Apollo’s Boxing tips – The uppercut! the uppercut in boxing is an often under taught shot as it is one of the more dangerous shots to throw however the rewards for landing the shot are worth it if the technique is executed correctly!
The way we coach the uppercut down at Apollo’s Boxing in Bolton is by breaking it down into three coaching points which we will list below –
Getting off the punching line – By putting your weight onto the side that you are going to throw the uppercut with this gets your head off the punching line, by punching line we mean not been directly inline with your opponents left or right straight. So basically if you are looking to throw the right upper cut you would put your weight on the right side.
Bring your weight down so you can bring it back up – The uppercut by its nature is throw up so obviously your weight has to go down to give the uppercut it’s power, as mentioned above bringing your weight onto the side your punching with. By dropping your weight onto the side your punching with you will achieve this or by slipping an opponents straight shot this also puts your naturally in the same position.
The uppercut most of the times comes vertically straight through the middle with your palm facing your body – There is no ALWAYS in boxing but instead there are OPTIONS, by this we mean there is no perfect way of doing a technique every time. At Apollo’s Boxing in Bolton we teach high percentage techniques and low percentage techniques not right or wrong, the high percentage way of throwing the uppercut would be with your palm facing your body and with the shot coming straight up vertically through the middle of your opponents guard.
The uppercut as mentioned at the beginning of this article is a brutal shot to land but also a dangerous shot if thrown at the wrong time and not set up correctly! Throwing knock out punches is like putting a bet on, the more you put on the more you get back if it comes in but if it doesn’t come in then you lose more!
Recently there has been two brilliant examples of how devastating the uppercut can be, below Apollo’s Boxing has uploaded the clips for you to study!
If you are interested in learning how to box or you are already training for either a boxing bout whether it is a professional boxing match, an amateur boxing match or even a white collar boxing match or an even MMA fight then contact us at Apollo’s Boxing in Bolton for more information on our one to ones or small classes!
We look forward to hearing from you soon!