Hop Turns Exercise To Improve Your Short Turns - Tom Gellie
In this instructional skateboarding video, Tom Gellie demonstrates a hop‑turn drill designed to sharpen a rider’s short‑turn ability. He guides viewers through a progressive reduction of the turn’s size while adding more pivot and edge‑change movements, encouraging a tighter, more controlled hop turn. The brief spoken cues—"Starting to reduce it. Little bit more pivot. Little bit more edge change"—illustrate his step‑by‑step coaching style, focusing on subtle adjustments that cumulatively improve balance, edge control, and turning efficiency. Throughout the video, Tom emphasizes body positioning, timing, and the importance of incremental changes to develop fluid, responsive short turns.
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