i need help on my uppercuts and hooks

[passion4boxing]

whenever i use them it feels as if i have no control over them
it feels like my arm is about to lose all control

should i just keep using them tll it feels natural or is there a certain exercise for this?

[Tom Yum]

Do you have a coach helping you?

[Punjabi]

wen hokkin maintain ur balance and bend ur knees too. THats where all ur power is. Also dun forget to keep ur hands up wen throwing ml=ultiple hooks cuz its easy to drop them.

[medic06]

Two things you need: a good boxing coach and about 10000 repetitions

[Punjabi]

very trueee

[DJColdfusion]

whenever i use them it feels as if i have no control over them
it feels like my arm is about to lose all control

should i just keep using them tll it feels natural or is there a certain exercise for this?

I use to feel that way with my hooks so I stopped doing anything else and just spent tons and tons of time working the form on my hooks. Tons of shadow boxing and tons of time on the heavy bag and now I have more confidence in my hook than any of my other strikes.

My advice: take your time with it and work on form before anything else.

If you have access to a good coach then go to them and let them know your concerns. If you don't have access to them then buy a boxing instructional. Titleboxing.com has several including one called "How to Box -- The Basics" that includes a section on the uppercut. And practice, practice, practice!

Check out that DVD here: http://store.titleboxing.com/video-t...deos-vid8.html

Its only $10, how can you lose?

[TerryV]

WOW, some deatail Mike.

This is something that needs personal help with and can’t really be learned from reading about it no matter how detailed the text is. A good video may lend assistance, but you really need some one on one. THERE is NO WAY you can learn how to throw a good hook by reading about it, I am sorry to say but can’t be done.

The hook can be the hardest punch to learn how to throw but the easiest to throw if that makes any since. I have had close to 200 fights all together and all my knock outs came from left hooks. For me the hook was my bread and butter but I booked for 3 years before I had a good coach who knew how to teach me the right way. Not long after being taught the right way, the knock-outs started coming.

[gabbah]

Yeah I think it's pretty much impossible to learn from just reading. However, if you have read about it, it will open your eyes so that when you look at a pro fighter in action, you will see lots of new things. You can then study him and try it out yourself in the gym.
In fact I have have learnt TONS of theory from watching different pro fighters in action. Even in diciplines I don't even train in myself. And when I have tried these diciplines out in training (in another gym), I have been able to use lots of it directly. And the people at that gym always asks me if I have been training before. When I tell them I'm a complete beginner they say "oh.. I thought you had been training for a while".
So I think it's worth A LOT to download and watch (and in effect study) pro fighters.

I take this theory to my gym and incorporate it into my training. So I learn stuff that my coach hasn't thaught me as well.
About reinforcing the neural pathways by doing the exercises in you head I agree with Mike that this helps, and speeds up the learning. The mind and learning works in way that enables those kind of benefits to be possible, just by visualizing.

just my two swedish kronors...

[Streetprince]

all u have to do is play sf2 and pick Balrog he will tech u all! lol j/k

[Gard]

Start by throwing your hooks and uppercuts as close range punches only. A lot of problems come when people try to throw the hook or uppercut in long range. They end up swinging instead of punching. Step by step, the basics are:

1. Pivot your waist so that the opposing shoulder is nearly in line with the opposing knee. In other words, if you're throwing a rear uppercut, you need to turn your waist so that your lead shoulder is in line with the rear knee. Don't lean to the side - just bend and twist.

2. Bend your knees and pivot the foot on the "non-firing" side toward the side the punch will be coming from. At this start position, you look like you're massively telegraphing the blow. Don't worry. That's part of the training method.

3. Keep your hands in the ready position. Don't "chamber" the shot. It won;t add enough power to make up for the hole it leaves in your defense.

4. As you start to throw the punch, send your weight back onto the "non-firing" foot. That's the side opposite whichever side your punch is coming from. Ie, the lead if you're throwing a rear punch, or the rear if you're throwing your lead. This should be explosive, not deliberate.

5. Begin turning the waist and shoulders back into the punch at the same time in a fluid, coordinated movement. The idea is to reverse your original situation throughout the delivery of the punch. If the rear shoulder was turned over the lead knee, you should make it so that the lead shoulder moves over the rear knee by the end of the punching motion. This involves a smooth, coordinated "unscrewing" of the torso, waist, and shoulders.

6. As your waist turns into the punch and your weight shifts, you should drive with the punching side leg in the direction of your body's twisting motion. The leg has to be the engine. It has to propel the body weight, so if you don't bend the knees correctly, your punch will become an arm motion instead of a proper attack.

7. Now your arm gets involved. Drop the shoulder slightly and let the forearm fall to a 90 degree angle. If this is a hook you're throwing, the forearm will be parallel to the floor. If you're throwing it at the body, get lower with your legs, not by leting your arm reach downward. If it's an uppercut, everything is the same as far as the mechanics we already talked about, except that your forearm is now perpendicular to the floor instead of parallel. For the uppercut, you will propel your arm directly up the centerline, screwing your shoulder into the blow and letting the arm fall back down the centerline to the ready position as a recovery. For the hook, it should fire directly into the target from the side, without any "curve" or grazing effect.

8. Finally, recover from the punch by quickly reversing all the body mechanics we just looked at so that you end up in the start position all over again. This will pull your head out of the line of fire, and as you gain experience, will aid in maintaining some hip action for follow up shots in combinations.

Initially, your hooks and uppercuts should look pretty exaggerated. Don't be afraid to wind them up and over-emphasize the body mechanics required while you're learning. You'll be amazed at how often you can wind them up to the same ridiculoud degree and get away with it in real matches because the body movements of other punches, evasions, and footwork will disguise those "telegraphs." In the end, this will require patient attention to detail, devotion to getting it right, and an absolute lust for success. You have to really want to get hese attacks right, and pay more attention to them than anything else, just like DJ said. Every session, start with these attacks in your warm up, and add two or three extra rounds on the bags with them at the end. I also like to spend three rounds (9mins) visualizing punches and combinations in my head right before I go to sleep. Often times, it sort of "pre-programs" me to dream about them all night. When you visualize an action, you reinforce the exact same neural pathways involved in the real action, so it's almost just like doing it for real. Every little bit helps.

And by the way, I also highly recommend Title's boxing tapes/DVDs. They're better quality than Ringside's, and they contain some really good material. By far the best training tape value for any art out there.

Hope this helped some. Let me know if you need clarification.

Mike

He said it all.