You Need to Squat Lower to Skate Better (Rookie Mistakes #1)

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Hey guys,
I'm still experiencing symptoms from my concussion. So, I'm unable to skate, and the videos I can make are limited. But, I wanted to start talking about the most common mistakes, I see beginners making, that are impeding their process. This video covers not crouching enough. There will be more. Im considering calling the series "Rookie Mistakes".
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@nicholasmesa3588 Год назад

I'm a Ballet Dancer, and we have a Saying about getting into the air . . . "You gotta go down to go up!" Hahaha. Great tip!

@NormanWoods Год назад

PRECISELY! I’ve had a few ballet dancers as students, and they always pick up the mechanics so easily.

@FBombs4All 2 месяца назад

Landed my very first clean ollie. 41 yrs young. Thanks for the tips Norman. Your awesome brother✌️

@lZlSHINTANi Год назад

I'd love a series of rookie mistakes! Squatting lower is something I have to constantly remind myself everytime I have a session.

@samiyoussef7672 Год назад

This is what skateboarding needs. Someone who truly understands the physics, anatomy, form involved. Not another bum who can do all the tricks without understanding why, or people chalking it up to "he just has good style". Followed!

@NormanWoods Год назад

Thank you sir 🙏🏾👊🏾

@AlexNiedt Год назад

Even as someone skating for decades, I've been consciously thinking about squatting more, particularly when I'm rolling up to an uncomfortable ledge or flatbar trick. Knowing I have a better center of gravity takes a bit of the fear away and also makes the tricks easier. 🤷🏼‍♂️🙌🏻

@NormanWoods Год назад

That low center of gravity really does give you peace of mind.

@chrisspence27870 Год назад

A series on rookie mistakes would be sick man. I started skating again after about 15 years. Relearning everything has been brutal🤣

@foreroa Год назад

It's so true about the squatting. I could not deep squat unassisted on the floor without a skateboard. I started practicing squatting and stretching ( since my hamstrings were so tight) and it totally helped my skateboarding.

@NormanWoods Год назад

Been doing the same thing myself. It really does work.

@nickwasilewski996 3 месяца назад

Bro finding your page has dramatically improved my skating. I'm a rookie skater in my ripe age of 33 and enjoying the process. Shred on!!

@NormanWoods 3 месяца назад

Happy to help! It’s never too late to shred 👊🏾

@donut5718 Год назад

I had surgery for tearing my ACL and squatting feels way better now i love this video

@NormanWoods Год назад

I’m glad you’ve recovered. I have to stretch daily to maintain my squat. I’ve never been very flexible. So, it’s tough to maintain, and more so since my meniscectomy. Happy shredding.

@donut5718 Год назад

@@NormanWoods stay safe yo I understand keep up the hard work

@ethangardner6946 28 дней назад

I have bad posture in general, so this tip was huge for me. Idk why I’d never thought to keep my back and head straight and use my legs but it’s been really helping how long I can skate and helped me re learn heelflips. Thanks my g

@nickes02 Год назад

been skating since 18 and off and on in my 30's. Everything hes saying is valid on point. Kairi Netsuke is the zero rider he is talking about. I wish you the best in your healing Norman

@NormanWoods Год назад

Thank you sir 👊🏾

@RikRiorik Год назад

So true. When I was just starting out I couldn’t understand why I was so unstable and couldn’t get any height. It wasn’t until I watched footage of myself that I realized how little I was actually crouching down. It felt to me like I had a good amount of bend but nooo that definitely wasn’t true 😂.

@NormanWoods Год назад

I had a similar revelation, years ago, and it changed everything for me. Thank you for watching!

@JilesRyan Год назад

Bro. You are a fantastic explainer and teacher. Your words make sense and you deliver them so calming and understanding. I’ve been skating for 10 + years but never put consistent effort to truly progressing to a level I wanna be at. I can do all the flat ground basics skate banks, or hips. But grinds, and Ollie-ing high enough to get ontop of ledges . I’ve built bad habits overtime and I’ve tried to understand my faults in skating and I can 100% see how I’m not bending down and using my body to its optimal conditions. I’ve listened to TONS of tutorials and skating is one thing that is experience based not tutorial based and I just really appreciate the way you laid this out. Thank you. This one clicked.

@NormanWoods Год назад

Thank you for: watching, since you could’ve watched anyone else’s video and chose mind. 2nd for the kind words and explanation. I started making the videos at the request of someone whose opinion I trust, and who said I’d be good at this. Everyone who expresses the value these videos provides them gives me fuel to keep making tutorials. Happy skating!

