The #1 Way to Get Over the Fear of Falling in Skateboarding
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- Опубліковано 8 сер 2018
- Fear can get in the way sometimes, but it's probably part of what makes skateboarding so much fun. This video will show you my best technique to overcome being afraid of falling on a skateboard, so you can stop being scared and finally start landing all of those tricks you've been wanting to learn.
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Well here's my story;
I was never really into sports of any kind until I started longboarding but I'm such a p*ssy in everything in life where I need to take risks.
And then last December I made a new friend who has been skating for 14 years.
And I fell in love with skateboarding I was so sketchy in the beginning but I took small steps I love transition skating. At first riding down fakie off a quarter scared me and now I go really high!
But the one thing I just cannot commit to is dropping in and jumping tricks.
In February I tried to drop in with help of skate buddies so one person would help me holding my hands I dropped in like 5 times and fell everytime it was okay .
This was a quarter without coping btw.
And then someone said you can also just roll in the quarter and I tried that. That's when I fell and my kneecab was dislocated I stepped of my deck while riding.
I can drop in on a bank. But whenever I stand on the smallest quarter I get anxiety and panic . I really want to do it and I know I can, but my brain tells me otherwise and somehow I'm so scared and cannot commit... And I tried it a couple of weeks ago just to be in the drop in position and I started crying of fear.
It's really demotivating me to continue on skateboarding because I don't feel like I'm making progress and it makes me sad has anybody experienced this kind of fear?
Its a part of skateboarding its like a relationship theres gonna be parts that wear you down but as long as you dont give up keep trying youll do it. Maybe you just need the right ramp a more mellow one maybe wearing some protective gear might help ? Try whatever you can to give you that confidence but whatever you do dont give up you got this!!! I just started skating after taking over a 6 year hiatus and im scared to try a lot but I dont give up
Go slow, fear is hacked progressively. Regarding demotivation, think about how rewarding it all was when You got really high as You relate! Eventually You will drop-in safe and nice, but that maybe after taking small steps, maybe on mellow slopes first. The point being, skateboarding rewards Will outweight frustration, but skipping stages is not the way. I learned the wrong way when I was young but now at 46, never take great steps, I assume that my goal is at least a month away and only through patience. And yes, I experienced that kind of fear, but I hacked it progressively, and I know It Will assault me again, same recipe. Good luck bro.
This exact thing happens to me. I know I can drop in, but something about standing on a steep edge makes it much scarier than a bank :(
The best advice I can give for dropping in is to remember to commit putting your weight in the correct area at the right times. If you don't commit and put your weight where it's needed, you VERY quickly lose all control.
Too far on the tail, the board flies from underneath you.
Too far on the nose, you fall forward and eat it.
You have to put a LOT of your weight towards the nose as you initially go down, then right at the part where the curve starts leveling out, do a pump motion with your legs and straighten your body out, staying in riding stance while evening out the weight just slightly more towards the tail. This ensures you have enough weight on the nose to keep the board level with the quarter as you go down, but not over commiting in one direction and slamming when you need to level out. This is going to sound condescending, but remember to focus on the physics of it to get over that mental hurdle. You're afraid of falling in either direction, but that will only happen if you do not plan accordingly and adjust where it is needed. The most common thing I see when people do quarters is not putting enough weight on the nose initially because they're scared of falling, but that's the only possible way to go down correctly. Just keep practicing and try to overcome the fear of not doing it correctly. If you know all the steps, tell yourself that you have everything you need to know! It's all about just putting that knowledge into practice and believing in yourself. You're probably going to fall MANY times learning this and skateboarding period, but it's better to fall in the correct way, not just slam first try and be afraid of ever doing it again.
every last detail from start to finish is spot on how i an
“Sucking at something is the first step to being kinda good at something”
-Jake the dog
And fin the human, the fun will never end its adventure time! Im sad now
@@wyattharlow0921 🤣
Overcoming fear is, in my opinion, the hardest part in skateboarding. Thanks for the advice!
