First of all , congratulations on starting to skate ! You ' re definitely not too old to start , there are people twice your age out there shredding it right now . So after watching your ollie practice in the first aprt of the video , I noticed you were having sort of a hard time balancing on the board when standing still , you looked pretty uncomfortable on it . After that , you started to do what I would have suggested going to the park and practicing rolling around in the pipe is a good way to build confidence on the board . You have to continue to ride all the time and you must get VERY comfortable standing on the board , it must be an extension of your self . About your ollies , they ' re starting to come together ok , but you have a ways to go still . You mentioned Braille a few times they have some great videos and trick tips and are a wonderful resource for people learning to skate be careful saying their name around here though , many people don ' t like them because Kyro is a scientologist and they think the channel panders to non skaters too much . Work on that movement with your foot , sliding it up the griptape while standing still and trying to build up that muscle memory , which I did see you do a few times . Repeat that over and over and over . Based on what I ' ve seen from your good ollie attempts were , you gotta work on the slide but also try and pull your back foot up more . Remember , you ' re slapping the tail on the ground with the ball of your foot and then it comes right back up . In order to level out your ollies , which right now are pretty rocketed , you gotta kick your foot out sort of like a kung fu kick motion . Keep on going man , rnewskaters is also a good resource and you can go and ask questions and get help there as well .