Skateboard Trick Checklist: The Only Way To Consistency
A year ago, I could never grasp the concept of how a skater could master a trick to the point where they land it with every attempt. Consistency with skateboard tricks simply did not make sense to me in my early learning stages, especially with flip tricks. This was of course a few months after landing my first kickflip and starting to explore a variety of new tricks that this hopeless thought came to my mind that landing skate tricks consistently was not possible. Today, consistency only makes sense to me through constant repetition by creating a checklist of skateboard tricks you must land each session.
Your checklist will start out small. For example, my checklist once consisted of landing an ollie, shuvit, heelflip, and kickflip by the end of each skate session. As you ensure to use your trick checklist each time you skate, the tricks will get easier and take far less attempts over time. Eventually, you will be landing each trick on your checklist multiple times per session, hitting many first try as you develop a stronger mind-muscle connection between you and your skateboard. This is where the consistency begins, but you can’t just stop there and be satisfied after completing your checklist in under 5 minutes each sesh. Once the checklist of tricks is easy, you need to grow it. Add in those tricks that you land inconsistently, and one day they will become easy.
Adding tricks to your checklist may be a battle for some time. For me, I had to commit to doing a treflip each day for 100 days straight to get it consistent to the point where I could manageably add it to my checklist. At that time treflips were the checklist, but I was able to use my prior checklists of tricks as a warmup before each daily tre. Now my list has grown to 8 tricks as shown here on TikTok. Growing a checklist may be challenging, but creating one to use each day should be easy. Regardless of what skill level you are at, I HIGHLY encourage you to create a skate trick checklist to improve your consistency. I promise that this strategy will pay off!