[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ampPYffAhKM[/ame] i have posted videos of me on here before.. what do you think? any advice or feedback would be appriciated.
Hi, From what I see you make a couple mistakes: 1. If you throw the right hand, throw it long, not half it lenght. 2. If you throw your right hand, don't shift your back foot to the left, but hold it at its place or come a bit forward with your right foot(back foot) 3. If you jab try to jab with your shoulder protecting your chin. 4. And if you shadowbox, try to punch at the height of your own head or maybe higer, so don't throw your punches at the height of your chest. I hope this helps you a bit.
Find a trainer, Find a bag, Punch the bag, Ask the trainer what he thinks, Take on board his suggestions, Repeat from after the find a trainer bit.
First off i love how you have elbows in your shadow boxing. The biggest problem for me was your right wrist. You throw hard with a punch like that your hurting , spraining or breaking it. It seems like you are angling your hand to face your "opponent", what you should try is holdng it horizontaly and holding your right side a little further back , you will find that this will increase the power of your streights.
First of all the best advice anybody can give you is to find a gym. That's not a bad thing on you, it's just the best advice anybody can give anybody who's not in a gym. Hold the right hand normally. You're probably trying to strike with the first two knuckles but try it with gloves on and you'll be sorry. Also, when you throw the left, your right hand needs to stay up, TOUCHING your face. The middle joints of your fingers should rest somewhere between your eyebrow/temple and your jaw. None of that putting the right hand onto the left side of your face or just leaving it out there. Also, incorporate more defense. That doesn't mean punch less, just think about an opponent. When you throw those punches, what will your opponent be doing? If he's retreating, follow him and punch. If he's trying to punch with you (more likely), you have to think about moving your head to make him miss WHILE you're punching. Once he's missed you you can counter. Work on countering and using angles. It'll be about impossible to do correctly until you do it against an opponent, but get used to pivoting to the sides of your imaginary opponent and punching around or through his guard. Go to the body.
First thing i noticed is how hunched your back is and how you hold your hands infront of your face asif youre trying to hide from the guy your boxing, the hands should be lower so you can see whats going on, your traps/back should be a bit more relaxed and then youll have a greater range of motion to utilize in your back when throwing punches aswell as being faster this will also save you energy. Try to punch directly infront when throwing the straight right, it seems to cross diagonally infront of your body (you probably dont do this on the heavy bag) watch that back foot because you seem to be putting it too far behind you, which will result in a punch that is not supported by the legs (anything walking/moving into a shot like that will knock You back/over due to being off balance with a poor base for the punch thats being executed) i also notice the majority of your weight in the right hand rests on the front foot while striking which makes for slow mobility and a very counterable right hand. The left hook seems to be totally missing its target, you seem to be pawing like a bear or somthing, proper placement of the elbow and hand is needed to ensure your bones will bear most of the stress upon impact to reduce the risk of power escaping from the joints, it seems your transfering the weight back to the back foot with the hook which again makes for a low mobility and a very counterable left hook, aswell as throwing you off moving your line of attack to the right for that shot (or any returning right hand you may wish to throw following the left hand if the oppertunity arrises), if an opponent is stood to your right rather than straight infront of you then i might consider throwing the left hook the way you throw it here, otherwise by the time your legs are in a good position to support what the upper body is doing its too late and youre already past your target line or youve already landed the shot prematurely therefor muffled its power before youve built up momentum, basically like what everyone else says join a gym lol, not bad though if you havent been training long, keep up the good work. P.S i havent mentiond your wrists as others already have and its clearly an obveous mistake, i would suggest like some said to defend/counter more in your shadow boxing however im assuming you just wanted advice on the quality of the movements youve shown us rather than advice on what you should move onto next, i believe the basics must be as close to perfect as possible otherwise you will lack control in all the rest of the movements as you progress due to poor technique in the basic movements which carries forward into the more advanced stuff resulting in a major lack of control further down the line, once youve perfected the basics you have a solid base to go on and try/perfect the newer movements.
