Thread: Here is a video of me hitting the bag

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxTUwE2hDQs

Thoughts?

i see ur a head hunter! would have liked to see some body shot hook combos.......but ur ok keep at it

u drop your hands after you've hit it and your shots dont tend to come from your chin. its only slight but you would get countered if fighting something that hits back. also it doesnt look like your hitting with the knuckle part of your glove with your left hooks which is sometimes called 'slapping' and you could break your hand if you land that shot on a harder target (e.g. another boxer or even a pad).
also you need a hair cut mate
but a lot of good stuff there aswell mate so take it only as constructive critisism.

im by no means an expert....but i noticed a few things u could work on to help u........

KEEP UR CHIN TUCKED INTO UR CHEST AND TRY SOME HEAD MOVEMENT UR A STATIONARY TARGET AND ALSO SHARPEN UR JAB(think of ur jab like a wet towel when u use to whip ur mates with when u were a kid) ur jab is that wet towel

kepp at it son your doin fine

Aight cool, I'm all about the constructive critisism. I've never been to a boxing gym or had anyone teach me so I have no real idea what I am doing. I have seen a few videos on the net that teach technique.

Keep the replies coming

Originally Posted by Belial

Aight cool, I'm all about the constructive critisism. I've never been to a boxing gym or had anyone teach me so I have no real idea what I am doing. I have seen a few videos on the net that teach technique.

Keep the replies comming

if you need any help with any technique just ask mate i have never been to gym either but my grandad was boxer he taught me how to fight and ect so if you need any help with anything just ask

peace

Youre starting your work to near the bag, but for a beginer Ive seen a lot worse. keep at it

Originally Posted by ICE COLD BOXING

Originally Posted by Belial

Aight cool, I'm all about the constructive critisism. I've never been to a boxing gym or had anyone teach me so I have no real idea what I am doing. I have seen a few videos on the net that teach technique.

Keep the replies comming

if you need any help with any technique just ask mate i have never been to gym either but my grandad was boxer he taught me how to fight and ect so if you need any help with anything just ask

peace

Aight cheers.

Originally Posted by Scrap

Youre starting your work to near the bag, but for a beginer Ive seen a lot worse. keep at it

ye, try n circle the bag but keep the same distance, don't move in to throw shots as ull be more likely to be countered while sparring/ fighting..if thts wat u want to do anyway

n also try n keep ur punches straight wen u let the bursts of punches go

not bad tho mind

Seems a lot of people train only alone on this message board - suprising.

I really enjoy the gym atmosphere and you learn so much more with a coach.

No problems usually if you don't want to compete or spar and just want to work out - just tell the coach.

All good if you prefer to train alone but I'd be tempted to just try a gym and see how it goes

Hope you're enjoying it anyway

Originally Posted by Belial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PxTUwE2hDQs

Thoughts?

Lol I those gloves!! :P I use em on the bag!!

Considering that youve not had any training you look alright!!..
Nothing i can really say that hasnt been said on this topic.. But if you are enjoying the sport and dont have a trainer or a gym then i would sujest you seeking one and it'll do you the world of good
Peace

I'm no pro myself, but one thing I also noticed was that when you're dancing around, you become stationary right before you begin to throw your punches. Other than that though, you look pretty tough. Keep at it.

find your distance, your smothering your shots a bit. you will also want to turn over on your shots , another words you don't want to slap punch. you want to keep the wrist str8 and twist on the impact.

Keep it up mate !

A specific observation I had was that when your just throwing the jab, your right kinda stays tucked up there.. But when your planning on throwing the right after the jab, you can see the right drop down ready before the jab is even half extended... That's a major telagraph of a big right hand punch....

My main suggestion would be to just slow it down a little, take a little bit of power out of it and just tighten everything up.. That's my trainers favourite saying at the moment.. "tighten everything up"... Just think that over and over in your head while your going at it and you'll find your technique improves a lot... once is set in like concrete, then you can loosen up and start swinging away like that and the for will stay a lot better..

But as someone as said, it could be a hell of a lot worse, so keep up the good work and keep posting the vids as you'll get great help with everyone here helping you with progress..

You might want to move your bag furthur away from the wall, that way you can move all the way around the bag and not run into the wall. You want to use the heavy bag to help you move as well as punch.Not bad punches but your right seems to come from the hip, try to throw slightly straighter shots those looked like you were punching a little too high.