IKR. It's also the main reason to do it too, apart from the feeling when you stick it :)
Yes that's true
I have a big problem with it
Literally the hardest part of anything I think! Fuck fear!!
I want to do those wheely shoes but I litteraly can not roller skate at all :(
I broke my wrist learning pop shuvits, and now I can kickflip, heelflip, 360 flip, but I still can't do pop shuvs because I can never commit to landing with both feet
Can you do it on a board with the wheels and trucks taken off like on some carpet or on a trampoline, maybe?
It sounds like your brain developed some kind of a phobia of pop shuvits as like a defense mechanism, and if possible, you gotta try to rewire that part of your brain and make it understand that pop shuvits won't always cause you to break your wrist.
Maybe try it on a board with wheels but just on some turf on a football field or something?
Anybody else had this happen and have any ideas?
Sorry that you're going through that btw, that has to be so dang frustrating!
Lol I also have a love/hate relationship with pop shuvit.. cannot land it.. everytime it shoots out under my feet and slam to the ground.. Then i see people do nice high ones and i just want to do that so hard! But it still did not happen after more than 2 months of trying😅
Try wearing wrist guards. I wear them all the time. Helps mentally and when i fall on my hands.
I learnt varials before kickflip, so now I struggle with them. 360 flips use a lot of force, a shuvit is quite light footed. I compare them to pressure flips, it should just land where you started. Try Fakie shuvs cos they roll with your momentum. To be fair, if your dialled at the tricks you mentioned, your pretty good. But I know how annoying it can be to learn a lot and one simple trick seems to evade you. I swear to God I've done a Nightmare flip down a 4 set, but I've never landed a kickflip.
It's easiest to accept and commit to the fall. Don't hesitate, just commit. I always say that falling is my best trick. Martial arts helps a lot. It's gonna hurt, but you can minimize the injury by staying in control and guiding your momentum.
So much great advice right here!
@@NeverStopImprovingSB true
I must not fear.
Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total obliteration.
I will face my fear.
-Frank Herbert
Frank Herbert? BRUH THAT WAS PAUL.
@@loganmcqueen1033 totally
Aaaand i broke my left arm😂😂😂
@@loganmcqueen1033 He wrote it
6:30-6:42 1000% "Most of us feel like fear is meant to keep us safe, so we stay away from the things that scare us. Fear is simply an indicator that we are pushing ourselves in new ways." Never Stop Improving, Push Your Comfort!
Wtf did you do to get that thumbnail
Lol 🤣😂🤣😂
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
He made that pose, and then cut and rotated it In photoshop
I know I’m late but LMAO
this is me in general in skateboarding literally everything scares me but it's really annoying because i want to carry on but things like riding off curbs and going down ramps still scare the hell out of me. I cant even commit to an ollie i always land on one foot. i've been skating for about 4 weeks and it's really disheartening seeing my friends who have been skating the same time doing things like ollies and ramps.
Same man i can't even Ollie up or down a 3 inch curb it's pretty sad and when I'm home i can land many tricks no problem but when I'm in a skate park i instantly turn into a beginner like a beginner that never stepped foot on a skateboard
Maybe don’t try to learn Ollie’s so fast I’m a beginner and I’m still trying to shuv it after 1 month😅
You just gotta go for it!, commit to it! In my personal experience i just close my eyes, i take a deep breath and tell myself that i can do it!! I try to calm myself and get rid of negative thoughts, i keep repeating to myself that i can do it, and then without thinking i just go for it!! And yes i may fall but every attemp is a step closer. Every attempt counts!!
i'm five days into skateboarding and i've been practicing by myself every day after school. when i first started i was so excited and i felt like i was improving at things. the past two days i feel like i've made no progression. i'm trying to learn an ollie and i have the steps down when i try on grass but the second i go on cement i forget what i'm supposed to do and my mind just goes blank. i feel like having someone with me to push me to try it would really help but i'm feeling like i'm not making any progress and i feel defeated
That's super normal Emily, especially with the ollie (it takes what seems like forever to get everything all coordinated just right to land the first one). DON'T give up, and try goofing around/mixing it up with some other moves because skateboarding is about having fun and that ollie will come without question! 💪
Just ride your board as much as possible you’ll feel more comfortable being on the board on concrete.
