footwork is the most important thing in boxing i'm sure you've heard that before but why is
footwork the most important thing in boxing lots of great coaches over the years have said this
i've said it a lot on this channel as well and i've just getting a question in the comments below
from fit4fightgym asking why yes we say this but we never really explain it and give you a
great explanation of why the feet is so important so on this video i'm going to tell you everything
you need to know about footwork explaining why it's so important and also at the end of the video
i'm going to show you my favorite drill to use to improve your footwork my name is tony jeffries
olympic medalist boxer former undefeated professional seven times national champion
european champion and on my youtube channel i give you lots of boxing education videos
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one of these boxing education videos so let's break down the feet why is it so important so
if you think about this that's where everything starts if your feet are not right how do you
expect to punch good how do you expect to defend good if your balance is not right which starts
in the feet you know you're going to be screwed because if you're off balance you're not going to
be able to punch fast punch hard and if you get punched you're going to be falling over so yeah
that's one of the most important thing this is your base the base of everything so you need
to get your feet solid and if you notice when you're punching you're using your feet for every
punch you throw if i'm throwing a jab i might step forward with the front foot if i'm throwing across
the back foot will rotate if i'm throwing a hook the front foot will rotate so right there every
single punch that i threw is all working with the feet and the drill i'm going to show you at
the end of this video is great for getting your feet and hand coordination on sync because once
your feet and your hand coordination gets on sync you're going to improve your boxing a lot
now moving on you want to breather what you're going to do you're not going to
stand there and get a breather or you're going to get punched you're going to move your feet
when you move your feet and you can breathe you can have your hands upper hands down
this is going to get you out of danger and as well it's going to help you recover your feet
also will get you into range to throw punches if you think about it most of the fight you're both
standing out of range the only way you can hit your opponent or your opponent can hit you
is by stepping and getting your feet into range and then throwing them punches and now on the
reverse of that your feet get you out of range get you out a distance to defend and i've done
a full video on my favorite defense in boxing which is the foot defense you can click below
and check out that full video of my favorite defense in boxing when i really break it down
if you ever see a boxer hurt in a fight you might hear the coaches in the corner shouting
get on your bike get on your toes move around you can move and you can recover while you're hurt
now another thing that i would love to know your opinion on cause this is something that i've done
that is frowned upon in boxing when i was boxing in the olympic qualifiers in 2007 i was fighting
christopher downes who was their american team captain in chicago a stadium full of thousands
of people chanting usa usa this guy could really fight but i knew going into the last round i think
i was eight points up so what i did i used my feet and i ran yes i moved around he was coming at me
getting frustrated but i used my feet and i and i ran i try not to engage them much at all because i
knew i'm ahead all i've got to do is survive not get caught with anything silly and i've won the
fight and i've qualified for the beijing olympics now my question to you is do you agree with that
do you think fighters should do that when they get ahead on the scorecards should they run use the feet
and get out the way to stop any danger stop any chance of being knocked out or do you think that
is pretty cowardly and they should always engage in the fight i would love to know your opinion on
that in the comments below now i'm going to show you one of my favorite methods of getting better
footwork but before i do if you haven't already please subscribe to this youtube channel if you
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reading them all so this method of footwork training in so what i'm teaching people who are struggling
with the feet i always like to get them moving get them on the toes dancing like this with
the arms down dancing because this can feel very uncomfortable for a lot of people but if you can
move on your toes keeping your lead leg forward moving left left foot moving right right foot
even with your hands down what i'm doing here i'm staying relaxed yes it might not be perfect but
it's getting you into the habit of moving around and keeping on your toes now from there when you
get comfortable with this i'm going to tell you to put your arms up now your arms are up you're going
to concentrate on good form good technique moving moving moving and then from there when you get
comfortable like this i tell them to stop the feet throw the punches and then move again so you're
here you're here moving stop the feet throw a combination get back on your toes and move them
and when you get comfortable with that moving around with the feet planting your feet throwing
the punches everything else will follow i guarantee you that thank you for watching