A coach’s tips for learning to skate and improving
Start skateboarding
Today, we have access to content from experienced people who have already made the mistakes and share results that would have taken us decades to reproduce.
That's what we call the “benchmark”. Things we once thought impossible are now possible, and so it continues. The benchmarks change. It's the same in every field.
Example
To illustrate the point, let's take artificial intelligence as an example. Chat GPT came out in 2024; its competitors will want to stand out, so they'll release an AI that performs better than the benchmark, and so on… The process is endless.
As skaters from the 2000s, we grew up inspired by the skaters of that era. We’ve updated our influences over the years. But newer skaters grow up with a different benchmark: today’s standards are higher than those of the 2000s.
If you want to go further, you can read learn skateboarding: a complete guide for beginners.
This is how the process works and how progress happens. It applies to every sport, equipment, technology… That’s how the world works. Everything feeds back into itself.
Start skateboarding
So starting in skateboarding today is easier than starting in the 2000s and even easier than starting in the 1980s for a lot of reasons (technical, material, societal, educational...)
We've been here for over 17 years and have chosen to specialise in teaching and coaching skateboarding: for skaters, by skaters.
Our club welcomes you every day. We offer skateboard lessons with qualified professionals who will help you learn to skate safely and have fun, while saving time as you progress.
Progressing in skateboarding
Now that we have understood how the progression process works, let's see how we can use it in practice.
To progress in skateboarding, you need an interest in the sport. You’ll have to keep trying—probably a lot. Just like anything else: learning to read music, learning to ride a bike or learning to swim.
We're increasingly understanding that sporting progress and performance depend on the physical side, but also—and especially—on the mental side.
Perhaps even more so in skateboarding, where every fall and failed attempt can be frustrating or even dangerous. Could visualising your tricks help you succeed and progress?
Mental preparation: 5 tips from a coach to improve your skateboarding
In this video, the coach explains how to progress in skateboarding: first set clear goals in your mind, then put actions in place to move towards them.
- Find an ambitious but not discouraging goal
- Every try brings you closer to your goal
- Don’t count your attempts
- Enjoy making progress
- Ask for advice if necessary
Physical training: Core workout for skaters
Body and mind are connected.
Want to handle impacts better or simply feel good? This guided core workout (abs) is here to help, whatever your age or level.
My skate coach
To put things into perspective for you, our head coach Max Cherarak has been skateboarding since 2000 (25 years of skateboarding) and teaching for over 17 years.
And since 2008 (17 years), we've been supporting skaters of all levels. So we joined the skateboarding journey when it was already well underway.
We’re from the generation in between.
Skaters used to be seen as outsiders who skated parking lots with rock music blasting. Today, we are entering an era of athletic development, and some skaters in the USA earn salaries for their competition results comparable to footballers at Europe’s biggest clubs.