@xave9447 Год назад

Great advice! Been skating for almost 3 years now and started to notice I was losing my pop. Whenever I skate now I try to keep this in mind. Really do see a big difference

@EastAfricaGenes Год назад

Watching from Kenya. I tried the squats while skating today and noticed a significant improvement in my bs180. I'm also learning how to heelflip and noticed how easier it becomes to flick the board when popping higher

@NormanWoods Год назад

Great to hear! Always happy to contribute to someone’s fun.

@Shifting_Skates Год назад

You really are the best teacher when it comes to in depth explanations. So many bad habits i developed as a kid with no proper guidance that youve helped me work through. Learned bs nollie big and fakie frontside bigs all by concentrating on my back. My squat is another thing effecting me and your explaintions really helped me understand why my nose slides barely slide!

@mmdoom Год назад

Good Stuff ! 36 and I've stiffened up a bit and don't squat like I used to , going to work on this !

@JonahAlexanderMCDougallGardner 4 месяца назад

Great talk!! Honestly a newbie… getting to stair gaps and the deeper squat has helped me commit to the Ollie as I get close to a tucked in ball with my body right before I pop…and therefor can easier accept floating through the air balled up; as opposed when I stand to straight and high up and often send the board in front of me. This has also helped all my frontside grind tricks.

@JulianGoddard Год назад

I was expecting not a lot of depth when you said you were concussed but I was very wrong. I'm gonna think a lot about this when I'm skating and watch more footage like you suggested. I'd definitely watch that rookie series if you made it

@TripGodUnlimited 10 месяцев назад

Skating is so much more fun and less frustrating when you have correct posture. Correct posture and timing actually takes some of the mental strain that comes with beginner skating. Thank you !

@jasonrice8340 9 месяцев назад

For deeper squats and increased range of motion through squats, I highly recommend paused squats.

@jeremycollins6380 Год назад

Oh man glad to get an update on the concussion. Please do the series! I look forward to your content man!!

@NormanWoods Год назад

Thanks! Will do 🙏🏾👊🏾

@pimkoopmann2281 Год назад

Great video! At times I was a little distracted because your choice of background music is so good :D Maybe try pitching that down a little so that your voice doens't get into conflict with the music ;) I will try the crouching while doing noseslide slappys. For now I'm just kind of turning out of them the moment I hit the ledge.

@NormanWoods Год назад

I blundered the editing. Still concussed when I finished it. I can hear how loud it is now. But at the time it seemed balanced. Kind of nuts.

@FloatDown Год назад

Very helpful. "Leverage" is a great key word here. Tom Rohrer has an above average series of trick tips on RU-vid (Tom's Tutorials) and emphasizes the importance of squatting down in every vid I've seen. Whythetrick, from Japan, even does 3d modeling of the physics, the leverage from crouching down and how to time popping and scooping. But even though I've seen all that this is still adding more to my understanding. Cool series!

@FloatDown Год назад

Especially great tip that I hadn't heard elsewhere (even after watching vids about the best/safest ways to fall): crouching makes falling less dangerous! I'm just coming back into skating after a long hiatus and it's funny how you remember how to do tricks better than you remember how to fall. Relearning how to skate is a lot different from original natural progression.

@winstonloh1051 Год назад

Love your perspective on breaking down movement in skateboarding. Thanks for sharing!

@BitesTheDusto Год назад

Ive used these tips after hearing them originally in your ollie higher video. Using levarage and popping while knees are still bent. Ive really focused on that for months and now i can consistently pop better, stay more centered, and land better. Its applied to Every trick ive learned and ive progressed so much since honing in the timing of when to begin pop. Since the pop is consistently better, the board sticks to my front foot better so I have way more board control than I did 6 months ago

@Blackenedwhiplash 10 месяцев назад

At the end of the video when you're saying that you're having a hard time collecting your thoughts due to the concussion, I just want to say that even with that you are one of the most articulate, well-spoken people in any skateboard related video I've ever seen. I think you said your thoughts in this video beautifully and thoroughly. In regards to squatting, I think a lot of times I feel like I'm squatting far while riding but in reality I probably am not. Maybe I should film myself skating and watch back on the footage to see. I'm still fairly beginner level but I've been trying to get slappy noseslides. I think maybe I don't squat nearly as far as I think I am right before lifting the nose because it feels hard to get the nose off the ground when I go for it. Either that, or maybe it's because I'm not used to having my front foot so far on the nose whenever I lift it, because I can kickturn very well normally, it's just when I go for the noseslide I have trouble with it.

@GasGotti Год назад

Thanks for this vid man. At 34, just got back into things, SLOWLY haha. This was super helpful dude, for real.

