what's going on squad it's nate bower from nate bower fitness here with coach wayne
my boxing coach today we're going to show you how to properly
use your hips and shoulders to throw the ideal boxing combination before we do that though
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all right we're going to talk about how to throw the perfect punch we talk about the balance
the center of gravity where your shoulders and hips are supposed to be step one you
assume your boxing stance where you're in a punching position not a moving position so
you widen your stance slightly when you throw your left hand out to the target the measuring
tool your thumb's going to come off the center of your body you don't want to draw your right
shoulder back too far but you're drawing like an arrow when you fire your right hand you pull
the left side of your body back the equal distance and when the right hand lands that
point of impact your thumb is off the center of your body again because you're stronger
off the center of your body you're always stronger core energy the center of your body
step two you have your hips and shoulders on the same plane the same level so as you draw
the left hand out you draw your right shoulder back slightly as if you're drawing a bow for an
arrow and then you throw the right hand like an arrow straight out straight to the point of
impact you drive your ship your hips forward your shoulder left shoulder's got to go back
and maintain your gravity on the ground maintain your feet
secure to the floor in order to get that momentum the strength and security of throwing the punch
because not every punch lands at the target you have to say to yourself
what's going to happen to me if i miss with this punch you have to maintain your balance
step three when you're delivering the punch maintain your center of gravity
in the middle that when the right hand fires so you can't guarantee that punch landing you keep
your feet secure to the ground your right heel is slightly elevated to allow you to get the
full range of motion but you want to not lift the leg heel any higher from the start to the finish
the front foot is firmly planted on the ground so that when you recoil your balance is firm
intact so it's not necessarily about how fast your hand goes forward right hand goes forward
really how fast your left side of your body pulls back so let's try this on the heavy bag now nathan
now watch when he's doing this when he fires his left hand and measures this
when he throws right in his head should be almost in the same position put the left
hand out relax your shoulders let me fire the right hand keep this back so this stays here
again the key thing you want to remember is what happens if you miss
hitting the heavy bag you're at 100 land ratio but when you open the heavy bag to sparring
or competition that ratio drops drastically so it's very important to keep your balance
so when you're throwing the basic combination you want to maintain your balance keep your center of
gravity down punch off you so your thumb's coming off the center of your body when you fire the
right hand up with the right hand out it comes off the center of your body so that rotation then put
your arms both down and relax the same rotation you're having with the hips and shoulders is this
back and forth off the axis of the center of your body now when you change that to move the target
from head punches down the body punch or the hooks this is the same rotation that you want
you're just going to lower your center of gravity slightly so bring your hands back up nathan
so you go from straight punches nice and relaxed hips and shoulders same rotation
and then go into hooks from that position the hooks both hands same rotation hips and
shoulders same now when you go down to the body to punch body punching you keep your shoulders
in the same rotation use your hips and shoulders bring both arms down like you're in a shoe sign
shoulders and hips are in the same rotations drop your center of gravity slightly so when you're in
a position to fight with your opponent you use your straight punches to set them up to measure
the distance then you come in closer to use your hooks to the chin it hooks to the body you rotate
the combinations around you have a huge advantage all right days let's move this over to the bag now
so you're going to start off with your straight punch your your one two combination and then go
ahead and step in slightly drop your center of gravity down to the body
then slightly sit back bring up the hooks to the chin hooks hooks hooks look at the shoulders look
at his feet are staying grounded to the ground he's generating power from the ground a resistance
from the ground to generate more momentum to punch now if any of these punches should miss
he's likely more likely to stay on balance so one punch miss two punch missed three punches
the fourth punch is gonna still land on the target you gotta be able to follow through with
the combination too many fighters have an idea in their head they're gonna throw a combination
they start off by missing the first punch they stop the whole combination missing with a punch
does not mean you should stop at the combination because you should be able to keep your balance
and follow through with that and have greater success the simplest way to implement these
new techniques is shadow box in front of the mirror watch your balance watch your shoulders and
hips then you want to take that over to the heavy bag where you're able to throw those combinations
with speed and power and keep your balance then ultimately moving into aspiring and competition
without the proper practice in shadowbox and heavy bag you're setting yourself up
for failure and competition so you'll be able to first start off in shadowboxing
heavy bag move that into sparring then you set yourself up for success
so there you have it the take away use your body position use your balance be controlled with your
boxing combination how's your head position think about that as well as you're going through it know
that the more you think about it the more you have coach wayne your ear the better you're gonna get
perfect the way you throw your boxing combinations with those tools i'll see you for the next workout