Am going to start doing it for a warmup for my punchbag routine tonight and was wondering if anyone could give me tips?
Am going to start doing it for a warmup for my punchbag routine tonight and was wondering if anyone could give me tips?
Run a search in this forum - There have already been some great shadow boxing threads..
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Where is a search bar for me to put it in?
http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingfor...dowboxing.html
Here's a good one by a very knowledgable poster.
Thanks frasd.
It can help to have a routine for when you shadowbox. Figure out what you're going to do beforehand. Perhaps you might want to work on your punches, or a particular movement (e.g. parries, blocks, slips, and feints). When going over your technique, it's a good idea to work in front of a mirror so that you see what you're doing, and then you can make corrections when you need to. Don't use the mirror exclusively, or your movements will become chained to it. Use the mirror for reference tool for when you need to see what you're doing.
I also recommend that you give yourself plenty of space to move around, and use it. Practice coordinating your hands and feet so that your punches are integrated into your footwork. Read more about coodinating your hands and feet here: http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingfor...ands-feet.html If you're a beginner, this should be enough to keep you busy.
When you get a little better, you can include counterpunching into your work. Learn how defend against every punch and the counterpunch that follows. For instance you can catch/slip/parry a jab, and throw your own jab back. There are a good deal of threads dedicated to this sort of thing in the Useful/Important section of the board.
As an important piece of advice, when training for boxing whether you're shadowboxing or hitting the bags, always keep your opponent in mind. Don't you ever forget it. Shadowboxing should never be about putting in a few rounds of mindless busy-work as form of exercise or warming up. Yet there are a lot of people that move around without any sort of plan, go though the motions, stand in one spot, or admiring themselves in the mirror rather than using it.
You should always strive to engage your boxing brain when you're in the gym. You can think in terms of "my opponent is doing x, so I'm going to come back with y". When you have a real person infront of you,
you're going to have to evaluate what's happening, make instant decisions and then come up with a plan. Recommended reading:
This applies for when you're hitting the bag as well. If you already have a routine for when you hit the bag, you can also practice it while you're shadowboxing. Therefore when you're working the bag, it'll come a lot easier since you've already practiced the movements.
Does this make sense?
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