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Jab to the edge.
Cross.
Under.
Good.
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All right, so I'm here at Box n' Burn,
and today's video is all about the power pad.
Why do we use the Power Pad?
When do we use it? How do we use it?
All right.
So first off, why. We use this mostly to work on power punching.
It's called a power pad. We're working on power punching.
So if you've got someone who is a little bit bigger, a little bit heavier,
who punches really hard or somebody that just loves to punch really hard
and really wants to maximize the power, get this guy out.
It's great for working on that.
The reason being it's a big surface area
so you don't have to worry about accuracy as much.
So it's a little bit safer on the wrist for your boxers.
Also, it's safer for you as a coach
because you're not taking those big, heavy power punches on the hands as much.
It's a little bit less impact for you as well.
What I love about this is you can also use it for punch variety.
So you can use it for body shots.
You can use it for uppercuts body
punching, head punching, whatever you want to use it.
Whatever punch in boxing exists, you can use this for it.
Right.
And what's also good as well, you don't have to worry too much about
perfect kind of like fight scenario technique.
With this thing, you can really just simply work on power.
So you can allow your boxers to dip
and really load up shots and turn the whole body through every single punch
and drive as much power and give 100% effort to power on every single punch.
That's what's good about it.
Now, does that translate to a fight
scenario where you're going to load up every punch and wider power?
No, not necessarily, but it is going to develop core rotation.
It's going to teach your boxers to drive
through the legs with the body shots and the uppercuts.
It's going to teach them to really rotate
the shoulders and core so you get a good full body workout out of it as well.
So great tool, great addition to your sessions.
If you tend to be focusing on a lot of mitt work and you're feeling like you might
want to mix it up a little bit, bust out the power pad in this video.
Now, I'm going to give you a couple of examples of how I use it and techniques.
You can use it to really drill different
kinds of punches and really get some maximum power out of your boxers.
All right.
So the first thing I want to talk about is how to hold it right.
So your Power Pad should have two handles on the side.
Obviously, you're going to hold it both
handles, and your target should be right in the middle.
That's where you want to get your boxer focusing on.
So you're going to hold it right here,
and you want to kind of keep the power pad kind of close to your body.
It gives a good realistic picture for your boxer.
Like, if I'm right here, that's as realistic as it gets.
They feel like they're punching you in a way.
So it's good as well.
So hold the handles.
If we start with the jab, I tend to hold it over my left shoulder.
I kind of keep my left shoulder behind it
like this and then just kind of reinforces that shot.
Jab. Good.
Give me a power jab. That's it.
Power. Good.
Drive it. Good.
I kind of just turn into it a little bit.
There's no impact for me at all.
There's great.
With the straight cross.
Let's go to the second most basic punching box in the cross.
Same thing.
I'm going to kind of stand in my boxing stance so my shoulders behind it.
I'm going to hold both handles right here and just kind of go back, punch through,
kind of turn into it a little bit and embrace my core as well.
And again, it's just right over that shoulder.
Power pad, actually on my shoulder at this point, and punch through good.
Again, no impact.
But your boxer can really give 100% hardest punch they've ever thrown out
there, and you're not going to feel anything at all.
So there's how I catch the jab on the cross.
Now for the lead hook, the power punch, the left hook or lead hook.
I'm going to keep it flat. I'm going to get my grip solid,
and I'm going to have the back of the pad up against this lead arm right here.
And again, as the boxer punches, I'm going to kind of rotate with them.
Boom, rotate with them.
Make sure you're not pulling it away like this and then just kind of slamming it in,
because that way they don't see the target right.
They're kind of starting to punch here and then rely on you to be there.
You want it there from the start. I've talked about this before.
With the mitts, you always want your boxers
to be able to see a target every time you catch a punch.
So with this, we can see the target and just turn into it.
Turn, good, there. Nice.
Good. Just make sure you're bracing upon impact
and kind of just meeting the glove and the fist just a little bit.
Doesn't have to be super big where we're jamming it into the punch.
Just a little bit of movement. Good turn.
There you go. Perfect.
And if she's rotating properly and really
timing that punch, you can hear that snap on the path. For the right uppercut,
the rear uppercut, hold the target kind of flat
to the ground, and then you want to hold it about shoulder height for your boxer.
Grab all the handles,
kind of dip into your legs and you're going to meet that punch right there.
And dig.
So you see straight away the benefit is very little work for me to do here.
It's a lot less work than the mitts.
And it's allowing them to punch as hard as
they possibly can and really turn the body through the shots.
Uppercut. Good.
Again, good.
