Skateboarders fascinate me. It's like they keep the actual secrets of how to do tricks to themselves and give people terrible explanations. This channel is one of extremely few that properly covers the physics of skateboarding
@@kylespevak6781 and some people understand the tricks at the small level like I definetly pride myself in understanding the small bits but like sometimes I'll be teaching someone how to Ollie and my mind just goes blank on what the steps are cause it's been so long since I learned them that my brain will be like durr and everything that pops into my brain is just the small things I have to fix with mine I think it's a bias alot of us develop cause you see it often like alot of people will just tell you to Ollie into a nose slide and lean forward but like nobody mentions that it works very similar in terms of weight distribution to a FS power slide yknow
Tips are good, but do not copy all of it, it is all about the feel, some tutorial will be good for you but some will not be. For me , what really makes me amazed is the consistency. You really have to devote a lot of time. Try Skating everyday. Wake up eat skate eat skate sleep repeat. I bet you will be good.
The trick for me was: when I was learning them on flat, I started putting my front foot into the pocket of the nose (as if I was about to do a nollie shove it) and my back foot as if I was to do a nollie heelflip. This position made all the difference and I can ride nose mannys on flat really far. Then it was just a matter of learning how to ollie into that foot position and nose manuals on obstacles became a lot easier. Hope this helps anyone!
Yeah this is a good point. I also noticed how adding some friction sideways (think forcing both feed to drag away from each other, whilst being very connected to the griptape) helps me a _lot_ in keeping nose manuals going. I'm still not very good at them, but it helped me to get twice or more the distance than having my feet (especially front foot) more loosely on the board.
Great tip! Both the positioning of our feet and the distribution of our weight within them are important considerations, especially as the tricks get more technical. Rodney Mullen talks about this a lot. To quote Marc Johnson in the documentary, From The Ground Up: "He could explain it to you and break it down to like, the weight distribution for your foot. Like, do you lean a little bit on the outside of your heel? Do you lean on the ball of your foot? [...] Just from being around him, I have a new understanding of the mechanics of skateboarding in a way, like down to the way a truck sits on a block." Very inspiring little video that can be found on UA-cam. Two things that really helped me with manuals, and skating in general, were: * A continual awareness of my center of gravity (just below the navel when standing up) * How my arms are spread out as I move People often think about their feet/legs when skating, but it seems that many forget about what the parts of their upper body are doing too! In the case of a manual, trying to keep one's center of gravity directly over the bolts of the truck that is touching the ground can help one to keep balance for a long time. Likewise, spreading out one's arms as much as possible minimizes the wobble. There is a Physics reason as to why this works (i.e.: increasing one's "moment of inertia"), but one doesn't have to understand the details behind it in order to use it. Another instance when the position of the upper body is critical is when doing spin tricks. We can "wind up" by tilting our shoulders right before we jump so that the lower body naturally follows the rotation of the upper body as we swing our arms forward or backward. This makes it easier to turn. ...Sorry to nerd out. I am very interested in the subject.
no, this was a pleasure to read! A ton of stuff I think about too. I love nerding out about this exactly. How does the pressure point work. What spot on the board does what when doing XYZ. How does the width of my stance affect this trick. What about my head. My shoulders. My tilt etc. I'm always looking for those exact clues in my own footage, and of course the more you learn, the more you can consider. So, it's all super fun to talk about! 😃
Wow - thank you so much Sarah! I need to try this out immediately because my manuals (nose and tail) still suck 🙈. Awesome illustration with the insoles! I love your videos!!
I love doing nose manuals and this is 100% facts. I recall Jamie Foy talking about this in the 9 Club once, about how you can also 'pinch' mannies. These can be scary to learn because you can get pitched hard if you scrape, unlike with regular ones. Helps if you can learn em on a smooth surface, like the flat of a metal mini or clean manny pad. No shame in waxing the edge of the nose a bit either, lol
I'am not saying Sarah's tips are not ok, they are actually great. I She is learning and your learning with her. I'am freaking old and I appreciate her tips
As always, the right video at the right time. After the last video, my daughters said that they would like to bring in different manuals in our competition. Well, that I do this so that the two of them have more chances of winning again... Thank you for your wonderful work.
