squad boxing footwork on the heavy bag there's really three ways for you to get into it to
really start to move well in the heavy bag in this video i'm going to show you the three basic steps
to utilize to allow you to work the heavy bag even as a beginner or as an expert someone's been
doing it for a long time here's the breakdown number one footwork is all about your ability
to move throw combinations with balance speed and really confidence number one footwork is
imperative for offense and defense but it's also imperative for you to improve your skill
and to recognize where your strongest and even sometimes weakest here's the first thing to think
about your boxing stance is your first front foot your lead foot which comes off your jab hand your
odd numbers is at 12 or one o'clock always the rear foot is at two or three o'clock in most
cases okay especially when you're in your stance when you're in the stance when you throw a jab
you should be balanced when you throw a cross you should be balanced when you throw a hook
you should be balanced you see where i'm going there all your punches you should feel like you're
strong and controlled just talking about stance also a lot of times you see people standing like
this if you're a really experienced fighter this works of course but not everybody is roy jones jr
when you're in your stance here you want to lean forward a little bit that allows you to be more
grounded to the floor and to really move on that forward leg and pin the rear leg into the ground
not leaning backwards yes lean a little bit forward that's your basic control of your
stance which is vital on the heavy bag when you're here to show you front foot one o'clock back foot
two or three o'clock if i'm too far back number one it's harder for me to get to the bag and as
i go to move there's a good opportunity or good chance for me to lose my balance if i'm leaning
forward a little bit my hands are easier to keep up i can work the bag on multiple angles
with great control and speed okay that's your stance now the first thing i want you
to think about is your experience level if you're not experienced all i want you to do
is stay here don't move and throw jabs and crosses don't move notice my back leg is not
doing it's not doing this because when i as a beginner when you start over rotating your hip
you're going to stick your head out lean forward you're going to have horrible position
you don't want that back foot into the ground
turn your foot into the ground regardless of what you see on videos when people are doing this
keep your back foot into the ground just work the jab and cross until you feel your legs start
to burn okay once you feel like the jabbing cross is working in between bounce a little
this is all footwork and then a couple bounces so now you're developing confidence
you're getting grounded you're coming in your position and you're also coming out of your
position okay the next step step number two is utilizing different patterns or positioning which
means you're never just going to be here working the bag like this straight on the heavy bag is
a cylinder you're going to work around it you have to move in different positions the same
way you would in a ring hands up or down so here's what you're gonna do in your boxing stance front
foot one o'clock rear foot two or three o'clock you're gonna work on taking one step forward
one step back one step towards your lead hand one step towards your rear hand just work that
one step one step one step make sure you stop one step lean forward on that front leg if you
get confused on the bag here here here and here when you're stepping back make sure you don't step
back so far that you still can't make contact with the bag that means you're out of position
when you step in make sure your face isn't going to be into the heavy bag
it means you're too tight okay you should always be able to throw
and make contact with the bag all right that's step
number two number three is moving around the bag and a pattern that makes sense here's what
you don't really know in boxing typically you take one step backwards and you change
angles here's the reason why this back wall is are the ropes if i take two steps backwards
i'm on the ropes and 70 percent of knockouts happen on the ropes so typically what boxers do
is they'll take one step back and change position or attack and change position so when
you're working your footwork and you're stepping backwards don't take two steps back take one step
back and then change the angle okay that's going to serve you so well spurring and also allow you
to work on angle changes working the heavy bag sparring hand pads shadow boxes okay one step back
change the angle so the third step is changing small angles working your combos very small
changing your angles one step left one step right
if you take two steps to your left make sure you stop the combo
stop the combo from my experience guys when you're here again it's about changing angles
getting back into position
with those basics but changing angles doesn't have to be super fast super complicated
it can still be very much
control
using that one step scenario put those to work think about strong position one o'clock
two three o'clock with your foot position hands up small movements forward back left and right
angle changes and of course when you're stepping backwards one step change the angle don't get
caught on the ropes that is the basics of footwork work in the heavy bag utilize them it's going to
serve you well working the heavy bag with footwork drills is amazing but it's also highly effective
for all of your other training when you put it to work properly without wasting energy
thanks for watching guys i'll see you warriors for next workout