarding with me but she’s not up to skating YET that is.
@@adamzungali8575 thats beautiful
@@adamzungali8575 yea that hiatus.....can be a ability killer or rather muffler it comes back slowly ....
I wish i could skate after messing up my joint after trying to learn how to move forward
bro this is so sick. I do mechanical engineering at uni and just started skateboarding. never in a million years did I think someone would put the two together. you have extended and opened my interest and passion for both subjects individually and collectively . I cant express how awesome this is.
i guess materials of a skateboard still has a lot of room for improvement. but i don't really know so much about mechanical engineering. hope someone like you can change it haha
@@whythetrick Someone like him. Maybe him in a diffrent Time?😜❤
@@whythetrick You're doing bio-mechanical engineering in this video, many of the same thoughtful principle of cause and effect goes into mechanical engineering, very close to the same thing on a psychological point, but one is using your body, the other parts in a machine to achieve a desired result.
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i do mechanical as well man
This is super cool. Pay no attention to the people telling you you're wrong for exploring the physiology of the movements. This is awesome and you're super chill dude.
Wow, these videos are amazing!! I've been skating off and on for like 15 years now and have always sucked. The 'hardest' trick I ever landed was a FS bigspin, but basically every trick I've ever landed was sloppy and sketchy. Ollies would constantly pivot unintentionally, rocket, and never got that high; kickflips would flip downward, overflip, underflip, accidentally rotate, etc; and don't even get me started on treflips. I've watched hundreds of tutorials (or maybe a handful of tutorials 20 times each) and felt frustrated hearing the same comments over and over again. Then I watch this video only once and do the best ollie of my life right after! I've been binging some of the other ones and am having mind-blown moments during every video. Seeing the physics broken down like this and the forces displayed clearly in a real-time simulation with arrows (dude, the arrows!!) has unlocked an understanding of skateboarding I've never had. My tricks are so much more consistent now and feel so much better. Popping after the jumping motion (instead of during) sounds so simple, but it just never clicked. It was like I was jumping off the pop, like the jump and the pop were happening simultaneously (or like I was doing a one-footed jump right after the tail hit the ground). With the mechanics broken down like this, it became so obvious. It's like magic! Seriously, thank you so much!! You got me back on my board having the most fun I've ever had skating. These tutorials are unlike any other I've ever seen in the best ways possible! Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!
This is a revolution for beginners and pros alike to really see and understand what’s going on with the body and how it should be undertaken. I’m so glad I found this , hope every skater gets to see this and any other trick they are struggling with , a huge help , we’ll done , peace 👍
i feel like a lot of skaters want people to learn to skate by trial and error but the thing is, you need to enjoy what your doing and have fun or else it wont be worth it anymore. i really like the fact that a lot of new things are coming out in skateboarding like this because the more fun and interesting skateboarding becomes, the more people it'll attract and more money, more pros etc
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I think one aspect of the ollie that is overlooked is balance. Your ability to have good balance on a board to begin with. Practicing pushing and riding around effortlessly FIRST on a board removes a lot of fear people posses while learning how to ollie. Creating that peace of mind will help with confidence. Also I learned how to ollie on to curbs. A physical goal helps. It also decreases the height that you will fall off if you bail instead of trying to ollie over things.
Curbs, cones, kick ramps, 2/3 steps, little gaps and other small obstacles helped me loads learning ollies then working up gradually to bigger ones
very true balance is everything also focusing on your landing spot instead of looking down has a big effect on how far/high you can ollie
Bro, I can push, ride curbs effortlessly, but I'm at stage when I try to hippie jump/ollie/ shove it - the board flies away towards or backwards because of bad balance
this is true, its often a step in learning to skate that is missed. People hop on and try to learn how to kick flip. When I started many years ago, I have a variflex banana board that would be almost impossible to do any tricks let alone ollies, and I cruised around on that learning to turn / carve / and go fast before I ever even stepped on what at the time I called a "wide board" that sort of foundation really helps imo but is often skipped over.
State the obvious. Balance is needed for skate boarding
I just nailed my first ollie and rolling ollie thanks to your video. Cant wait till the ankle muscles recover so i can practice more. Cheers dude.
25 yo beginner and this really explained everything so well, you're a talented man thank you for sharing this.
This is the best example I've ever seen. Recently, I started skating again and tried an ollie, it was just today when I realized I was doing it wrong. This video is stunning because it shows how to do it and the science behind it. Awesome!
