I always tell people starting out to just worry about getting comfortable on your board and rolling around before getting hung up on tricks. Even just with ollies I feel like people want to try them right away even if they can barely stand on the board, and then they just get frustrated and stop.
Beyond that, if they can ride a skateboard fine and are actually learning to “skate” at a park I always encourage people to at least get familiar with tranny. Even if they’re not actually doing tricks on it, I think getting comfortable just navigating different transitions carries over pretty well to overall comfort on a board.