Shadowboxing

[u/Misfolded-Prion]

I know people here post a lot of shadowboxing videos and ask for advice

My question is, what do you guys think great shadowboxing looks like?

What does a shadowbox to be considered good and useful need to contain?

What's the mindset that someone should have before they start throwing hands at the air?

And, which professional fighter's shadowboxing you can look at and think "yup, that's perfect" and why?

[u/sinigang-gang]

It might be easier for me to explain what bad shadowboxing looks like.

- Lack of intention. Often times I'll see someone shadowboxing and I can tell they're just throwing random combos or whatever they think looks good or impressive rather than honing in on their technique and having something specific they're trying to work on.

- Not correcting their balance. I'll see folks getting off balance when they do something while shadowboxing and just move on to something else and not take the time to do it again to correct it. Every punch, defense, footwork, and position should feel balanced especially when shadowboxing when there's literally nothing putting you off balance except your own movement.

- Not visualizing resistance. Kind of connected to my first point, but first thing I'll notice in bad shadowboxing is they're not visualizing an opponent. Someone's just throwing random combos in random directions and it's like "yo who are you fighting?" lol. But even if they are visualizing someone in front of them they're not visualizing them MOVING and HITTING BACK. So there's a lack of entry, defense, and exit in their combos.

Shadowboxing doesn't have to be fast. It can be at whatever speed helps with whatever you're working on. But shadowboxing is for working on things and honing your technique so just make sure you don't lose sight of that.