@santino_moltisanti Год назад

I wish you a full recovery as soon as possible my friend.

@NormanWoods Год назад

Much appreciated 🙏🏾

@pheinted6386 Год назад

I'm trying to skate again after 20 years of not doing it. I'm much older, and the first thing I noticed was just how bad my flexibility was hindering me. The squat part was killing me badly, and the aftermath of a session of Ollie's had me sore for nearly a hole damn month. Part of me has this sense of regret. Like damn...what did I get myself into. Can I even do this? I wasn't ever good back then, but I honestly had my best years of life....and just everything back in the day...mid to late 90s, early 2000s...whew man...life was awesome and here I am chasing a high idk is even achievable when I'm almost 40 now... On the bright side...living by LA...skateparks in abundance...I definitely had no access to that as a kid. I live next to 2 skateparks. Huge benefit of today's world. Pretty fortunate times. Your vids are awesome. You explain things in great detail.

@spht9ng Год назад

cross training is so important. i'm not even that old (25) but almost my whole life i've never really been physically fit or active after the age of about 10. so my lack of flexibility has really held me back in skating until i started cross training and doing a rigorous stretching routine and core workouts.

@pheinted6386 Год назад

@stpedro-ht9ng I'm still struggling man. Haven't skated in 2 weeks. It's like an off an on thing. I can't do that mang tricks, but can Ollie, shuvs, half cab and at least 5050 a ledge at a nearby park. It's my job that ruins my legs tho bro. Standing, bending, stooping, steel toes 10 hours a day. I've since done stretches, foam roller, helped a ton. Leg work outs..it's like I gotta choose do I wanna be too sore to skate at all or skate and be too sore to work them out man! Haha. Thanks for the reply. I've always been fit but neglected my lower body. Skipped legs days and here it is haunting the heck outa me

@ChilliRelleno909 Год назад

I was going to buy smaller size boards, to help with flipping/rotating my board. Literally just implemented deeper squatting stance, after watching this video. Board flips just fine now 😅

@NormanWoods Год назад

Hyped for you 👊🏾

@spht9ng Год назад

small boards do help for flipping the board a lot but i wouldn't go for one if i was taller than 5'7, weigh more than 170 lbs or have a shoe size larger than 9.5 (US). unless you really want to do circus tricks like triple flips lol.

@michaelg5121 Год назад

Always love a new norman video🙏🔥🔥

@NormanWoods Год назад

Thanks for the support. Means a lot to me 👊🏾

@taterstoolboxskates Год назад

Just wanted to give an updated comment, in the last two weeks since I commented on this video first, my pop has improved dramatically, as well as my comfort and board control,ollied a gap today half my board length, and hit 2 skateparks carving bowls🤙🏼

@NormanWoods Год назад

Happy for you. Thank you for sharing this. There are few better feelings than the results of working hard to alter something, and seeing it pay off.

@taterstoolboxskates Год назад

@@NormanWoods indeed sir, thank you Norman for sharing your knowledge with us🙏🏻

@AlexProspect Год назад

Thanks Norman! Awesome advice and perspectives here. I've skated for 15 years on and off but only recently have taken steps to fix bad habits and muscle imbalances That cause me to hunch my back forward and my knees to cave in when I squat. Doing yoga has helped my range of mobility and next on my plan is to learn weight training/squatting heavy to help give me more power/ Strength and consolidate my squat form with strait back. Can't wait to try this tomorrow on my skate session. Really appreciate you taking the time to make these videos!

@NormanWoods Год назад

Been doing the same. I wish I’d focused more on these a decade ago.

@GasGotti Год назад

Hell yeah bro. Just got back into skating at 34. Been trying to incorporate core training, and squats, stretches, to increase my range of mobility, and like you said, gives you more strength.

@AlexProspect Год назад

@@GasGotti exactly bro! how have you been getting on with the training/skating? i have found that with tricks like nollie flips or variel Heels that fixing a range of motion issue got me the trick, and it was not so much an issue with how i was approaching the trick but more with mechanical limitations, it is definitely a new way of approaching skating and probably one that we could only figure out in our 30s. i have also found that heavy squat + leg day gym sessions have helped with my general board stability and pushing more than i was expecting so that was a good bonus.

@Lollopirate Год назад

These tips are golden, thank you very much man, you earned a sub. The hard part for me, since I've been skating a lot as a kid (with terrible form) and getting back into it now that i'm a bit older, is that i find it very weird to try and adjust my form since the muscle memory from years of skating (with bad form as I said) is still there and it feels like when trying to use good form I can't land a single trick. That being said i really see the value in this and i just have to keep at it probably.

