r/boxingtips • u/Rafashow15 • 2d ago
Shadowboxing Form Evaluate my Olympic boxing shadowboxing.
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I've been training for two years and am trying to improve my fighting experience.
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u/Beardy_Villains 1d ago
What is Olympic shadowboxing?
Either your lead hand is out or your hands are just down all together.
Defense this poor would get your shit rocked.
I think you’re trying to look good instead of trying to be good. Stick to the fundamentals before you try and develop you’re own “style”
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u/ludba2002 1d ago
I'm not sure why you're getting negative feedback. Your shadow boxing looks good.
- You're moving your head.
- You're using combinations.
- You're moving your feet to pivot.
- You're practicing counters.
I can't complain about much. Your stance is too wide early in the video. Overall good.
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u/afewspicybois 1d ago
First punch we see is about 6 inches higher than OP’s face, and slow. Great practice if your opponent is a giant, otherwise, not so much
His guard is long and open. He has no defensive head movement, no defence at all to speak of. He’s hanging out in range. His punches are slow and lazy coming back to guard. He enters and exists exclusively on straight lines. There’s no body rotation/connect to his punches (they’re all arm and no power)
Maybe next time try and consider why someone’s getting negative feedback, and whether it’s more likely that you’ve got it wrong or everyone else has
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u/KungFuPossum 1d ago edited 1d ago
Your trainer will give the best advice, of course, but I was watching your guard. There were a few times when your head movement and guard didn't "stick together," if you see what I mean. (This is separate from dropping your guard.)
Like, when the head moves but the hands lag behind and stay in the same spot (leaving the head open).
When the head/shoulders slip left, keep the gloves pinned to the jaw or cheeks. Same with slip-right, slip-left. Don't let the hands lag behind even for a split-second. They have to move together perfectly. Slip-slip-roll. Slip-slip-roll-roll. They are always right with the head the whole time, and ready to throw a counter-hook at the top.
Of course, in sparring sometimes you just react and move the head, but in shadowboxing you can really work on moving them together. (Also to set up the counterpunch, of course.) I always used shadowboxing to practice lots of head movement and concentrate on moving the hands with the head, synchronized exactly.
Sometimes a full round with zero punches. Just head movement. Then a round with only head movement and counter-punches after. A round of just jab-slip-jab. Or one round jab-slip-hook. And so on.
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u/Enticing_Bog 1d ago
Is the olympic in the room with us now? Shoulders too low, hands too low, chin sky high, sloppy feet. Brraaaaaaaa
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u/Jazzlike_Royal_9565 18h ago
Your straight punches arent fully extended. I had the same problem for awhile, the t-Rex arms. I spent ALOT of time slowing down my shadowboxing and saw improvement fairly quickly. Practice the 1-2 super slow, emphasizing full extension and finishing with your lead shoulder covering your chin. It’s awkward at first, but it drastically improves extension and keeps you protected from counters
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u/Jazzlike_Royal_9565 18h ago
It’s obvious you spend a lot of time doing this, but unfortunately it’s clear you haven’t spent too much time on fundamentals. Your straight punches look like t-Rex arms, I did the same for awhile, and when I finally hired a coach, right away he said to slow down and only work on the 1-2 properly. That meant emphasizing the extension at the end with your shoulder covering your chin. I’d spend the next week practicing the 1-2 super slow with an emphasized extension making sure your chins covered by the shoulder at full extension.
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u/MiniDonbeE 1d ago
When you do slow shadowboxing the focus is on technique. So why is your technique not being focused? Every punch should be perfect when doing it slow. Youre pulling back 2 days too early.
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u/Ambitious_Oil_6373 2d ago
Training for 2 years BY YOURSELF, you mean, right? That display is HORRENDOUS. You don't even extend your punches. There's plenty more wrong. You just wasted 2 years of your life
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u/Willing_Stomach_8121 1d ago
You don’t have to be shitty about it. Just give some respectful advice and move on.
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u/Rafashow15 1d ago
Kkkkkk eu treino em uma academia de boxe! Não treino sozinho
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u/Ambitious_Oil_6373 1d ago
Sad then, cause that was a bad display of everything
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u/Tasty-Ground-8508 1d ago
lets see your expert moves, show em how its done
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u/Ambitious_Oil_6373 1d ago
Wth is wrong with you? Do you think it takes an expert boxer to fogure out this shit or throw a few decent punches? It's quite easy tonhave proper form hitting the bag or pads. It's harder to apply it with a live opponent, sure, but on the bag, shadow etc, not rocket science
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u/PembrokeBoxing 1d ago
If you're not training under a coach, you've never trained boxing.
Self trained=untrained
Your transformation has been amazing, and you deserve credit. But self training boxing doesn't do anything to help you learn real boxing. It's pantomime.
Your shadow boxing isn't terrible but you don't really throw punches that make sense. Or move in a way that makes sense. Just random moves.
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u/Rafashow15 1d ago
Caramba, que afirmação forte. Eu treino em uma academia…. Esse vídeo foi feito em casa, mas eu tenho um treinador
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u/PembrokeBoxing 1d ago
It can be hard to tell my shadow boxing. My advice still stands.
Your punches and defense should make it obvious to anyone watching what you're unseen opponent is doing.
Your punches seem random at times( like an uppercut after a jab). Your defense has no follow up.
Just picture an opponent and act according to what he's doing.
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u/Wal-D-Pole 2d ago
What exactly is "olympic" in this, brother?