Flicking Up ≠ Lifting Front Foot
Mechanism / Why It Happens
Trying to pull your foot upward because it might hit the ground often makes it drop even sooner.
The real reason your foot hits the ground before you can flip the board is that your knee is closed. The front foot must scrape the nose toward the heel side, but due to the structure of the human body, the knee does not bend in that direction. As a result, you try to lift your foot while moving it diagonally forward toward the heel side, but because the foot cannot actually travel that way, you end up lifting it too much. By the time this happens, your foot and body have already begun to descend, causing the motion to turn into a downward kick.
What to Do
Open your knee before the moment of the flick.
The flicking motion involves not only snapping the ankle but also driving the lower leg toward the n