I think the "pull" or "scoop" in an Ollie or any flip trick is necessary. Once you master the feel of not popping straight down but instead slightly in towards your back foot (pull/scoop), you will have SO much more control and your height will improve and your flips will be SO CLEAN
not pulling my back foot in all the way/ not enough is a problem i had for the longest time that i'm just starting to get better at and when i get it right improves the height of my ollies by 20-30%
WOW - every single mistake you mention in the when you time it wrong section, I do. I kept thinking my front foot technique was the issue, but the incorrect timing leading the nose to push BACK your front foot is something I've struggled with SO MUCH when trying to ollie over or off things. It's almost like because I'm nervous to jump over or off of something, I end up doing the ollie too fast and too early in the jump. This is blowing my mind man and I'm only a third through the video! Truly one of the best skateboarding channels on youtube. Thank you for all your hard work getting these videos out.
What an EXCELLENT video!! - I am a 43 year old guy learning how to to proper high pop ollies instead of sketchy ones & now ive found this video I understand COMPLETELY!! really good ollies are not easy & take practice but with this Clever video you can actually UNDERSTAND the dynamics and Achieve a perfect Ollie technique. . Thanks for making the effort to help other Skaters with this Genius video. Respect
God, thank you so much for this video! I was struggling with ollie so much. I've watched a lot of videos, but just couldn't understand how I was supposed to jump. The board just didn't want to get in the air. I've seen this video in my recs a couple of times but never clicked on cause I thought that wasn't the tutorial I needed. But then I decided to give it a chance. And oh my god! That's EXACTLY what I needed! To see when I have to lift my body and pop the tail. AND FINALLY I'VE MANAGED TO DO OLLIE! Sorry for caps I am just SO SO excited! I still need a lot of practise, but finally my ollie at least really looks like an ollie and not a jump on a tail! Thank you so much!
Hands down the best "how to ollie" tutorial
This was incredibly informative. Looking forward to more of your videos. Thank you!
Bruh been in the game for 15 years and this video would have helped me do much starting out
Love the scientific approach to the Ollie. Spot on!
One of the best Ollie videos on KZhead
Man, I've been struggling with this for years, can't wait to try it out! This is by far the best skateboarding tutorial content I've seen since i started skating! Thanks a lot!
I'm a physical therapist who skates! Biomechanics is everything, well done sir 👏
This is the best tutorial I’ve ever watched. I can Ollie but I’ve been trying to master it for 6 months now and this has completely changed my perspective on Ollies Thanks for this video.
I been trying to Ollie for about 13 years and still can't get it down...If people can't teach others how to Ollie then they shouldn't skate. PERIOD!!
@@ChrisClaus16 you’ll get that Ollie down. Keep your head up g.
so interesting, so informative, I love it. Thank you for the content, I am working on doing an ollie and this is helping me so much
i always needed in depth info that noone could suply me with when i first learned skating. now i just have to try again. Thanks for the video!
This is even helpfull for advanced boarders, well explained with the 3d models
bro this is amazing. i’ve studied physiology especially to help with sports but with something like skateboarding it was harder than other sports but this helped me so much realize what i was doing wrong and why i couldnt get over the initial speed bump of the inefficient ollie
This is such a great video explaining the biomechanics of a basic ollie!! Awesome
Very well researched. Fantastic job
Incredible video man! Really helped me better understand the movements. Thank you! :)
Thank you so much man, you have no idea how much this helps
Awesome breakdown, thanks for sharing 🙌😎
This was well put together and gives me a different perspective on how I should go about my skate life.
I’ve been skating for some time now and have never know this. I never knew I had to time an ollie while just skating flat. But this would be very beneficial for beginners because it explains everything in way more detail.
Thank you, this is what I was looking for, some times I've ollied really high, but most of the time I've messed up the timing, great video!
This was actually insanely helpful. My ollies have always been super inconsistent and I could never figure out why but now I’m getting it almost every time. I think I used to pop and jump at the same time instead of jumping and popping. Now I just gotta work on rolling ollies
That's unbelievably detailed, great work, now I can maximise my olli high
Instantly subbed. Excellent content, please keep it up. Ride safe!
Wooooooooow. I dreamed about that type of channel!!! Thank you very much for doing this!
mindblowing approach
I haven't skated in many years, but I remember as a kid it taking me weeks to execute my first ollie. Then over like 10 years to fully master this concept explained in this video. At my peak of skating I was able to ollie shopping carts and park benches. I wish I had this video back when I was learning. Probably wouldn't have taken me 10 years to master the ollie lol.
This is awesome, great work, very well thought out.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THIS CONTENT 🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
Thank you so much. Best content on this topic on youtube!
This is gold. Thanks so much!
this video is the only video that has ever helped me learn to do an ollie
this is so cool dude, i just started skateboarding and these make the other tips i see online make much, much more sense. Thanks champ!
for years I had been doing a rocket ollie because no video had ever told me which foot to jump with, I had always thought it was the back foot, and now this is how I find out, im so thankful you made this video but also annoyed that not a single other skate youtuber has mentioned this fact in any video ive ever seen
Best tutorial ever Thank you so much 🙏
a really phisical lesson!!!
