Do You Have This Common Boxing Fault? Fix it With a Simple Boxing Drill...Broom Handle Required!

One of the most common boxing technique faults, if not the most common, that I see in boxers is under-rotation when punching.
It is genuinely a major issue, and if you are affected by this you really should put in place measures to fix it.
This video will allow you to do exactly that by using a broom handle to form the basis of a simply boxing drill.
Under-rotating when punching loses you two things; reach and power.
Every punch that we throw in boxing requires rotation driven from the feet.
Whether it's the jab or the right cross, under-rotation will massively reduce the effectiveness of your offensive boxing techniques.
Effective punching at long range requires maximum rotation to maximise the length and power of your shots.
Effective punching at any other range requires maximum rotation to maximise power.
This is a no-brainer.
So, you can do this simple drill to ensure that you build the muscle memory to get your rotation right. All you need is a broom handle :-)
This is about marginal gains, making lots of small improvements across your full range of boxing techniques.
Cheers
Fran
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[@Lgansito]

the wife joke had me rolling

[@pedrochristiano7598]

God bless this channel. I'm a brazillian guy with no money to a gym and learning boxing with Fran!!!!!

[@myboxingcoach]

Glad to be of help Pedro...thanks for taking the time to watch

[@antischocken4735]

Why say sorry for technical video? That's what we want!

[@daniel09dailey]

Easily the best coach on the tube!!!

[@rko.8027]

I take classes with a coach who has coached a few Oceanic champions yet doesn't demonstrate technique with this amount of detail for some unknown reason. Maybe he saves it for his 1 on 1's but you are a god save, my man!

[@user-im9xq7fp5r]

You must be a paid endorser !! Woody Allen could punch!!

[@deecee5693]

@@user-im9xq7fp5r you should allow this woody Allen to punch you. I'd bet all your bitch thoughts would leave your mind.

[@samundio6057]

My coach taught me this lol

[@DoctahDizzle]

Wait, so you're wife told you inches matter? LOL 🤣

[@myboxingcoach]

She also tells me that it's personality that counts...not sure if the two things are connected :-)

[@MangaGamified]

"He just barely passed"

[@mateovukasinac8050]

I came to comments just for this one LOL.

[@tupilwesinyangwe5098]

hahahahaha Fran Sands deserves one million subscribers, that caught me off guard, anyway, noted - inches and personality.

[@blaisehanon]

lolol

[@73kimura]

A big "Thank you" from Cologne, Germany! Each time I visit your channel there´s something to take away for me...great content, great teaching!

[@myboxingcoach]

Thank you

[@kennethduff6442]

Thank you, perfect timing. Just last night my coach was just telling me that I need to rotate the hips more. I tend to not turn over as much as I need to especially if I'm trying to be fast with my punches. This is something I been told by my coach often, and the thing is I feel like I am rotating the hips properly but obviously not if I'm told to rotate more quite often. I'm going to work that drill you were talking about and fix this. Thank you and God bless

[@adcyuumi]

If your punch doesn't hurt em, it's faster to just do nothing at all rather than bother throwing the punch. You accomplish just as much and you save a considerable amount of time between start to finish. It also saves you a lot of energy. There are always exceptions of course -- feints, nuisance jabs to block vision, points scored toward winning the round, and luring the opponent into thinking your punch doesn't hurt (before throwing it "for real" later) all come to mind. But if you NEVER throw for maximum power, you are handicapping yourself severely. Speed is not power. Penetration through the target is power, and speed magnifies that power. You get penetration through the target almost entirely through hip rotation, not with hand speed.

[@emiliox210]

Long time no see Fran... hope to see more videos especially on power punching techniques and shoulders snap. 🥊

[@elsantodelsol]

Thanks, as an old man new to the sport this is a real help. Love these drills, doing it tonight!

[@LionHeart3641]

Some of the best coaching vids on KZbin. Thanks coach.

[@AdobadoFantastico]

I've been working on exactly this for the last few weeks. I'll add this check to my practice.