@sdm74 Год назад

I could listen to your coaching all day👍👍👍👍. Thanks for the tips!

@johnneira 22 дня назад

Thanks for the skate philosophy ! I've been trying to crouch more and pull my knees up. What do you think about crossing your wrists before you push your hands up and out ?

@over40texasskater817 Год назад

Rookie Mistakes would be a good series.

@Shannonkellysk81111 Год назад

I really needed to see this! I realized a few days ago when working on manny’s that squatting lower actually helped me not only lock into them easier but I had way more control and by my knees being bent from the squat, it gave me more spring leverage to flip out, or do a trick out of a Manny easier.

@NormanWoods Год назад

Yes! Learning this changed my manny and flip out game as well.

@christopherburgos966 Год назад

I been skating my whole life I love what u say

@Skatemar 8 месяцев назад

Such good advice! I guess doing weighted squats would also help with popping high?

@robertblackmore703 Год назад

I figured this out early on learning to ollie higher in the late 80’s but didn’t think to apply it to slides. Good looking out. I’m pretty sure you’re younger than me, but I’m always after tips to refine or make skating as an older cat easier, too (47 here). So if you have any of that I’ll take it.

@NormanWoods Год назад

It has many applications. I’m 37. But this body has miles on it. Glad you’re still in it 👊🏾

@partial7707 Год назад

this vid is crucial for newbies like myself. thank you! also you have a rad mustache

@NormanWoods Год назад

Thanks, and because of you, the Moustache will live to see another vid!

@alstone5005 Год назад

I love you Bro. You are among the best at video instruction I’ve seen and your presentation is great. That little Charlie Chaplin stache makes it hard not to chuckle though Bro. Subscribed

@ManyLegions88 Год назад

You're a skate genius man. Thank you for sharing the wisdom you've gained.

@taterstoolboxskates Год назад

Yes please do that series! I’m returning back into skating after 25 years, I will take all of the tips and tricks. I can get to get me back in the swing of things, the muscle memory is coming back to me very fast. Thank you for your tutorials.🙏🏻👊🏼😎💯

@NormanWoods Год назад

You got it! Planning to do over extending next.

@jonhollinsworth8785 Год назад

Yes this is one of the best channels, at 45 feel with in reach of been somewhere close to how i could skate at 20, minus stairs and drops. Great work MR Woods!

@taterstoolboxskates Год назад

@@jonhollinsworth8785 yes sir I’m having just as much fun doing it as I did when I was a kid and a teenager 👊🏼😎💯

@NormanWoods Год назад

@@jonhollinsworth8785 it’s amazing that we thought skating was over at 30, in the 90s. Now, with the sharing of information, and better knowledge of our bodies, we can keep it rolling 👊🏾

@FloatDown Год назад

Same, same! 46 and just getting really into skating again for the first time since I was about 30. Almost immediately could do tricks I could never do before, still have my ollies and pop shove-its, really gratifying. Dangerous for me has been that remembering how to do tricks is a lot clearer than remembering how to fall. I got over excited, over committed, and I sprained my thumb. Not a bad injury, thankful for a warning shot, but still super annoying. Relearning to stay low, when not to commit to a trick, and generally how to stay safe(-ish) is coming slower than the tricks

@temi6034 Год назад

You're right, if my board flys off from a whack landing, or slips out. it's a result from the actions of my body not being controlled properly. and i guess what really scares me when it comes to commiting to tricks, isnt the board. it's me. i'm scared that i won't be able to control my body correctly, to come out unscathed. it's about me not having the confidence to land this trick properly. skating really is a mental game. you can learn how to do tricks phyiscally. but to consistent perform these tricks at a consistent level. your mindset when doing these tricks consistently confident.

@manuebg3685 10 месяцев назад

Hey Norman, thx for the tips:) However I am quite distracted by the paintings on your wall... especially the one with the Monk:D

@eliasmercedes8008 Год назад

Hi Norman I will like to said thank you... I saw you video about squat lower to improve the ollie...well let me told you I started to do what you said ..and I NEVER EVER JUMPED OVER 3 DECK.. AND WELL I FALLOW YOU TIPS I WAS ALLOW TO JUMP OVER 3 DECK..I HOPE ONE DAY MEET YOU PERSONALLY AND SAID TO U THANK YOU......GUYS IS REAL LISTENED THE MEN IM LIVING IN NEW YORK IF ONE DAY YOU'RE HERE HIT ME I WILL LIKE TO INVITE TO LUNCH.

@thachnguyenhuu3324 Год назад

really insightful! I've always thought of using my arms and hips for balance and grind/slide holding, but my friends stil said thats just FAKE STEEZE. Thank you very much sir!