We come from a very small village in Germany and don't have many opportunities to go street skateboarding. But we have a lot of flat spots. I've thought about building my own obstacles, but we're just not there yet. In an earlier video you explained how to train on carpet in bad weather and in a later one how to practice from crack to crack or line to line manuals. 8 year old girls can be very creative. At first it was only about the longest distance, then slightly uphill or downhill. Meanwhile, we set up little huts and ride meandering lines and the like on two wheels. Something always occurs to the oldest. Since yesterday's video, I'll soon be able to do the routes in the nose manual and the girls will stick to the normal ones. Your videos inspire us a lot and made me get back on the board. I used to hurt myself a lot and I didn't care. In old age you can no longer use it so easily in everyday life. Your explanation and step-by-step learning methods took away my fears and I'm having a lot of fun again. I haven't been this fit in a long time and I've never felt so confident in training. Thank you for everything.
@@danielbauer5673 aww that’s so nice! One reason why is can be so much fun to skate with your kids. Their creativity can make it really enjoyable. The competitions sound like a lot of fun too! But just in general, Im really happy to hear that. Skateboarding has given me so much. So, I’m so happy to be of help to anyone else. Keep having fun with your girls! 🙌
Never thought about that. I think im alway my toes for both but i will be trying that out next time. Crazy as a skater for 15 plus years how much your breakdowns help me. Thank you for that. I did get switch flips down thanks to you kickflip video btw
ah, that's awesome! I'm glad there's some good information in here or things to think about even for more seasoned skaters 😃 and congrats on getting that switch flip! 💪
Thanks! definitely gonna keep this in mind on my next session! got em pretty good on flat but im excited to try to ollie into them! this video helped my understanding of the trick and gave me a little more confidence! thanks!!!
Manual pinches I'm coming for you but also that's something Imma need to practice seems like a solid tip to sit on the ball of the toe rather than trying to balance it forwards and backwards
Hi Roberto! I've actually still not done any proper power slides. But that's just because I never skate fast enough to do them 😂 I do have a tip on a slower version of the powerslide if anything there helps! ua-cam.com/video/cbYcLVhGiDA/v-deo.html
Coming from a long history of parkour I often forget that people don't know to use the ball of their foot. My best friend was a skateboarder and so he was flat-footed which made some moves more difficult for him
Right? I only recently realized this whole time I've not been using the ball of my foot and didn't even know how. So right now, it's proper calf raises and lifted toes for me 😂
@@SarahParkMatott What helps too is if you walk around barefoot on the balls of your feet. Your calves will definitely feel it if you're not used to it, but I recall that being the fastest way to convert me to walking on the balls of my feet only. In parkour, you can really hurt your feet if you land heel or arch, but skateboarding seems more lenient, and I've wondered if being slightly flat footed helps or not (since skate shoes are flat in comparison to running shoes forcing ball-of-foot)
@@kylespevak6781 Ah, that's a great idea. Maybe I'll add it to my gym day haha And I think so too when it comes to getting injured. But, I think in general jumping and popping should be better when coming up onto the ball of your foot...this I'm not sure about of course. It's something that I've been exploring this new year and plan to look at in the spring while I re-work my core tricks. And you're rigth. Skate shoes are flat, but you'd think anything jumping related would benefit from pushing through the ball of your foot 🤔I'll definitely be looking into it
My tip to manuals is get a street skateboard deck LOL Sooooo much easier to improve in manuals. Andy Anderson tells about it also in one video, he explains how it has more room to error and more control since the nose and tail are longer and higher. For me, freestyle boards are lighter but very difficult to handle because they are quick and unstable. Also on doing nose manual I personally put my front foot diagonally over the bolts with my toes on the nose pocket. Still on manuals, Chris Roberts says something important: you improve your balance by concentrating on the front foot, forget the other foot.
Yeah, I've done most of my manual practice on a street board. There is definitely more room for error, but I think the opposite can be true as well. If you learn how to manual on a freestyle deck or even a single kick, you can manual anything 💪
Excited to try this today! I’m getting somewhat decent at manuals, but can barely nose manual more than a few feet. Where do you now put your weight during normal manuals? What about when you ollie into them?
Yeah, it was the nose manual for me too that no matter how much I practiced, seemed to be just out of reach. During my regular manual, I think I am slightly heel heavy, but I don't roll over my ankle like I was on the nose manuals. But! For example, I think that using the ball of my foot if I want to ollie into a manual would be great because it's better to pop from there then from my weight on my heel, right? So, I think it'll be good to keep working on it! 😃
Thanks for the tip. I will definitely try that. Like you, I've been getting my manuals down, but, nose manuals are a different story. I can kind of do a g-turn, but, only one revolution if that. Straight nose manuals are pretty much non-existent. Would love to be able to pump a g-turn and keep it going like Mullen does. Not sure if you've seen it. It's pretty epic.