How good are you now
How is the progression going?
exact same situation here
this channel is underrated
Nice of you to say, bud 👊
Exactly
True
Nice message at the end too. Thanks Justin.
So glad to hear that the message came through!
@@NeverStopImprovingSB sure did and it's inspirational!
im a beginner and i was really scared of falling when trying an ollie but after flying off the damn board several times because of a tiny pebble on the street i might as well just learn the trick
Lol those unexpected suckers will teach you how to fall!
"It's almost always through failure that you learn how to succeed." brilliant, man!! I could hug ya
dude, that was awesome to see your "I land it for the first time glee" and thank for sharing some past falls too.
Thanks for saying! haha It was one of my happiest moments.
How is that thumbnail POSSIBLE. Didn't that hurt? jesus
Maxis320 ikr
Happens around 4:20 it’s just a funny angle I think
Xpry omg 420
He was practicing to double backflip
He just backflipped off the spine
I don't really mind breaking a bone, but I do mind getting aches in my body without proof to show I'm a hardcore skater
I have never broken a bone since i was born and i dont wanna find out how much it hurts
If you have never broken a bone, then you should most definitely be scared of breaking a bone, It hurts more than anything you will ever experience. Unless you like get Ina car accident or something. But it is horrible horrendously bad pain
@@clutzxy3683 it hurts for like 2 mins then it becomes numb and you go to the doctor
@@SuperBuildsInMC it doesnt hurt that bad. I have no idea what your talking about it's not insanely painful.
@@SuperBuildsInMC i snapped my collarbone in half a month ago and it honestly wasnt that bad. the worst part about a broken bone isnt the pain of the injury, its the pain of not being able to skate while you heal!
I've had a skateboard for a while and have always wanted to learn to Ollie but I was scared of falling this video gave me a lot of motivation so im gonna get on my board tommorow and take your advice thanks alot!
Best of luck!!
Did you land it?
@@yeetyeetjr.4018 He must of died 😬
@@yeetyeetjr.4018"That comes later" bane
One of my greatest fears is falling so now i started skateboarding because you gotta face your fears, right? please someone tell me this is a good idea ugh
Luca' it’s a good idea. trust me
Did you start doing it? If you are still skating today, how far have you come?
Sayla McClure hey, yeah i gave up. Mostly because i realized, I’m completely unathletic in every way and the skater community seems toxic. ✌️✌️ if you’re starting, good luck. :)
Luca'
I started a year ago, but then quit, and I have been back into it for about 4 months. Some people are toxic, but ya if you don’t enjoy it, then don’t do it.
@@Luca-lz4kg damn that’s really sad I was unathletic 2 but skating got me in shape
I was scared trying to do a tic tac and your advice made me less scared. Thank you!
how is it going?
Someone needs to do a statistical study on the number of fails before you land a trick. I keep hearing the number 5 come up a lot.
That's so interesting! I bet my number is somewhere around 20 haha.
5 months maybe
Not so much related to falling but I have heard gymnasts say you need to attempt a skill (e.g. front flip) 1000 times before you'll be any good at it (though I'm not sure if they meant 1000 landed or just 1000 attempts)...
Great advices ! The first fall is "important" !
Haha that's a great way to put it 😂
posieric skate that's the key, just get it out of the way..
My first fall resulted in me tearing my muscle💀
my first fall was off a pennyboard down a hill and my elbow bled & i was limping for a week or two 😅
Best skate coach I’ve seen on UA-cam. Intelligent, insightful and articulate. Lovely insight at the end as well. I don’t often bother subscribing to people but I genuinely felt like you deserved it
You put this really well. We see dope tricks on UA-cam all day, but the slams are the biggest part. Point at the end is totally right; I dropped in for the first time, after eating shit a few times and then went to a major work thing and crushed it.
actually im just scared to get on the board without the skateboard going into the future (going forward/backwards very quickly) without me so I break my bones
This^^ the exact boat I'm in
Thank you so much! Finally dropped in to half pipe!
