was working the heavy bag at a gym i normally don't use, and a guy came up to me and mentioned that i was throwing punches from my shoulder, and that that was not good. not sure if he was full of **** or not... anybody know what he was thinking? my initial reaction was that i wasn't swinging my hips with my punches? :huh
if he said FROM ur shoulder, then i think he was trying to tell u to keep ur hands up higher when punching. next time u c him ask him and c what he says
Make sure you have your hands up to your cheeks, BUT keep your shoulders RELAXED, and punch from their and make sure you hand comes right back to that point... THan see what he says, probably has to do with your shoulders being tight, I used to have a huge problem with that.
he means your not throwing it off the body, it needs to come off the back leg and the hip for Most punches it takes lots of practice to perfect your technique though
i feel like that is what he was talking about. at first i was pissed that some random guy was telling me something about my form, but the more i thought about it the more it made sense. any recommendations or routines to work on this?
asked my trainer about it... to work on it i am now going to try throwing the jab slightly past and to the right of the bag, and then follow that up with the power hand. definitely fixes that. for the jab its just making sure that i incorporate some fluid forward and backward movements when throwing it. thanks for the help.
Ive had this problem before. It usually means your gloves are down at your shoulder when you throw the shots so when your throwing them it would be eaiser for a guy to come over top and counter because the punches are to low you gotta keep them up by your face and it would be much harder to be hit in return plus you can generate more power from up there.
no, but check it: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giJxnhvK2js ill look into holding my hands higher too... thanks for the responses.
He could have meant that your hands were low, but he probably meant that you were throwing arm punches. Make sure that with each punch - with the exception of the jab at times - you generate momentum from the ground up and put your entire body into it fluidly. A straight right should begin with a slight thrust off of your back leg, a pivot, turn of the hips and extension of the arm (not fully, as that can damage your elbow), followed by an immediate retraction of the arm and return to the starting position. Practice the fundamental techniques as slowly as necessary until you get them down. Bad habits are difficult to undo. A mirror is preferable, especially if you're a beginner, because every little detail and nuance in the punch matters. It may take longer this way, but you'll be grateful in the long run when you spar some guy who has holes in his game and you don't.
Elbows in. Hands up high --- by your cheeks. And YES --- punch from your shoulders. Your arms are just an extension of your body. You should turn, pivot, use your legs, stomach muscles all in sync.
Except for the jab, he probably meant that your should put your legs, then hips, then arm into the punch. Now if he said that for the jab, i dont get it because if you rotate with the jab, you are more doing a hook then anything else(although you can use your body a little bit for the jab once in a while, but dont make it a habit - use it more as a surprise shot).