I've seen some pretty awesome g-turns. G-turns is actually part of why I did want to start putting some more work into the nose manual that I'm so weak at. They're so sick! Fakie g turns are sick too, which I saw for the first time this week. 🤯 Hope working on the ball of your foot helps with your g-turn though! I know it's a tip Mike always stresses!
@@SarahParkMatott Do a search for "dan corrigan world record manual" and watch that video. I don't know if you would call them g-turns, but, Dan attempts really wide g-turns going down a hill as a way to slow down, then, does a high-speed nose manual going down a hill. It's the gnarliest nose manual I've ever seen. Love that video.
I haven’t spent much time on my nose manuals, but as you described it, it occurred to me that I might be rolling toward the outside my front foot when I’m attempting them, too. I’ll need to pushing down through the ball of my foot and see if it helps. Thanks ✌️😊
haha every trick I put in my routine is one I can do 5 times in a row in practice. And I landed all the "hardest tricks". I actually missed footwork or tricks that would be considered my most consistent of any skill I have. It just doesn't always work out in the run 🤷♀️😂
Skateboarders fascinate me. It's like they keep the actual secrets of how to do tricks to themselves and give people terrible explanations. This channel is one of extremely few that properly covers the physics of skateboarding
It's not that it's purposeful it's that were usually to dumb to realize it's a bad tip and the trick has become so ingrained we forget the small parts
@@lcrilley93 For flips, I just think it and my body does it, but that doesn't mean I forget how to do them
@@kylespevak6781 and some people understand the tricks at the small level like I definetly pride myself in understanding the small bits but like sometimes I'll be teaching someone how to Ollie and my mind just goes blank on what the steps are cause it's been so long since I learned them that my brain will be like durr and everything that pops into my brain is just the small things I have to fix with mine I think it's a bias alot of us develop cause you see it often like alot of people will just tell you to Ollie into a nose slide and lean forward but like nobody mentions that it works very similar in terms of weight distribution to a FS power slide yknow
Tips are good, but do not copy all of it, it is all about the feel, some tutorial will be good for you but some will not be.
For me , what really makes me amazed is the consistency. You really have to devote a lot of time. Try Skating everyday. Wake up eat skate eat skate sleep repeat. I bet you will be good.
Some people are just better at explaining things, it's not malicious lol
The trick for me was: when I was learning them on flat, I started putting my front foot into the pocket of the nose (as if I was about to do a nollie shove it) and my back foot as if I was to do a nollie heelflip. This position made all the difference and I can ride nose mannys on flat really far. Then it was just a matter of learning how to ollie into that foot position and nose manuals on obstacles became a lot easier. Hope this helps anyone!
Yeah this is a good point. I also noticed how adding some friction sideways (think forcing both feed to drag away from each other, whilst being very connected to the griptape) helps me a _lot_ in keeping nose manuals going. I'm still not very good at them, but it helped me to get twice or more the distance than having my feet (especially front foot) more loosely on the board.
Great tip! Both the positioning of our feet and the distribution of our weight within them are important considerations, especially as the tricks get more technical. Rodney Mullen talks about this a lot. To quote Marc Johnson in the documentary, From The Ground Up:
"He could explain it to you and break it down to like, the weight distribution for your foot. Like, do you lean a little bit on the outside of your heel? Do you lean on the ball of your foot? [...] Just from being around him, I have a new understanding of the mechanics of skateboarding in a way, like down to the way a truck sits on a block."
Very inspiring little video that can be found on UA-cam.
Two things that really helped me with manuals, and skating in general, were:
* A continual awareness of my center of gravity (just below the navel when standing up)
* How my arms are spread out as I move
People often think about their feet/legs when skating, but it seems that many forget about what the parts of their upper body are doing too! In the case of a manual, trying to keep one's center of gravity directly over the bolts of the truck that is touching the ground can help one to keep balance for a long time. Likewise, spreading out one's arms as much as possible minimizes the wobble. There is a Physics reason as to why this works (i.e.: increasing one's "moment of inertia"), but one doesn't have to understand the details behind it in order to use it.
Another instance when the position of the upper body is critical is when doing spin tricks. We can "wind up" by tilting our shoulders right before we jump so that the lower body naturally follows the rotation of the upper body as we swing our arms forward or backward. This makes it easier to turn.
