there there there there heads off the line there there there
there on this video i want to tell you everything you need to know
about shadow boxing in front of a mirror why you should be shadow boxing in front
of a mirror the benefits of doing this and as well at the end of this video i'm
going to show you a great drill and a method using a pen on here
which will 100% improve your box and form technique
punch power and all that good stuff
my name is tony jeffries olympic medalist boxer former undefeated
professional seven times national champion european
champion welcome to my youtube channel so shadow boxing in front of a
mirror why should you do it well first things
first if you're training at home you're
training by yourself shadow boxing of a mirror is great
because you know you can watch yourself you can
see if you are making any mistakes and what mistakes
you are making so i've got videos on my channels
about common mistakes that people make in boxing watch them if you haven't
already as well with a mirror what you can do
you can make sure that your punches are going perfectly straight
i'll see it often where people will be throwing punches
and they'll be throwing punches like this and the reason why people throw
punches to the side is because when they've been doing mitt
work the trainer's mitts are generally here or if it's a bad trainer they're
here and that means the punches are going all
the way out with shadow boxing in front of a mirror
you want to be aiming for your head so i'm punching straight down
if i put through a punch and it goes past my head there
i know that's an incorrect punch in correct form incorrect technique
so you want to be always punching straight down the middle with them
straight punches aiming for your head use your head as a
target use your body as a target make sure you're punching straight
down the pipe make sure you're straight pushing straight to the body i want to
be going there there there there aiming for my
one two then the hook the body i can work
on keeping the eye on my form and my technique you might
be working with a trainer and regularly but then when you're
at home you haven't got a trainer there if your trainers give you any
things to work on you might have a bad habit like dropping your non-punching
hand or not bringing your hands back to your
face after you punch or keeping your chin up with a mirror
you can always work on them them things them things that your
trainers give you and you can watch yourself making sure that you're not
raising your chin in the air making sure you're keeping your chin
down you might be working on head moving keeping your head moving all the time
now i know for a lot of people you'll feel
super uncomfortable watching yourself you don't want to watch yourself but get
over that you need to try and get over that and watch yourself because
watching yourself shadowbox in a mirror is only going to help you
it's only going to make you better at boxing
now the tip that i told you about a pen what can you use a pen for
now you might be thinking i might draw a face on there of my worst enemy
no we're not doing that what you're going to do all you're going to do
is do this watch you want to come down draw that's not straight draw a straight
line right now this straight line on a mirror
as simple as that you can use a pen you can use tape you can use eyeliner
whatever you want this straight line on a mirror will help
you get better i've got it straight down
it's in between my legs my head's right in the center of that
line right so what i can use it for is throwing a punch aiming for the line
even for your head then slipping taking your head off that
center line so i'll throw two punches then slip this is one technique to do it
punch slip you need to make sure your head is not
next to that line off that line if it's that weird or that way heads off
the line there there there there so another way of
using it and this is a great way is keeping your head behind the line
when i'm feeling that one two my head wants to be behind the line a
common mistake in boxing is this now i've went over there now i'm
off balance obviously if i was gonna throw a body
shot but that would be fine but throwing them
straight punches in the upright position back back my
head wants to be behind the line i never want to bring my head in front
of the line if i do that i'm off balance i'm not getting the
right permit so head behind the line back back if you haven't already
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