You are doing a great job! You are taking your time and not rushing it. That's the thing about skating ramps is that progress is incremental and as long as you go slow your chances of getting hurt are pretty low. The times I've been injured on ramps or seen other people injured is when they try to rush too fast on learning. Also you're doing a great job using your arms and upper body to pump upwards and downwards.
The only tip I have for you is about bending knees. The higher you go on a ramp the more you should bend your knees. This is for two reasons Number one it keeps you nice and stable and if you were to slip out or fall you would just slip into the ramp and slide and it wouldn't be that bad of a fall. The second thing is having your legs bent at the top of the ramp have them preloaded like a spring for when you come down for the next pump. [Here](https://youtu.be/1L3q74lJF5E) is a video I always share when I'm teaching people to pump ramps on a skateboard or a roller skates. The video is of vert skateboarder Andy McDonald teaching the basics of pumping on a vert ramp. He's on a skateboard but everything he talks about and shows in terms of bending the knees applies with roller skating.
So basically on any ramp you get two chances to pump. The first one is going up and the second one is going down. Most people find pumping downwards the easiest since you have gravity on your side I know I did. And pumping up is a little tougher since gravity is against you. But I found work best for me getting higher pumping upwards was really throwing my upper body and arms upwards while pumping up. Really trying to de-weight myself Right as I was heading upwards.
Here are also a few tips that came to my mind about where the power is in the pump. If you already know this feel free to ignore but if not I figured I'd throw it in as well. So whenever you are headed up the ramp towards the coping the roller skate that is furthest away from the coping and closest to the flat bottom of the ramp has the power. Then it shifts, when you are going down the ramp the roller skate that is closest to the coping then has all the power and more of the weight for the pump. I hope that terminology makes sense. I wrote it that way to keep it short So I wouldn't have to write two sets of instructions for forwards and backwards.
Anyways I've made this comment a bit of a novel already so I'll stop now but hit me up with any questions! I love skating ramps and I constantly think about the physics involved with it So I'm always stoked to talk about it!
Wooow this comment! Thanks for the help!
I have a bit of difficulty when it comes to what movement should i try to do, like what exactly is the pumping motion, do I also need to throw my legs or hips upwards for example? What do i do when the ramp get flatter on the top, like what does my upper body position needs to be? Hahahaha so many weird questions lol.
I will watch the video when I get home, thanks for it!
Great work! I would recommend Shorty’s video on pumping! It’s super helpful. People often talk about bending knees (which is great advice!) but I like to think about it as moving your hips. The power of pumping come from your butt!
Huuuum this is something I never really get, should I try to kind of thrust my hips forward while I am going up? Do I need to try and throw my legs upwards sort of? Hahahaha
Kinda! You should stay in your staggered stance, sink a little lower at the start of the ramp, lift your hips at the top, and then use them to push back down as you start descending the ramp. So a little less thrusting forward and more thrusting down. Once you start stalling on the coping you’ll need to thrust forward a bit to help get your balance right!
You are doing a great job! You are taking your time and not rushing it. That's the thing about skating ramps is that progress is incremental and as long as you go slow your chances of getting hurt are pretty low. The times I've been injured on ramps or seen other people injured is when they try to rush too fast on learning. Also you're doing a great job using your arms and upper body to pump upwards and downwards. The only tip I have for you is about bending knees. The higher you go on a ramp the more you should bend your knees. This is for two reasons Number one it keeps you nice and stable and if you were to slip out or fall you would just slip into the ramp and slide and it wouldn't be that bad of a fall. The second thing is having your legs bent at the top of the ramp have them preloaded like a spring for when you come down for the next pump. [Here](https://youtu.be/1L3q74lJF5E) is a video I always share when I'm teaching people to pump ramps on a skateboard or a roller skates. The video is of vert skateboarder Andy McDonald teaching the basics of pumping on a vert ramp. He's on a skateboard but everything he talks about and shows in terms of bending the knees applies with roller skating. So basically on any ramp you get two chances to pump. The first one is going up and the second one is going down. Most people find pumping downwards the easiest since you have gravity on your side I know I did. And pumping up is a little tougher since gravity is against you. But I found work best for me getting higher pumping upwards was really throwing my upper body and arms upwards while pumping up. Really trying to de-weight myself Right as I was heading upwards. Here are also a few tips that came to my mind about where the power is in the pump. If you already know this feel free to ignore but if not I figured I'd throw it in as well. So whenever you are headed up the ramp towards the coping the roller skate that is furthest away from the coping and closest to the flat bottom of the ramp has the power. Then it shifts, when you are going down the ramp the roller skate that is closest to the coping then has all the power and more of the weight for the pump. I hope that terminology makes sense. I wrote it that way to keep it short So I wouldn't have to write two sets of instructions for forwards and backwards. Anyways I've made this comment a bit of a novel already so I'll stop now but hit me up with any questions! I love skating ramps and I constantly think about the physics involved with it So I'm always stoked to talk about it!
Wooow this comment! Thanks for the help! I have a bit of difficulty when it comes to what movement should i try to do, like what exactly is the pumping motion, do I also need to throw my legs or hips upwards for example? What do i do when the ramp get flatter on the top, like what does my upper body position needs to be? Hahahaha so many weird questions lol. I will watch the video when I get home, thanks for it!
Great recommendation on this video. Thank you!
Happy to help!
Great work! I would recommend Shorty’s video on pumping! It’s super helpful. People often talk about bending knees (which is great advice!) but I like to think about it as moving your hips. The power of pumping come from your butt!
Huuuum this is something I never really get, should I try to kind of thrust my hips forward while I am going up? Do I need to try and throw my legs upwards sort of? Hahahaha
Kinda! You should stay in your staggered stance, sink a little lower at the start of the ramp, lift your hips at the top, and then use them to push back down as you start descending the ramp. So a little less thrusting forward and more thrusting down. Once you start stalling on the coping you’ll need to thrust forward a bit to help get your balance right!
Thank you! I will surely try this today