I need help/advice on a problem I have with kickflips.
I sprained my ankle two years ago trying a kickflip over a 4 stair and I didn’t skate for 4 months after that. When I finally healed and got to skate again, after a few sessions I got more confidence trying tricks but it’s hard to land kickflips. It’s like I lost the muscle memory. The feeling is so strange.
Overall I feel confortable with my ankle when skateboarding, I can do decent heelflips or shove its, bigspins, I ride street, park or transition, i was never a killer but I still have a decent bag of tricks at 33 years old. I even learned tre flips, a trick that I was battling with when i was younger.
But somehow since I sprained my ankle kickflips are so hard to land. And when I land them, it’s so hard to watch because it’s so rocketed. Or I can’t do them straight. And they demand a lot of concentration. My kickflips were never the most boned out but they were OK.
To explain my feeling, it’s like my brain can’t tell my left foot (I’m regular) to flick enough.
I tried to scrape everything and learn from zero (even trying kickflips on grass like I did when I was a kid) but I still rocket them. I even watched tutorials on YT haha !
I don’t know if it’s my ankle that’s fucked up (I don’t think so, doctor said I healed properly) or my brain stuck in a vortex ?
I am a little frustrated about this since it’s been nearly 2 years since the injury, but nothing too dramatic tho. If you have any advice I would appreciate it. Thanks.