SuperVizu that’s my dream. I’m terrified of dropping in high ramps. How did you approach it?
Pretty slowly like i first just pumped near of the edge to kinda getting the feeling and the speed. And well then just trying from top. The first time i tried it i was terrified but after that i was just full of confidence and made it in about five tries. It really wasnt that bad in the end.
this channel has actually helped me so much man, thank you
I almost had a session ruined by fear paralysis! I'm only just getting into park skating, aiming to get into bowl.... right now I'm developing dropping in.
Last session I moved from a tiny 2' ramp to a reasonable 3-4' ramp... I wasted at least half an hour if not more setting the tail on the coping and just staring at it 🤣
I eventually stomped it and rolled out comfortably on my first attempt 🤦♂️
Great tutorial, as always!
And yes, skateboarding philosophy can be applied to life.
This is my biggest challenge right now. You got a new sub. Thanks bro
Thanks a lot buddy, I’m 27 just getting back to skate and this video made me feel motivated. Btw excellent trick tips the best that I’ve found in this platform!!
keep up the good work! really enjoy your videos!
Thanks dude. I’ve been scared to skateboard or longboard in general, and this really helped
Damn, I watched the whole thing and after your last sentences I guess I'll have to go and watch all your other ones to give each of them a thumbs up :D Good stuff, man!
I very much appreciate the kind words!!
@@NeverStopImprovingSB Sure thing, dude. I'm a bit over 30 and picked up skating again, last time being when I was 19 or so. I'm struggling with landing my 180s straight right now and your other vid gave me the idea of practicing reverts to get into the motion some more. And regarding this one: many people leave out or don't admit that repeating the same motion over and over is nearly not all there is to learning tricks and how to ride and feel comfortable in general.
Thanks for the calm and unpretentious explanations, that's not a given.
Seriously one of your BEST videos, simply because it shows how even you had to overcome the same feelings as the most of us! And so good that you recorded all your attempts at that time!! They are so perfectly put in this video. Thank you thank you thank you
Thanks for this comment dude!
I was so excited to see this video thank you so much!!
Very good analysis of bailing and learning. I agree that it usually seems worse than the reality. Keep em coming bro. From England.
Thanks so much for helping me get over my fear. Now me and my friends go to the park all the time and I am not scared anymore
Thank you so much for this video!! I’ve had some people tell me that to actually learn to do an ollie I have to try it while moving, but every time I’m going to try rolling I get so scared. Now this totally boosted my confidence and I’m gonna go try it, fall and try it again. When I’ve fallen while staking it hasn’t been bad, so why should I be scared of falling. In fact, falling helped me with manuals. And this is def something to learn from skateboarding which I’ll then apply to my life. Thanks for the video!
Thank you, the ending is really inspirational x
Great video, wonderful advice!
That's really useful to see your examples - it's easy to assume that great skaters have zero fear
Such a good video, really good advice and especially the bit about the end in terms of applying elsewhere in your life. Really glad I found your channel :-)
I saw you playing drums. One of my biggest fears is breaking my elbow which will put a pause on my music hobby.
But, I will say, I am loving the process of learning to skate. Its different from anything else I've learned because of the fear.
Learning music is definitely hard, but I don't hurt myself when I grind arpeggios.
I'm still learning how to balance and tic tac, and im scared. But I'm proud to say it because I'm addicted to the feeling of being scared! I fell a few times and it wasn't bad. The millisecond when you realize you're about to fall makes me feel alive, lol
Finally. After 2 months, I was able to conquer my fear of falling from skateboard. I wonder when will I be able to walk normally again?
Your videos are so positive. I love them.
Thank you! 🙏
you're great, I love seeing a decent skateboarder with humility and a true desire to teach something.
Reading that made me really happy, thank you so much!
I am keeping notes and starting my own channel. Once I am semi-established I will mention everyone who I found inspiring and mention their channel so others can watch, you are definitely on the top side of the list.
