Hello,
Apologies in advance, I'm not very familiar with your community and was sent here by a friend. I'm sure you guys probably get a thousand ollie questions, and I'm sure you're sick of them, so thanks for looking at this!
I have a strange issue with my ollies. I've been skating for about 6 months, doing ollies for 5 months, rolling for almost the entire time. They're OK-ish for 5 months when rolling, maybe 4 inches or so. About curb height, maybe a little less. However I've found that to get more height I'm going to need to slide my foot properly. However, I find that when I do that, I get a really heavy frontside turn that seems to be driven by my hips.
Here are some examples. I did them stationary because it exaggerates the issue for demonstration purposes.
https://streamable.com/on17uo - This one has the best example of a super exaggerated turn. The ankle bend and slide looks right to me though, as far as I can tell.
https://streamable.com/tauqxe - Another example, this one at a different angle.
I know that normally this issue is caused by the shoulders but as far as I can tell, my shoulders are staying mostly parallel. They may even be rotating a bit backside in an effort to stop the turn. I know my hips need to stay straight but I just can't figure out a way to crack the muscle memory and force it to happen. I've spent months battling it and I'm a bit lost.
Things I have tried:
- Crossing arms like an X
- Keeping hands in pockets
- Leaving back to a wall
Some other recent clips of my rolling ollies for reference in case they're needed:
https://streamable.com/xg3akzhttps://streamable.com/ijedbrThese were with my older, less proper slide so they didn't turn quite as much.
Again, thanks so much for any feedback. I know I'm probably the thousandth person to ask for ollie help this week but I'll gladly take any assistance you can provide.
Thanks!