[@azimkhorajiya1164]

Once Again, Thank you Coach. Studied and applied your leg movement drills drastically results, now time for this.

[@bula9737]

You are what we call a hidden gem. So valuable to us. Thank you, Fran. I do your drills day in and day out

[@thomassanders8913]

The freshest content (and crepes) on KZbin! Thanks for imparting your wisdom, it's definitely helping.

[@horsepro8133]

Thank you! Just the reminder and drill I could use today!!!! As always, supreme video!!

[@Tousanx]

there's a lot of special nuggets of information here. thanks Fran

[@hanpierhan1658]

Thank you coach. I think this is the solution to the problems im currently facing. I keep getting countered whenever I throw my jabs and cross, and would usually end up being passive and only throw jabs.

[@oliverheartt]

Don’t think I clicked on a video this fast in years. Great stuff as always Fran. It’s appreciated.

[@myboxingcoach]

Thanks mate, made up with that👍

[@MuttleyMhor]

Superb vid again Fran.

[@madwax4771]

This is crucial info thanks Fran

[@Steve-wg4kp]

Mr. Sands, I can't thank you enough for your work and willingness to share your knowledge.

[@myboxingcoach]

Thank you Steve, that means a lot. 👍

[@nashhussan4568]

Long overdue vid Fran; this is a real pearler. Thanks so much 🥊

[@myboxingcoach]

Thanks Nash, glad it helped

[@Robloxgamer5125]

(Recommendation) coach you should breakdown fights for example Anthony Joshua vs Andy and tell us what they did wrong etc. It gives more content to your amazing channel as well!

[@jgo2432]

Definitely great advice and very important for beginners! But I would argue that when you're more advanced and learn to throw different kind of jabs, not all of them need full rotation. But a stiff, long jab meant to impress your opponent is definitely better off being thrown while rotating the hip and upper body. A defensive (while moving out for example) or distance measuring jab can be thrown without or minimal rotation as well in my opinion.

[@myboxingcoach]

Very good point. A video in similar vein: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jKfCc52wpqySe9k&

[@TheLockon00]

You're the best, Fran.

[@onelifeliveit591]

Thanks mate looking forward to trying this

[@Fit2Box]

Great instructional videos 🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@ryanbates8816]

Awesome this definitely adding this technique 👌

[@myboxingcoach]

Glad you like it pal

[@saymumssoul5062]

Love your channel your videos really benefit a lot thank you!

[@LiChoiFungfan]

Thanks for the instruction! Should the rotation begin at the hips? Thanks again.

[@tomasimrich4779]

The most British delivery of that wife joke. LOL You're a funny man Fran. One of the best boxing channels on yt

[@shinyong9978]

Thank you Shifu

[@KennyIISan11]

Amazing technique and advice

[@khabibconor363]

Thank you so much for sharing this beautiful knowledge.

[@myboxingcoach]

You are very welcome, thank you for taking the time to watch

[@travisbicklejr]

Great video! Thank you so much, sir!

[@myboxingcoach]

You are most welcome Brandon, thank you for taking the time to watch and feed back 👍

[@JimBobSeeker]

Great content, thanks Fran Sands!

[@myboxingcoach]

You are very welcome Jim (and Jan) ;-)

[@b11480]

Top video as always, very helpful 👍

[@myboxingcoach]

Thanks Barry, glad you liked it pal.

[@placidgangster]

This man is fantastic!

[@kamiikazequeen2241]

Awesome thank you!

[@myboxingcoach]

You're welcome, thank you for watching 👍

[@Wediveatfive]

excellent video

[@robertg305]

This guy is a master

[@rafaeloperezjr]

Question on the jab, don’t you keep you r knee pointed at the target so you can move forward vs turning?

[@urvidsucks1]

Howdy, from Jacksonville, Florida. Could you please do a video braking down Left hook to the body, (Julio Cesar Chavez) style,footwork,mechanics,do you drop the arm and then throw it? I’m having trouble with this punch,in my opinion it’s most difficult punch out there.As always,thank you in advance!

