Constructive criticism please

Ahh he's not as bad as people make him out to be.

Self training is just not ideal cuz if you do decide to train seriously, the bad habits are sooo much harder to fix when you're so used to moving a certain way.

If you're planning to compete, then I agree - get to a gym immediately. Don't let the bad habits become hardwired. If you're just getting in shape - then don't ask for criticism - it's gonna be harsh no matter what. Just have fun and stay in shape. But yeah, self taught guys are the absolute worst to coach. They don't listen, they just do the same **** they always do, because of 2 things: 1 - muscle memory...and 2 - ego (the "I have a heavy bag at home, and my sister's friends think i'm a total bad-ass, so i must be a bad-ass" way of thinking).

But honestly, he doesn't look that bad. Just tuck those elbows in. You don't need to flare those elbows out that much and expose your ribs.

If you plan to compete, get to a gym asap.

 

^Don't listen to that guy, he dksab.

 

Your left hand is weak; a liability of teaching yourself. This is the best boxing instructional book that I am aware of...
http://www.pdfarchive.info/pdf/H/Ha/Haislet_Edwin_L_-_Boxing.pdf
If you work your way through that, you'll be ok. If you work at it, you can get pretty close.

 

Ydksa what I know about boxing. :thumbsup

And he's training in his back yard ffs, what difference does it make what shorts he's wearing you big girl's bra..

 

You want his neighbors' kids to be catching glimpses of his junk while he does his wall sits?

 

You're so considerate. :good

 

I've got to say for 100% self trained you've done pretty well with the basics, but like most people will tell you be careful of forming bad habits such as your elbows out, letting the feet drag a bit and remember the jobs not done when you finish punching - think of your defence, bring the hands up, chin down, move your head as well.

One thing I did like, at one stage was you threw a jab crass hook combination and quickly followed with a double jab to get back out (just keep some of the jabs longer).

The problem with constantly hitting bags is that the guy won't be right in front of you like that. If you have a move with somebody you'll find yourself throwing a lot of air shots from too far out of range because your used to being able to land punches constantly on the bag. Also, what you do when you're not punching is just as important as throwing punches. A bag can't teach you that, a trainer will teach you about proper movements and positioning so you can throw punches from other angles and have an effective defence.

Start with a boxing trainer and eventually get into sparring and you'll learn and find your range and how to vary your shots. Especially the jab, it will be your best friend, there's so many ways you can throw it for different purposes.

Get into the boxing gym, you will never regret it. Once you start some sparring, see if you can tape some sessions and throw them up. Have fun!

 

For self-taught I am impressed, how long you been training?
Can't judge power as your bag is so light that there is no resistance- get a heavier one.
You need to improve judging your distance with the jab as a lot of the time you are only half extended by the time you make contact. You are also slipping and moving before or half way through throwing a punch. Hit then move.
You don't look like a beginner though you wouldn't stand out as a newbie in a boxing gym.

 

How's the training coming now? Just saw the video and it really isn't that bad when you take into consideration that you are completely self taught (at the point in the video) some of the guys above have good advice (someone mentioned elbows out and feet dragging, weight being too heavy on front foot) all good advice. On the plus side, it's good that you have the motivation and interest in boxing to be able to at least start to train on your own, just carry that over into your sessions in the gym with a coach and you should be making good progress in no time. Best of luck.

 

Not that bad, you should probably shadow box more than hitting the heavy bag though. On the heavy bag you tend to fall into punches and put too much weight on the front foot, with shadow boxing you'll be more balanced. I don't think there's too much harm in moving around and getting the feel for different movements, sometimes that's a better way to learn rather than going to a boxing a gym where some coaches don't have any idea about progression and have you doing certain drills in a certain way regardless of where you're at. You hear some boxing coaches say to someone that they're 'too stiff' or 'not on the ***** of their feet' and all sorts of unhelpful nonsense. Being stiff is a natural part of skill acquisition and things like 'being on the ***** of your feet' is a consequence of movement, not movement itself.
From boxing coaches I've come across (and I've been around national coaches) you really aren't missing out on much IMO. Make mistakes and see how different things feel, get a concept in your head of what throwing movements are meant to be like (sequential not simultaneous), develop your leg strength and your footwork.
When you do get to a gym you'll be ahead of the curve, and there's no mistake that can't be ironed out once you're aware of it.

 

You're literally becoming a parody of yourself.

 

To be honest, I've seen a lot worse than you. You seem to favour the right hand? Try to finish with the left hook more on your combinations, so it's a 1-2-3 not a 1-2. This closes your guard back up and gets you set again. Overall, you seem nicely balanced and relaxed; not bad at all.

 

You look more relaxed with bad habits dude, that is not a good thing cause it will be really hard to get out of the habit of it. I'm telling you from experience, someone who gets in the habit of dropping their left hand usually does it continuously even after they've been instructed not to just cause of how natural it comes to them. So if your gonna teach yourself, you really need to study hard and not try to emulate the pros so much as a beginner cause they are on a completely different level in terms of speed and reaction. Your not gonna be quick enough to setup draws against someone who knows what they are doing till you've drilled it repeatedly, day-in and day-out.

Unless your planning to be a brawler, which is what I'm seeing from your attacks and not much defense even though your trying to outbox, you should just work on the most fundamental movements of footwork.