I became better at switch tricks by quitting over the summer. When I started up again, I only tried switch. I sure that is not the best way to learn, but it helped me.
Yeah, when I was 11 I started, then I was watching some Skating videos on YouTube and this skater said something along the lines of "My dad got my my first skateboard when I was eleven years old, now look at me". I was like holy shit, that's me! Lol.
I skate a little bit, but I only started about 1 month ago. I can't ollie, but I guess that's because I'm never really on my board, I spend more time at the mall.