
Originally Posted by
greynotsoold
You are making things hard on yourself with your feet; thus, you throw a lot of arm punches, and you're throwing them hard, which is why you're breathing hard after every flurry. Your right hand is real wide.
There's two things you do wrong with your feet. The first is that you tend to get real far up on your left foot and punch from there. Your right hand suffers because that weight needs to go back to front to generate power; you're trying to do it by 'throwing' it harder, hence it gets wide and you get a little winded. Also, your left hook would benefit from weight going onto the right foot. That lets you drive punches by turning your hips and shoulders. The second is that your feet are too far apart. It is best to get your weight, hips and shoulders turned in front of your hands: can't do that when your target is 12" away and your feet are 30" apart.
Last, that drill you do, when you get your feet parallel, lean into the bag and fire both hands in succession...I used to end every workout doing that, and its a good drill...But you need to shift you weight when you do it, and that way you can do it longer without getting winded. Get your feet closer together, throw shorter punches and get your hips turning into your punches.
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