...Sorry to nerd out. I am very interested in the subject.
no, this was a pleasure to read! A ton of stuff I think about too. I love nerding out about this exactly. How does the pressure point work. What spot on the board does what when doing XYZ. How does the width of my stance affect this trick. What about my head. My shoulders. My tilt etc. I'm always looking for those exact clues in my own footage, and of course the more you learn, the more you can consider. So, it's all super fun to talk about! 😃
Great advice, as always! 🤜🏼🤛🏼
Wow - thank you so much Sarah! I need to try this out immediately because my manuals (nose and tail) still suck 🙈. Awesome illustration with the insoles! I love your videos!!
ahhh thank you Denise! 🙏
Probably the best video I’ve seen on trick tips for a nose manual I’m stoked to try
Holy moly I never even considered this aspect. Thank you!
neither had I 😂 we need to thank Mike haha
Love the way nose manuals look! I’m trying this in. Y garage today! Wet streets😊
I love doing nose manuals and this is 100% facts. I recall Jamie Foy talking about this in the 9 Club once, about how you can also 'pinch' mannies. These can be scary to learn because you can get pitched hard if you scrape, unlike with regular ones. Helps if you can learn em on a smooth surface, like the flat of a metal mini or clean manny pad. No shame in waxing the edge of the nose a bit either, lol
ahhh that's awesome. I'll have to look up what Jamie Foy said! Thanks for that mention
I’m so excited to try this. Great tip thanks!
This is an absolute gem of an advice, muchos gracias fellow skater 🙏🏽
BIG THANKS!!!!
I'am not saying Sarah's tips are not ok, they are actually great. I
She is learning and your learning with her.
I'am freaking old and I appreciate her tips
Good advice
As always, the right video at the right time. After the last video, my daughters said that they would like to bring in different manuals in our competition. Well, that I do this so that the two of them have more chances of winning again... Thank you for your wonderful work.
ahh! Always happy when the timing works out. What kinds of competition do you have? That sounds like fun!
We come from a very small village in Germany and don't have many opportunities to go street skateboarding. But we have a lot of flat spots. I've thought about building my own obstacles, but we're just not there yet. In an earlier video you explained how to train on carpet in bad weather and in a later one how to practice from crack to crack or line to line manuals. 8 year old girls can be very creative. At first it was only about the longest distance, then slightly uphill or downhill. Meanwhile, we set up little huts and ride meandering lines and the like on two wheels. Something always occurs to the oldest. Since yesterday's video, I'll soon be able to do the routes in the nose manual and the girls will stick to the normal ones. Your videos inspire us a lot and made me get back on the board. I used to hurt myself a lot and I didn't care. In old age you can no longer use it so easily in everyday life. Your explanation and step-by-step learning methods took away my fears and I'm having a lot of fun again. I haven't been this fit in a long time and I've never felt so confident in training. Thank you for everything.
@@danielbauer5673 aww that’s so nice! One reason why is can be so much fun to skate with your kids. Their creativity can make it really enjoyable. The competitions sound like a lot of fun too! But just in general, Im really happy to hear that. Skateboarding has given me so much. So, I’m so happy to be of help to anyone else. Keep having fun with your girls! 🙌
Thank you for sharing this!!
Never thought about that. I think im alway my toes for both but i will be trying that out next time. Crazy as a skater for 15 plus years how much your breakdowns help me. Thank you for that. I did get switch flips down thanks to you kickflip video btw
ah, that's awesome! I'm glad there's some good information in here or things to think about even for more seasoned skaters 😃 and congrats on getting that switch flip! 💪
Yeah so good video really helps thanks
Thanks! I’m workin on nose manuals been two days!
ay, keep going 💪
Thanks! definitely gonna keep this in mind on my next session! got em pretty good on flat but im excited to try to ollie into them! this video helped my understanding of the trick and gave me a little more confidence! thanks!!!
ah, I'm really happy to hear that! 😃 definitely hope it helps
Perfect, thankyou
Whoa! I’m going to give this a try later!
Manual pinches I'm coming for you but also that's something Imma need to practice seems like a solid tip to sit on the ball of the toe rather than trying to balance it forwards and backwards
yeah, the ball of my foot made a big difference, especially with nose manuals! Hope experimenting with it can prove helpful for you too!