[@algeriemouloudia5376]

Vous exercices sont bien explique coach merci yassine d'Algérie boncourage

[@pusspopnpilgrim92]

Thank you🙏

[@michaelmilner2090]

More great content. Thanks coach!

[@myboxingcoach]

You welcome Michael, thanks for watching

[@rowanmorar7371]

Hello Mr. Sands, I really enjoy these videos and have used your tips for training. Thank you. Have you coached boxing to any mma fighters and, if so, would you ever make a video focussed on the tips for adjusting boxing for mma? I understand it clearly not the primary goal. Thank you for your considerations. I've also been told that inches matter. So, thank you for letting me know I'm not alone.

[@myboxingcoach]

😂 Like that. Yes no worries, did this a while ago...might help kzbin.info/www/bejne/qqS5fKqni6tpnrs

[@TheLockon00]

I've seen this video before, but the wife joke got me again.

[@myboxingcoach]

😀

[@ice-t9874]

Glad to see you mr. Fran Sands ! Please talk about Joe Frazier style if you want,of course

[@myboxingcoach]

What a fighter...definitely going on the list :-) Thanks for the suggestion

[@carsonjamesiv2512]

I Miss watching this CHANNEL!!

[@2fast2block]

My homemade dummy is on a rail system with a pulley and counterweight system. I remember setting it up to experiment with trying different techniques with the same type of punches. A huge amount of people pump their punches (bring it back first then forward). Some use a small pump and others bigger. I've always thought it was silly because of the telegraph it gave. Nonetheless, I did pumped punches, just forward punches, and then forward only with hip rotation. Essentially there was not much difference at all between pumped punches and just straight forward, but the hip rotation clearly knocked the dummy down the rail farther. And yes, I kept my power of the arm punch the same as much as possible to see what the other differences made. So what you pointed out is certainly true, more length and certainly more power just rotating the hips.

[@myboxingcoach]

Nice to have a scientific comparison...thank you 👍

[@emwu1988]

Dont have it, but good to know more…

[@mch1031]

Hi Fran, absolutely love your videos. I started to learn boxing becouse of you. Any chance to have video showing how to properly move around a heavy bag? Sorry if I have overlooked it and it is somewhere already. Keep it up, as I said, you are big inspiration to me.

[@myboxingcoach]

Thanks pal, made a note, will put something together

[@mch1031]

Thank you and already member of foundation!

[@user-sx8pm4yv4j]

Thanks

[@leogeorge6016]

Fire video outfit looking clean!!!

[@ib1314]

Was thinking when your next video was coming. Gutted you're not in Manchester as would have been great to train with you.

[@GuinessOriginal]

Imran b Liverpool ain't far mate but better be ready for banter

[@ib1314]

@@GuinessOriginal haha already work with scousers so used to it!

[@Seewhogetsluckyfirst]

@@ib1314 does he run a gym in Liverpool?

[@tomiadventure7682]

I was training for 2 months and just now my coach explained to me that i have to work on my hips and leg weight balance. Its like starting from the beggining now

[@suesonday8902]

Great video!! Lately, I’ve been noticing my front foot wanting to point straight instead of at an angle. Any drills for me to work on to help fix that? I have been working in front of a mirror which is how I noticed this fault in the first place.

[@suesonday8902]

I know it’s ok to go square for power sometimes but I’m finding myself in this position more than I would like.

[@QuickStrikes84]

I use the cue of my punching shoulder contacting my cheek/jaw lightly, at full extension.

[@coachbrettkenney]

Quite a dandy Fran.

[@sendlocation8476]

@FRAN SANDS If your doing MMA and not boxing do you still need to rotate that much? Or you shouldn’t because it will make u off balance?

[@derrick_smitty]

Glad to see you again coach

[@myboxingcoach]

Thanks Derrick

[@jeffersonstephenson2361]

Do you use your hips too on the double jab? Wouldn’t that affect mechanics?