I congratulate you for your channel, you explain the physics behind tricks. It's a scientific and understandable approach to skateboarding. Fantastic 
I've always had questions in my mind about EXACTLY this, and you ANSWERED them! This video is everything I've always wanted to know about the ollie and how to negotiate the jump and the pop. You absolute madlad, you did it and I love you. Now I just need to get back on the board and try to land the first ever ollie in my life, since I basically gave up on it about 10 years ago after attempting it every day for several months, and also attempting it very often for a couple of years even before that.
You are an absolute legend mate 💪🏼
Dude... Don't know if anyone told you yet, but you're a genius.
I'm not. My videos would'nt mean anything without everyone who watches it. Thanks for the comment!
I have been looking for this exact video, since my childhood. I'm now 29 and can now finally understand scientifically and literally how to Ollie
Thanks. That’s the exact comment I was looking for.
Kids those days are lucky to have content like this.
I mean we all are tbh.
physics of a nollie is a must by this point :) Thanks fro the great vid!!!
This was really helpful, thank you!
After not trying it after a year and just tried it in thanks of this video. I finally did it, thank you brotha. Liked and subscribed👍
Wow man.. thank you so much for this video. Been riding a bigger board with a surf skate thruster for ages and this is the key I needed for sure.
Great vid and the mocap app looks amazing, should mention that midway thru too.
Dude, you're so freaking smart. This is incredible knowledge!
This is wonderful thank you so much for s deep anylization of the olie. Keep up the wonderful work and I really hope it pays off
This is amazing :0 gotta support ya
Thank you so much for this video because I finally know what to exactly do when I ollie!
this is so helpful. thank you so much man
Amazing. Congratulations, very exact!
This is the most logical explanation ever. Best!
Love the in-depth descriptions and 3d models! It's great to have visuals and technical info, as I'm an information nerd and I like to know, how things work. There's definitely, no rocket airs, in my ollie or flip tricks, but that doesn't mean there's no room for improvement. As I get older (closer to 40 than 30) and my physiology changes, muscles and joints change from uses (and disuse) and even my eyesight, gets worse, I've had to "try a little harder" to get, what I want out of skating. I want higher ollie pop? I have to really dig deep into the "hows" and "whys" , I have to be more conscious of stuff like body positioning and things like tucking in my legs or jumping, as high as I can. Once, you understand the fundamentals of the ollie and have the timing, the trick to getting them higher, is all in how high you jump in relation to the downward force exerted by the "pop" and then, just keeping those legs, tucked, until you're over the obstacle in front of you.
Perfect teaching video!
Wow such an amaizing tool, I'd love lo see it next versions
Man you are the best I have been trying to do this for so long but did it on the first try after watching this video you rock
Coolest skate tutorial I’ve ever seen 😱 appreciate all the work you put into this
Thank you so much for uploading this. I have never seen a more in-depth video on Ollie’s than this. Truly incredible
Glad it was helpful!
Awesome. Super in depth
the best tutorial ever.
100% true. Skateboarting is all about FEEL. The most you think, the least you perform.
The parallel shoulders part helped so much! And I’ve been skating for 6 years how did I not know this
Thank you so much, every tutorial it's just "just do the ollie man, practice Poppin and then do an ollie easy" but no one truly explains HOW exactly to do it, this has been truly helpful
Exactly the skate science I was looking for
Best Ollie tutorial ever
Amazing content, thanks a lot!
That was a really interesting watch
I’m pre-med, I love to watch skateboarding, and I appreciate this nerd channel.
You jump before you pop?!? I gotta go out and test this right now 😂 Super helpful video, thanks!
Your video is the best tutorial video on the subject of “Olli” that I have ever seen. Yes, I would almost say the best tutorial video in the world. This would almost have to be translated into as many languages as possible and would help as many young skaters get started in the sport of skateboarding. As we all know, the Olli is the hardest trick to learn. Because that's what everything or most of it is based on. Unfortunately, most people fail at this and then turn to other sports. But your video is so well explained thanks to the animations that anyone who wants to can understand it.
so helpful
Огромное спасибо за вашу работу!
incredible channel. thanks so much
excellent tutorial!!!! practice practice practice
Amazing job!!!
Sick and informative.
This information is amazing
Best Ollie video on youtube by a mile, great work brother.
Wow, thanks!
visual learners thank you deeply 🙏🏻
This was interesting. I really enjoyed it
God bless, cant wait to get out thete and try it!
This brilliant. Thank you for taking the time to edit this video. The video and audio are perfectly matched. That is very helpful. Stay Rad
Yo wtf this video was SO well made, how do you not have a million subscribers!?
This guy is amazing.