hi there I'm Mike gales for Everlast
nutrition and welcome to our little
video series on proper boxing technique
so let's take a look at your proper
boxing stance how to spend sounds easy
enough let's go over the basics well you
don't want to be standing like IML
square so first you're going to want to
angle yourself to your opponent to make
yourself a smaller target but angle
yourself which way well the question
that you have to ask yourself is are you
right-handed or left-handed because you
want to lead with your weaker hand and
keep your stronger hand to the rear now
you may be asking yourself why would you
want to lead with your weaker hand well
force is equal to mass times
acceleration and you want to have enough
distance between your power hand and the
target so that you can properly
accelerate your punch the more that you
can accelerate that punch the more force
that punch is going to have the problem
is that if you leave it your stronger
arm and close quarters did might get
pinned up against your opponent and you
will not have sufficient distance to
properly accelerate your punch that will
leave you defending yourself with only
punches from your weaker arm so you can
maximize the effect of your stronger arm
in close quarters by having sufficient
distance between bets power arm and your
opponent and you'll want to do that by
keeping your powered arm and light to
the rear now let's take a look at your
hand position so instead of standing
here all square I'm going to angle my
lead shoulder to the center of my
opponent next I'm going to raise my
hands up to about the level of my eyes
now it's important to note here that I
didn't just bring my hands up I also
brought my head down and that my hands
are not blocking my vision and just as
important if not more important than my
hand position is that my shoulders are
nice and high to protect my chin I am
also not holding my hands up all the way
in front of me I keep them in nice and
tight to protect any incoming shots I
also keep my elbows in to protect my
body but not wide open leaving my ribs
exposed now here you seen it from the
side view nice comfortable and compact
in my boxing stance
why do some boxers keep their lead hand
low well there are pros and cons to
doing this as for the pros there is less
shoulder fatigue better body coverage
and an unhindered view but this also
takes greater reflexes as for the cons
your head is less protected and you may
get hit with a shot that you don't see
this will always be a personal
preference that I recommend in the
beginning to keep your hand job one
thing to note is that even though the
boxers hand is down his shoulder is
still up high to protect his chin his
head is not just popping out like that
his shoulders up high in that chin is
tucked in you'll see from the side view
that his face is still quite
well-protected even though his hand is
down let's take a look at your foot
position remember that you want to angle
yourself to your opponent to make
yourself a smaller target but it's
important that you remain comfortable
and on balance put your feet diagonally
apart a little bit wider than shoulder
width put your hands up and angle that
shoulder towards the center of your
opponent one mistake that beginners
often make when trying to angle
themselves to their opponent is that
their feet are in a straight line that
will leave you vulnerable to being
knocked off balance so avoid having your
feet in a straight line so that you
don't easily get knocked over remember
to keep your feet diagonally apart a
little bit wider than shoulder width one
last little thing I'm going to keep my
rear heel up and we'll get to why I'm
going to do that in just a moment so
here we are from the side view again
nice and compact in our boxing stance
feet diagonally apart and my rear heel
is up
great now you're comfortable with your
boxing stance
you don't want to sit there and be a
punching bag you my friend are going to
need to move now that you'll be moving
your boxing stance it's very important
that your feet never cross if your feet
cross you will have zero offense and
zero D friends and you're most likely
going to get knocked down so to ensure
that your feet don't cross we're going
to move in a very specific manner if
you're going to go forward then you're
going to move your forward foot first if
you're going to move backwards you're
going to move your backward foot first
if you move forward you will move your
forward foot first
if you move backwards you move your back
foot first the same thing when moving
laterally side to side if you're going
to the right we'll be right foot first
if you went to the left move your left
foot first so let's have a quick recap
keep your hands up keep your shoulders
up keep your chin down and most
importantly keep your eyes up and keep
your eyes on what you're doing having a
good boxing stance will give you a
biomechanical advantage to have a good
punching power and it will also limit
the exposure of soft targets like your
chin and ribcage remember to keep your
feet wider than shoulder-width keep an
equal weight distribution between both
of your legs and keep your feet diagonal
to each other
remember not to keep them in a straight
line because you'll get knocked over
remember to keep your rear heel up this
will make it much easier if you move
back and forth in your boxing stance and
it will also make it much easier for you
to transfer your weight to deliver hard
punches which we'll get to in the next
couple of videos angle your leg shoulder
and your lead leg towards your opponent
and protect yourself at all times this
has been Mike gales for Everlast
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