[@markmay184]

.. another great vid mate 👍🏻 90 Second Bedroom Tip (from the missus) .. it’s the inches that matter😀

[@GuinessOriginal]

Mark May don't forget about rotation mate

[@markmay184]

Guinness that’s Gold

[@robmurray2310]

Is there sometimes a call for a shorter jar or shorter right hand, particulalry in the pro game?

[@simonbrown9695]

your brilliant on this channel im to old really to box now but man i so wished i found you a few years back

[@myboxingcoach]

Never too old Simon. No need to exchange punches with people, just as good drilling, shadow boxing and punching a heavy bag - proper fitness work whatever your age.

[@simonbrown9695]

@@myboxingcoach thanks for the time taken to respond..for fun i actually returned to boxing for a while when i was 43 but a hernia really hearts....im the worlds biggest boxest fan though and still mentally improving my game which helps me enjoy watching even more....wished i had had you as a coach

[@dfpguitar]

Did you change your camera? Something looks better about the image. In regards to the rotation tip, the most significant thing Ive found with under rotation is its effect on the following punch (or kick in the case of thai boxing). If you dont fully rotate, the following shot is unloaded.

[@myboxingcoach]

YEs, new camera set up...glad it makes a bit of a difference. Rotation is always good :-)

[@secretcinemalagos5662]

spot on . everything is connected

[@boyarvalishin9565]

My right foot feels painfully tight when I rotate it. Am I putting too much force when driving the rotation of my hips from my back leg or do I just need to stretch my foot?

[@_rahuligan_]

LMAO 2:11 had me weezing! Had to pause the video

[@anthonydib8247]

When I rotate my shoulder back when trying to extend the jab, my rear foot starts to go directly behind my lead foot. How would I correct that

[@jaxopie5783]

Mr. Fran sands, I have question when you put full rotation into the jab, doesn’t it make the cross take a little longer to reach your opponent since it’s further back when you throw a full rotation jab, like if you are throwing a 1-2

[@albusai]

Jax Opie but it also loads the right hand or power hand

[@user-im9xq7fp5r]

Only Ali was willing to draw front leg back slightly to maximize rotation, plus, drawing backward allows gravity to add more power in the hit. Here, small incremental rotation is OLD SCHOOL, when kinetic chain, posterior chain were vocabularies to most coaches.

[@UnstoppableTramp]

2.03 Yes

[@pledgestone]

I've been telling my daughter this for years. I just made her watch this vid so she gets it from another source. Thanks. Now down for a workout to put it in practice!

[@myboxingcoach]

Glad it's not just me Bob, my daughter's been not listening to me for years as well.

[@henryprutton5582]

Could you do a video on back foot flat vs back foot on your toes? Ive trained at 2 gyms with both of them encouraging each variant. I personally prefer a flat foot, its easier to post through your back leg and you don't risk losing balance when falling backwards after taking a shot. On the other hand, I see many benefits to having the back foot up; needless to say with Bruce Lee style boxing and JKD. Thoughts?

[@henryprutton5582]

Edit: I see your back foot on your toes when you're demonstrating, so that's why I asked, also I keep my back foot flat when not throwing right handed shots, but when I do throw the right hand shots, I do bring my heel up when rotating :)

[@myboxingcoach]

Hi Henry. I am very much from the back foot on the ball of the foot school of thought. Front foot can be flat, back foot always on ball when in range/edge of range

[@jerelivey2042]

BOXING GENIUS

[@davepurcell1318]

Coach the rotation advice has done wonders for the marriage

[@myboxingcoach]

😂

[@jeanpierrepolnareff9919]

No one: KZbin translating video titles to spanish: *¿Tiene esta falla común del boxeo? Arréglelo con un simple taladro de boxeo ... ¡Requiere mango de escoba!*

[@zacharyconner9319]

Love it

[@rlemoyne007]

There is hip rotation and upper body rotation.

