How to Develop Your Uppercut and Surprise Your Opponent
It is common knowledge that contact sports have a vast initial following.
However, because of the rigours of the various types of exercises and sometimes even the rough language used by coaches seems a morsel with a bad after taste.
It is this attribute that forces many of the wannabes to quit.
Of the remaining, there are a few who are committed to giving it the best shot and then there are those who want to get to the main action or the glamour punches without going through the basic punches.
These are the 'sprinters who have joined a marathon.
' This is their main cause of dropping out because they do not agree with the pace of the coach.
There are a variety of punches that all boxers have to learn.
In fact, these are the basis of all types of training.
The straight left jabs and the killer right punch take a good month and half to two months for the boxers who are serious with their practice.
Once the team is at par with each other, the group can be separated into the ones who need the next set of punches and the others who do not need them.
What is the factor that separates the group into the ones with the need and the ones who do not need the hooks and uppercuts is not the level of proficiency till that point or their consistency and level of commitment.
Then one may ask what determines the need of these punches.
To many people's surprise, the answer is 'the height of the boxer.
' Yes.
The boxer who is tall is sorted when he has mastered the basic punches.
That is because the tall boxer can and should just use his reach to keep the opponent away, whereas the shorter boxers need to get inside his opponents defences, land those uppercuts and hooks and then get back to the safety of being out of the reach.
In order to have an effective uppercut, the technique that is used is guard your face and body with your left, slip into the defences of the opponent.
Once inside, unleash the power of the uppercut starting from the abdomen bringing it up to the solar plexus.
However on reaching the plexus, do not retract your hand but continue it onwards to the oppnent's chin.
The reason for this being that if not the abdomen, the solar plexus and if not the solar plexus -which is very difficult to get - then the chin.
Any of these three points penetrated can send the opponent straight to the mat.
Then depending on his resilience and amount of training, he could either continue (with a battered ego) or just give up, presenting you with the bout.
However, because of the rigours of the various types of exercises and sometimes even the rough language used by coaches seems a morsel with a bad after taste.
It is this attribute that forces many of the wannabes to quit.
Of the remaining, there are a few who are committed to giving it the best shot and then there are those who want to get to the main action or the glamour punches without going through the basic punches.
These are the 'sprinters who have joined a marathon.
' This is their main cause of dropping out because they do not agree with the pace of the coach.
There are a variety of punches that all boxers have to learn.
In fact, these are the basis of all types of training.
The straight left jabs and the killer right punch take a good month and half to two months for the boxers who are serious with their practice.
Once the team is at par with each other, the group can be separated into the ones who need the next set of punches and the others who do not need them.
What is the factor that separates the group into the ones with the need and the ones who do not need the hooks and uppercuts is not the level of proficiency till that point or their consistency and level of commitment.
Then one may ask what determines the need of these punches.
To many people's surprise, the answer is 'the height of the boxer.
' Yes.
The boxer who is tall is sorted when he has mastered the basic punches.
That is because the tall boxer can and should just use his reach to keep the opponent away, whereas the shorter boxers need to get inside his opponents defences, land those uppercuts and hooks and then get back to the safety of being out of the reach.
In order to have an effective uppercut, the technique that is used is guard your face and body with your left, slip into the defences of the opponent.
Once inside, unleash the power of the uppercut starting from the abdomen bringing it up to the solar plexus.
However on reaching the plexus, do not retract your hand but continue it onwards to the oppnent's chin.
The reason for this being that if not the abdomen, the solar plexus and if not the solar plexus -which is very difficult to get - then the chin.
Any of these three points penetrated can send the opponent straight to the mat.
Then depending on his resilience and amount of training, he could either continue (with a battered ego) or just give up, presenting you with the bout.
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