Jump high, pop hard, slide up your foot, and remember to lift up your back foot so the board comes up off the ground! You should be able to accomplish an ollie if you correctly pop your board, move your foot up the board, have appropriate foot placement, have good timing, and leap with your board. Practice makes perfect! Yes, you need to be able to jump high to ollie. It's part of the trick itself that makes it cool. If you can't jump high, then you shouldn't try and ollie any board. The only exception would be if it had a big nose or a long tail, which would help you get away from trouble if you can't keep your board straight up after you ollied it. The higher you can jump, the better your ollies will be. This is because the more height you reach, the longer you'll stay in the air before landing. But even if you can't jump as high as me, this doesn't mean that you can't ollie. Just use your feet instead! Your body type may also affect how high you can jump. If you're short, you'll need to kick hard to reach the same amount of air that a tall person can get by jumping lightly. However, this isn't necessarily a bad thing - being short means that you can skate closer to obstacles without hitting them!