[@tajwalikhan9995]

Coach any vids on jump rope please?

[@myboxingcoach]

Nothing published, will put it on the list.

[@davepurcell1318]

Coach, how about dragging the back foot forward with the punch as well to get more reach

[@myboxingcoach]

That works

[@0713mas]

Isn't this a style thing as well though? Take for example the Peekaboo style, it's more squared up by design. Obviously you cannot, with some exceptions slip and counter in the same fashion from that defensive peekaboo shell, but that doesn't mean it doesn't have other advantages.

[@user-bb2jn1yg8o]

Good day coach, you are sitting very hard on your hind leg, in the previous videos you yourself said that - the heel of the right foot and the toe of the left foot should not overlap, and in the video you yourself create a barrier for the hip joint to turn, thereby do not roll the lower leg right foot.

[@RMS550]

Aren't there uses to limiting the dedication to your punch? Like having a semi feign to hit with another shot? I mean assume you're referring to just the technical aspects of doing it correctly and not that you can't limit your punch dedication based on the moment or strategic choose...? Love your channel fyi!

[@myboxingcoach]

Yes, absolutely - different ways of feinting are absolutely vital, as is dynamic punching (varying power and speed). Good point very well made ;-)

[@NASkeywest]

Is there any way to practice defense/guard without a sparring partner. I figure there isn't but...

[@myboxingcoach]

Visualisation helps, and swing bag. Obv not as effective as a sparring partner

[@lukegamer5328]

I can throw fast combinations rotating but there's no need to rotate much when throwing the jab or cross. You are rotating too much on the jab.

[@everlastingfeels3506]

Should you not fully extend after the rotation? Some Russian coaches teach that is it true?

[@myboxingcoach]

For a straight shot yes. If you want to get an angle on the shot (the back hand) you can let it go earlier in the rotation...still fully extending.

[@everlastingfeels3506]

Fran Sands okay that’s very helpful Thankyou

[@trecholo5156]

Depends on who you fight. If you were on against a fighter with speed and accuracy like donaire, FMJ or a fighter like JMM with great timing you would have gotten hit with a counter uppercut with that straight hand and over bending front knee of yours

[@Robloxgamer5125]

You heard about pernell whitaker who in a car crash today? You thoughts coach?

[@myboxingcoach]

A genuine all-time great...and I'm not using the word 'great' lightly. A genuine class act. Very sad loss.

[@Seewhogetsluckyfirst]

Do you run a gym mate if so whats the name

[@pledgestone]

RIP Sweet Pea.

[@vicschannelthevictor6851]

Good video, but you can’t always rotate a jab when you have to step to an opponent.

[@georgekondylis6723]

Actually rotating the jab makes no sense in a lot of ways. The hip is already in the finish of a rotation. Any more is over rotating. This will be more telegraphic and will tie up your r hand. The jab cross will not be good. Too much gap time between the jab and cross . And no power is gained from rotating the jab. If learned properly, the jab has plenty of snap w good stepping and alignment.

[@albinogonk]

My biggest boxing flaw is this. My tight hips don't help either.

[@Chroneperza]

Should we put weight on left leg during straight?

[@myboxingcoach]

Some weight transfers to the front leg (which bends)...but not OVER the front leg

[@Baryonyx01]

As soon as he talked about the inches... I came straight to the comment section 🤣🤣

[@chriss6971]

If you double or triple jab do you rotate the hips every shot or just the first jab you get off?

[@myboxingcoach]

Will answer this in a video Chris. Short answer, retract and rotate on each👍

[@chriss6971]

@@myboxingcoach thanks Fran

[@duppercut6104]

Wait what shoes are this

[@dguitar3831]

Maximum power comes from maximum weight transfer into the heel at the end of the punch

[@hatejethro1164]

Right. Most would say to keep the back heel up but most footage of power strikers show the heel makes contact with ground prior and during release.

[@dguitar3831]

@@hatejethro1164 No, if you're throwing the right then the weight finishes in the left heel, and vice versa