Hello Sarah, I follow you in any step. My target now is doing a powerslide have you ever tried it? Thanks
Hi Roberto! I've actually still not done any proper power slides. But that's just because I never skate fast enough to do them 😂 I do have a tip on a slower version of the powerslide if anything there helps! ua-cam.com/video/cbYcLVhGiDA/v-deo.html
You’re the best🎉🎉
Coming from a long history of parkour I often forget that people don't know to use the ball of their foot. My best friend was a skateboarder and so he was flat-footed which made some moves more difficult for him
Right? I only recently realized this whole time I've not been using the ball of my foot and didn't even know how. So right now, it's proper calf raises and lifted toes for me 😂
@@SarahParkMatott What helps too is if you walk around barefoot on the balls of your feet. Your calves will definitely feel it if you're not used to it, but I recall that being the fastest way to convert me to walking on the balls of my feet only. In parkour, you can really hurt your feet if you land heel or arch, but skateboarding seems more lenient, and I've wondered if being slightly flat footed helps or not (since skate shoes are flat in comparison to running shoes forcing ball-of-foot)
@@kylespevak6781 Ah, that's a great idea. Maybe I'll add it to my gym day haha And I think so too when it comes to getting injured. But, I think in general jumping and popping should be better when coming up onto the ball of your foot...this I'm not sure about of course. It's something that I've been exploring this new year and plan to look at in the spring while I re-work my core tricks. And you're rigth. Skate shoes are flat, but you'd think anything jumping related would benefit from pushing through the ball of your foot 🤔I'll definitely be looking into it
@@SarahParkMatott I hope you find out some more secrets 🙂
My tip to manuals is get a street skateboard deck LOL Sooooo much easier to improve in manuals. Andy Anderson tells about it also in one video, he explains how it has more room to error and more control since the nose and tail are longer and higher. For me, freestyle boards are lighter but very difficult to handle because they are quick and unstable. Also on doing nose manual I personally put my front foot diagonally over the bolts with my toes on the nose pocket. Still on manuals, Chris Roberts says something important: you improve your balance by concentrating on the front foot, forget the other foot.
Yeah, I've done most of my manual practice on a street board. There is definitely more room for error, but I think the opposite can be true as well. If you learn how to manual on a freestyle deck or even a single kick, you can manual anything 💪
@@SarahParkMatott True, but why the suffering? LOL
Thanx for tip
Excited to try this today! I’m getting somewhat decent at manuals, but can barely nose manual more than a few feet. Where do you now put your weight during normal manuals? What about when you ollie into them?
Yeah, it was the nose manual for me too that no matter how much I practiced, seemed to be just out of reach. During my regular manual, I think I am slightly heel heavy, but I don't roll over my ankle like I was on the nose manuals. But! For example, I think that using the ball of my foot if I want to ollie into a manual would be great because it's better to pop from there then from my weight on my heel, right? So, I think it'll be good to keep working on it! 😃
Thanks for the tip. I will definitely try that. Like you, I've been getting my manuals down, but, nose manuals are a different story. I can kind of do a g-turn, but, only one revolution if that. Straight nose manuals are pretty much non-existent. Would love to be able to pump a g-turn and keep it going like Mullen does. Not sure if you've seen it. It's pretty epic.
I've seen some pretty awesome g-turns. G-turns is actually part of why I did want to start putting some more work into the nose manual that I'm so weak at. They're so sick! Fakie g turns are sick too, which I saw for the first time this week. 🤯 Hope working on the ball of your foot helps with your g-turn though! I know it's a tip Mike always stresses!
@@SarahParkMatott Yeah, I think Mullen said in a video that pumping g-turns is one of his favorite tricks
@@SarahParkMatott Do a search for "dan corrigan world record manual" and watch that video. I don't know if you would call them g-turns, but, Dan attempts really wide g-turns going down a hill as a way to slow down, then, does a high-speed nose manual going down a hill. It's the gnarliest nose manual I've ever seen. Love that video.
I haven’t spent much time on my nose manuals, but as you described it, it occurred to me that I might be rolling toward the outside my front foot when I’m attempting them, too. I’ll need to pushing down through the ball of my foot and see if it helps. Thanks ✌️😊
Awesome tip. Thanks! Ill be right back....
Nose manuels are easier for me than normal ones :D
ahhh, honestly, I wish I could say that! Nose mannys are so cool
Need to try this. My Nose manuals split second
ah hope it helps a little over time! 🙌
does this work also with normal manuals?
The concept certainly applies! Experimenting with the pressure point 💪
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Weird how pushing down and forward is so natural bc you're moving. Never thot such a minor foot pressure change wpuld be so important.
it is 😂 I find it's always the smallest adjustments that make the biggest changes
0:25 maybe try for a time to get more consistent at the tricks that you already know how to do than learn other tricks
haha every trick I put in my routine is one I can do 5 times in a row in practice. And I landed all the "hardest tricks". I actually missed footwork or tricks that would be considered my most consistent of any skill I have. It just doesn't always work out in the run 🤷♀️😂
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