@jpizzle88 Год назад

I would very much enjoy a series on Rookie Mistakes.

@Elitobandito Год назад

Hope you're feeling better dude!

@xasthur98 Год назад

I really like the way you explained this. Definately subbing. Illl keep these tips in mind during tonights session.

@NormanWoods Год назад

Thank you! I hope the tips make skating just a bit more enjoyable for you 👊🏾

@scatpack1381 Год назад

Thanks for the tip.

@mileswafe3923 Год назад

I’ve never come across any of your videos until tonight when I’m struggling with the four set. It’s like a god send bro….I’ll be 30 in 6 months, and haven’t skated in 14 or 15 years. Got back into it, and getting better than I was all those years ago. (After a few months of getting back into skating again of course) I’d love any advice or tips you could give.

@2bin Год назад

Great tip and very interesting wall art behind you. Can you tell us about the one to the left of your head (our right)?

@K_spawn Год назад

😂😂😂 love the background music!!! Thanks for the tips ! Helps me a lot

@prevailwithme Год назад

extremely good explanation, subscribed!

@NormanWoods Год назад

Thank you!

@matthewbrown770 7 месяцев назад

Just found these gems. Hope they help. Peace

@observantmonkey4055 Год назад

i have been fighting for my tre flips off and on (skating off and on) i have a beautiful rotation etc but this might be my saving grace

@TALIBANDSS Год назад

fye series bro u should let viewers send in clips so you can watch n show us what we do wrong

@NormanWoods Год назад

That’s a good one!

@RaetacRages Год назад

As a rookie, can do with all the tips I can get :D

@NormanWoods Год назад

Editing the second one tomorrow.

@alexandrew7276 Год назад

This is inspiring man i teach kids and try to tell them the same thing. I need to squat more only because i'm always having issues with rocketed ollies my back foot comes off

@kylesalmon31 Год назад

Your pop is absolutely insane dude… dang.

@zecollecter8747 Год назад

squat mobility and strength!

@danielgreen2849 Год назад

Thank you so much!!!

@ethikzmedia Год назад

thank you!

@JeffStarch Год назад

thank you Norman been skating for years and this is great information!

@imdurgesh9430 Год назад

Yes a rookie mistakes series would be great man

@TheIanSamuels Год назад

Great content! I hope you’re feeling better! Keep on pushin!

@hhc2179 Год назад

Rookie mistakes all for it bro

@emiliocalise4699 Год назад

Yes super stuff from you i love it.

@Mikhashilin Год назад

I just got this in my recommended. I love your videos dude! Keep it up!

@Bahomar Год назад

yeah, def interested in a series like this, great idea. thx for your content

@gregking5960 Год назад

Great idea for a series. I think it would help to have more clips to illustrate the points you make. Mad kf back tail 🔥

@MysticHerbica Год назад

Thank you for the advice 🙏

@dutchmaster2135 Год назад

Amazing stuff

@brandona230 Год назад

I hope you recover quick

@delamiket Год назад

I almost always land tricks when I focus on bending my knees and getting that low squat energy. Helps me keep my balance too cuz I’m so tall. My stiff ass never wanna do it without having to think tho

@hellogoodbye4894 Год назад

Your tips are awesome man! I appreciate it!

@mikeboyarsky2255 Год назад

cool music in the background too dauym

@gunfun7772 Год назад

I was wondering recently if I squat low at all. I will definitely pay more mind to it from now on.

@willblackett4709 Год назад

Great tutorial Cheers !!!

@knightofbrokenglass9237 Год назад

thank you for this - soooo much!

@jaciobe Год назад

Not sure who you are but you're correct

@cbasbwoyETP Год назад

This guy totally qualified to talk about how to ollie high holyshit

@seigenborja4117 Месяц назад

Dude absolutely fucking fantastic videos so helpful

@NormanWoods Месяц назад

Glad to be useful 🙏🏾

@juanitto69able Год назад

Norman Bates!

@LushiTV Год назад

Matt miller the king of pop does that with his arms and squats super low before pop check out his video parts

@NormanWoods Год назад

I know him, and have watched him skate for years. Great example.

@pistachioicecream1484 Год назад

antwon dixon and shane o’neil as well ☝️

@9svm Год назад

that was excellent

@overkillth Год назад

that picture in the background whit the monk 🤣 where did u get that ? Btw, thanks for the tip my skateboarding improved a lot

@NormanWoods Год назад

Best thing we got in London 😂

@timematrix Год назад

When I squat lower, should I keep the 'release point' of my jump the same? Or should I also release my jump from a lower position? Subbed and waiting for the rest of the series.