Excellent topic! Great video as always. Along with feints, I like to add what I call "throw away punches" if I've been boxing long enough and i practice them a lot on the pads and in sparring. What it is, it's a punch that looks good and it looks like what i was trying to land (in reality no, it takes no energy and my weight isn't behind it at all). Like you said, when a guy is changing levels a lot I'll throw a lead hook to the head to see if he bobs. If he does, I'll throw another one with a right uppercut down low where his chin will be. If i have a guy constantly backing away, sometimes I'll use a throwaway right cross to the head and I'll dip my head down and off to the side like I'm going to pivot around... but really, i just move down enough to throw a hard left hook to the liver. This is a risky one though, you really have to have your opponent down pat to do it safely. If they use lateral movement, I'll use a throw-away punch then throw a real punch in the direction they're going to be moving. Great advice about what to do with the Ali shuffle! Usually, people get scared, confusion or both when an opponent does something like that... but it's a great opportunity for a free punch! Lol
Thank you for the descriptive input! The throwaway punches are basically like in the video when I say to go soft punches upstairs then blast the body downstairs at 01:32. Seriously though, it is like a free punch when they do that kind of stuff! 😂 Thanks as always!
@coachpillowfists I was wondering about the term "soft punches". Was that a term you use or one you learned from a coach? My various coaches called them different things, but "throw away punch" stuck with me for one reason or another. In my head, it differentiated itself from a feint... but also, it made me think to throw a punch with no intention of it scoring. Its purpose was to set up the real punch. As I got into higher levels of competition, I had to make sure to sell that punch because better competition would take advantage of a lazy punch or spot my trap.
@@nb0616 It's not an official term, just the way I describe it because it's easy to understand for anyone at any level. But yes for the most part, I meant punches that are not necessarily meant to connect. If it connects, great. But the reason I'm throwing it soft is so I'm not committing and leaving myself too vulnerable for counters. It's thrown with the purpose of making the opponent react.
Great video, coach! Use the feints, the body punches, and catch em' once flush and watch the showboating stop!
Yes sir!! Thanks brotha! 🙌🏽
Excellent topic! Great video as always. Along with feints, I like to add what I call "throw away punches" if I've been boxing long enough and i practice them a lot on the pads and in sparring.
What it is, it's a punch that looks good and it looks like what i was trying to land (in reality no, it takes no energy and my weight isn't behind it at all).
Like you said, when a guy is changing levels a lot I'll throw a lead hook to the head to see if he bobs. If he does, I'll throw another one with a right uppercut down low where his chin will be.
If i have a guy constantly backing away, sometimes I'll use a throwaway right cross to the head and I'll dip my head down and off to the side like I'm going to pivot around... but really, i just move down enough to throw a hard left hook to the liver. This is a risky one though, you really have to have your opponent down pat to do it safely.
If they use lateral movement, I'll use a throw-away punch then throw a real punch in the direction they're going to be moving.
Great advice about what to do with the Ali shuffle! Usually, people get scared, confusion or both when an opponent does something like that... but it's a great opportunity for a free punch! Lol
Thank you for the descriptive input! The throwaway punches are basically like in the video when I say to go soft punches upstairs then blast the body downstairs at 01:32.
Seriously though, it is like a free punch when they do that kind of stuff! 😂 Thanks as always!
@coachpillowfists I was wondering about the term "soft punches". Was that a term you use or one you learned from a coach? My various coaches called them different things, but "throw away punch" stuck with me for one reason or another.
In my head, it differentiated itself from a feint... but also, it made me think to throw a punch with no intention of it scoring. Its purpose was to set up the real punch.
As I got into higher levels of competition, I had to make sure to sell that punch because better competition would take advantage of a lazy punch or spot my trap.
@@nb0616 It's not an official term, just the way I describe it because it's easy to understand for anyone at any level. But yes for the most part, I meant punches that are not necessarily meant to connect. If it connects, great. But the reason I'm throwing it soft is so I'm not committing and leaving myself too vulnerable for counters. It's thrown with the purpose of making the opponent react.
Gonna apply this to my next soccer game 👍🏿
😂 Good luck!
Great tips as always
I appreciate it! 👌🏽
too good tips
Thank you! 🤟🏽
Should I, as a Heavyweight Boxers, use the Phillshell or not because if they hit me, am dead.
If you’re fast enough then yes. If speed is not your strong suit then no. Very few heavyweights can pull it off (ie: Tyson Fury).
Soft top hard bottom, thnx coach!!
Yes sir! Offsets the timing, and the softer punches leave you less vulnerable to get countered. 👍🏽
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Lol 😂