And now the last power punch I'm going to show you is the lead hook to the body.
The way we're going to do this is we're
going to kind of set it at a diagonal right.
I'm going to hold it close to my body right here and grip it tight.
And they got that kind of like diagonal angle right there.
Twist. And then what I like to coach my boxers
with this is the target is going to be in the same spot the whole time.
They're not relying on me to kind of meet
that punch as much so they can concentrate on driving through the legs and really
twisting that core into the shot type fist and exhale with the punches.
Good, harder, good, harder, good.
I'm barely moving and I'm encouraging my boxer to throw with more power each time.
So even if they're giving 100%, the minute that they hear you say harder,
it's like *** get that extra level of performance out of them, too.
So power.
Good, harder. Good.
Dig. Drive off your left quad
more, go. Good.
Again.
Nice, good. Feel your abs
right. Okay, so we've gone through the jab,
we've gone through the cross, we've gone through the lead hook,
we've gone through the uppercut, and we've gone through the body shot.
So the most basic punches right there.
You can also use it for the rear hook from the backside.
You can use it for the overhand ride where it's coming over and onto the shot.
And you can kind of hold it like there
facing up a little bit, a little bit more advanced, more of a kind of an MMA punch.
So, yeah, just how you can catch those punches.
Can we use this for combinations?
Yeah, we can.
You're just going to be a little quicker
and it requires a little bit more technique.
So for a simple power combination,
let's take the right uppercut, then the left hook.
So those positions that I just gave you
that this needs to be in, it's just a case of getting into those
positions before your boxer gets to the punch.
So there I've just got to be nice and quick.
So I'm here, under, and then I quickly get it across.
I'm under, quickly get it across.
It's just a quick switch.
My arms are here and then boom, there to there.
Right.
This is an example of how you can start to use it for combinations as well.
So we've got uppercut hook. Good.
Again. Good.
Again. Nice, good.
Now if you're struggling
with that and your box is throwing it as if they were on the mitts where it's bam,
bam, and it's quick and you're struggling with the switch, just focus on power.
That's what this is for. We're not looking for speed.
We're focusing on power.
So this time I want you to really lay in the uppercut right,
keep the weight on the left side and then whip the hook in once the pads in place.
So the timing is going to be a little bit slower.
So it's going to be one, two, right.
So that delay is allowing it to load it
up, keep that weight, and then whip the hook back here.
So it's not a speed combination.
Now, it's power and that's what we're trying to do with this.
So try it again. Good.
Delay it more.
There you go. Don't throw the hook until I move the pad.
Right. So you've thrown the uppercut right.
Now just staying loaded up on that side.
And then as soon as the pads are there boom, all that weight that's loaded up
on the left side is getting transferred into that hook.
Try it again. Ready?
Nice. And again.
Tight fist, exhale.
Go. Perfect.
One more. Nice.
Good.
So there's how we can use it for combinations as well.
Yes, you can have power combinations, so just concentrate on the timing
a little bit if you start to the combinations.
All right, the last part,
I'm going to give you a way you can use this for defense as well.
My favorite way to use this thing, it looks so good.
If people see you do this in the gym, they're like, whoa, it looks amazing.
So I'm going to show you that in a second.
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All right, so how do we use it for defense?
So we're going to use the lead hook twice, right?
So she's going to throw the lead hook.
And then in boxing, after she's landed that lead hook,
if I was coming in with the right hand or a rear hook, roll under it and get back
to the left side, setting up that hook counter again.
So hook, roll, hook is the combination we're going to work on.
How do we do that on this?
So rather than just catching it and then
going with my arm, I'm going to use the pad.
So I'm going to go here,
I'm going to take my left hand off it, swing it over with the right hand.
So she's defending it and then whip it
back into place for that hook right there and grip it tight.
So nice and slow. So hook roll under hook right and you
notice I just kept my hands in the same position.
Just whip it around, bring it back.
Bang right there.
So hook, roll, hook.
Roll, hook good. Again.
Hook roll hook. Good.
A little quicker now, use your legs on the roll.
Go, under, nice.
And again under, good.
One more. There you go.
And you hear the timing, roll, boom, boom.
Nice. So yeah.
Just some ways you can use the power pad.
If you have any questions about the power
pad at all, leave them in the comments on this video.
I'll get right back to you.
Hopefully that helped you and inspired you
a little bit to go and get the power pad out in your boxing fitness sessions.
If you have a boxing coach and you want
to start smashing one of these things to pieces, tell your boxing coach
to get one and try some of these drills out on it as well.
Thanks for watching this video.