The first time I got in a skateboard I was seven and my little brother pushed me to get moving but the board slid and I fell extremely hard. (Winded myself, bruised, cut) and didn’t skate after that for 8 years. Last week while trying to ollie I fell in the exact same way and got hurt the same way. Definite ptsd, but I got back on the board the next day
Love your advice and attitude.👌
This is a great video! For any discipline.
I don't even skate. but I loved your advice. It can be used to other aspects of life as well. Keep doing the great work.
I had a snowboarding accident which made me hesitate so much to drop in and any other ramp trick. Getting protective geat helped with confidence. Great video! ✌️
I love how your message at the end had me from thinking about skateboard into thinking about my life choices 😂 but honestly this was a great video and life lesson 🙏🏻
This is really great. Thanks for the video!
So glad you dig it!
Thanks for the video, I tend to chicken out while dropping in because I got stitches last year
I really needed this video
Great vid man! Soooo many times I can feel and see the trick in my mind but as soon as I roll up and pop my mind loses he trick lol. It’s sooo hard to go from one foot lands to a full commit I keep yelling in my head JUST GO FOR IT IT WONT HURT! The worst pain in skating is when fear ruins a sess and keeps you down
Great advice- thank you Justin
Thank you for the kind words Lars 👊
This video was a lot more helpful than I was expecting.
I'm a beginner and I want to share my learning process on dealing with fear and finding the limit. Recently I've been practicing the manual. I always have this fear of having the tail fall to the ground too fast and my whole body falling backwards while doing the manual. So I wanted to face that fear by simply rolling, lifting the nose, but then purposefully ending the manual by getting my tail to touch the ground to stop. It was scary at first because I didn't know how to do this consistently. I wanted to do this so that I know what it feels to have the tail go too far down quickly. From doing this a couple of times, I quickly found that it's actually really hard to get the tail to touch the ground unless I apply some power with or add weigh on to my back foot. So now, when practicing my manuals, I know that it would be very unlikely for me to have the tail touch the ground unless my weight is too much on the back foot.
Following this exercise, I was more comfortable in doing mini manuals (like a split second of the front wheels being up) without the fear of slipping the tail under me because I previously had felt that limit. Now, I'm continuing to practice it by adjusting other factors. e.g. now I'm seeing if I can go higher with my nose and how much that upsets the balance and how much I'd have to shift my weight. To be continued....
This help me so much thank you
Thanks for making this video :)
Great teacher! Truly.
Thank you Sebastian 💪
I thought this was going to talk about how to fall properly. If you know how to fall properly, it is less scary because you know it is less likely you will get seriously hurt
thank you so much i think i will try more stuff now and gonna go the skatepark:)
Thank you very good advices. Right On
I used to be able to have pop shuvs on lock and then when i got hurt i couldnt commit to anything but now im learning them again and trying kickflips again. Thanks for the advice!
I need this! I started skating again after not doing it for decades and broke my arm of the 2nd day... it really knocked my confidence but I don't want to quit... Going to wear every damn pad there is till I get my confidence with it again.
I'm Brazilian and I love the channel, Congratulations
Thank you so much Marcelo!
Great video homie!
Great video helps me a lot
Thanks for the video man (:
this is amazing. what a nice guy, thank you so much!!!
Well you seem like a nice guy too man, thank you! 🙏
Well done!
Well done with the new channel bro!
I very much appreciate it Firas 🙏
Thumbs up. Seems a genuinely good dude with some great advice.
That's so nice of you Ben, thank you so much!
I enjoy this channel, so I’m glad you took the risk to create it.
Tenacity is the word ,resilience wow I really wondered why in 1st grade they were teaching us gymnastics it helps with you r rolling out of falls and weirdly if u haven't been on the ground and know how roll like he said its fear the unknown thanks,good point, it not no fear u must become at piece with it take it to lunch,we do lunch sometime,in the bowl.thanks again,I never realized I was thinking that much when I skated.
