Kickflip
Ready when: Ollie in parts (i2) consistent rolling.
What you are learning
The kickflip: an ollie where the front foot flicks off the edge of the board so it spins over along its length, then the feet catch it and land. It takes many weeks; filming helps you see what the feet are doing.
Words on this card Push, Ollie, Kickflip, Line
- Push
- Pushing along the ground with the back foot, then riding without pushing.
- Ollie
- Jumping with the board, made by snapping the tail down (the pop) and sliding the front foot up.
- Kickflip
- An ollie where the front foot flicks the board to spin over along its length.
- Line
- The path a skater is taking through the park.
Show it first for the one teaching
- Front foot a little further back than for an ollie, near the edge, toes just over it.
- Ollie, and as the board rises push the front foot forward and off the edge so the outer toes flick it.
- Lift the feet up, let the board spin once, catch it with the feet and land with bent knees.
Your part while they practise
Film and play back slowly.
Step by step
- Front foot near the edge.
- The ollie movement.
- Push the front foot forward off the edge so the outer toes flip the board.
- Pull the feet up.
- Catch the board with the feet; land soft.
How much: 20 tries 10 min a session 3 days a week
Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.
The game: Trick list
A card of tricks you can land; tick each one landed today, with a new colour each month.
Who plays: the skater against their own list.
How to play, turn by turn
- Turns
- Write your tricks on a card, kickflip at the bottom
- Try each trick 3 times
- Tick each one landed; land a kickflip to add a star
- Fair play
- A grown-up adds one new trick to the list.
- Points
- 1 point for each trick on the list landed today; 3 points for a kickflip landed with both feet on the board.
- Fouls
- No points for that trick
- Landing with one foot off the board
- Tries without pads
- A try in someone else's line
- Winning
- Beat last month's points.
- 4 points for 1 star
- 8 points for 2 stars
- 12 points for 3 stars
Easier or harder
Standing still, catching with hands.
Rolling.
What you will see, and what to say
- the board flips away
Flick forward, not out
Up and forward. - the rider lands off the board
Pull the feet up, stay over it
Feet up, then down.
Self-check
3 of 10 kickflips landed on the board.
Stop and get a coach when
Ankle pain.
Fitness for this
Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.
This card trains flip tricks.
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