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goddamnyou

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keeping shoulders straight on ollies?
« on: December 13, 2021, 06:48:27 AM »
I took a 2 year break from skating, I've been back at it for a few months now, and I'm trying to fix my janky ollies.

I can consistently ollie over a 5 gallon bucket, but I feel like no matter what I do my form is jacked, and it's because my shoulders aren't staying squared, my rear shoulder is always lower than the front one.

Any advice for helping with the shoulders or maybe I'm misdiagnosing it?

I did about 100 of this same ollie yesterday, and even when I'm really trying to keep my shoulder square, they end up fucked:
https://www.instagram.com/tv/CXbUm_Blxqv

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Re: keeping shoulders straight on ollies?
« Reply #1 on: December 13, 2021, 06:51:15 PM »
bone it down a lil and your front shoulder will dip

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Re: keeping shoulders straight on ollies?
« Reply #2 on: December 14, 2021, 08:21:43 AM »
bone it down a lil and your front shoulder will dip
Probably this. Also you lift your front arm slightly to the side. Try keeping it straight in line with the deck / the direction you're rolling. 

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Re: keeping shoulders straight on ollies?
« Reply #3 on: December 14, 2021, 10:05:20 AM »
Try looking up and see were your shoulders are but it's all gonna come down to how strong your supporting muscles are. You can ollie over a can but it still looks like you are just going along for the ride. Command your board tell that motherfucker what you want to do

So bone out is correct. Grab the tail or method just to fuck with everyone

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Re: keeping shoulders straight on ollies?
« Reply #4 on: December 26, 2021, 10:44:05 PM »
Agree with what everyone is saying. I try to make sure that my back foot at its peak is higher than my front foot because im sliding hard / boning it down