I know this vid was made a couple years ago but I’m watching this during the whole coronavirus situation. I used to skateboard years ago but could never get past my fear of falling and hurting myself. But now, I’ve got time on my hands and a skateboard still in good condition. I’m seriously considering taking up skateboarding again and I just want to get past this fear. Great vid, I think it’s what I needed to hear. Going to ease into it in the next few days and practise my olly with my wheels on the grass but the tail over the concrete to get that pop. Hope it works.
Ooh good idea. Let us know if that actually works please that could help a lot of people.
Never Stop Improving I’ll let you know if it does. I’d love to finally nail an ollie
This video may be 3yrs old but the guy is still right in a lot of areas. I just got back from street skating, I just kept getting bodied when trying to manuel down and off a skinny ledge. But each time I fell I got this overwhelming feeling of "don't stop" it really fuels you in some weird sense
Good advice.
Thanks!
Thank you so much for helping me
Well I'm extremely happy I was able to!
This is the type of positivity I need in my life
Nice tips keep it up
This is the most underrated UA-cam channel how do they not have at least 1mil
Honestly I didn't even need to watch the video comments alone helped
I M new to skating and seeing other skaters be so supportive is so cool thank you to everyone who commented
Yesterday I fell and hit my head in the ground and I was so scared it was something serious thankfully it wasn't but it was enough to scare me lol
But I guess that's what makes skateboarding so appealing the risk your willing to take the adrenaline I feel when I ride because of the chance I might fall it also makes it that much more rewarding
Don't know how to end this lol guess I ll go skate now
Nice new intro Justin! 😆
He really do be staring into my soul doe😳
Thank you a lot
It was my 2nd week skating and I went for a vert roll in and I fell of and broke my arm and now I’m getting better but I won’t be back for another 2 months and I am really scared so this video is really helpful
I didn't learn how to land when falling when I first got my board and kinda broke my toe lol
But its not stopped my fire to learn the sport! I wasnt really too active in sports in general as a kid, but I wanna get into it now. Just need to get over the fear of falling on my back haha
Hey man, awesome video. Quick question, where is that ramp at? Is it your personal ramp or a public one? I live in Austin too and have been wanting to start learning miniramp stuff for the longest time now, just haven't found one to skate. Cheers.
That ramp was in my backyard at the house I just moved out of earlier this year (regrettably though, I really liked that ramp!).
However, there are so many good mini ramps in Austin! I'm actually surprised you haven't found them yet :p
The best ramps for beginners are all at House Park (15th and Lamar downtown) There's a 1.5ft quarter pipe, and half pipe with a 2.5ft side and a 3ft side (my ramp was a 3 footer for reference), a 4ft half pipe and a nice mellow 5 footer inside the bowl up top. So definitely start there if you don't know where to go.
Pretty much every other park has an alright enough mini ramp, but the best one other than House Park would be in the cloverleaf bowl at Northeast Metropolitan Park (the Pflugerville Skatepark). It's a 3 footer as well.
I hope you get into mini ramp man, it is just so dang fun!
Well I'm not scared to fall and get hurt but being humiliated... Yesterday I went on a ramp for the first time and I fell and right in front of was a group of guys with BMX and started laughing
P.S I have social anxiety and it doesn't help at all making fun of me even If I am a beginner
joanna snake 😭😭😭u just like me
Rip fck social anxiety I have it too
Go skate when there’s no one around first thing in the morning get warmed up and have fun.
Hey try to become friends with somebody that knows what they are doing so that they can shush thise kids when you fall or try becoming friends with those kids
Thank you for such a great video. I'm 52 learning to skate board. But I'm afraid of height, just like having vertigo. More then anything I want to learn how to drop in. After listening to your video I hope it helps
Make sure to watch this video featuring 49 yr old Roman to see what it really looks like: ua-cam.com/video/hUPV43dF8O4/v-deo.html
@@NeverStopImprovingSB thank you
Really good video, im just scared to drop in on the 5 ft quarter pipe
Good content brother
Thanks homie!
I have a skateboard, and I know the basics- but I just ***cant*** ride it because I'm to scared of falling off- so I'm glad I found this video, thank you
I went to the Same skatepark today!!