Boxing - Shoulder Pop or Shoulder Snap

[@scottnoricsson2023]

we call it "shoulder recoil" . the key is to be extra extra loose, your arms, your shoulder and especially your fists. I developed shoulder recoil for left body uppercut first, then left hook, then right body uppercut, the most difficult was the right hook and although I can do it in shadowboxing - It just doesn't occur when I'm hitting heavybag or sparring (due to the tension which occurs, and I'm not still able to get rid of excessive tension)

[@IronWolverine1973]

The shoulder pop is like whipping a towel! That help increase more speed in your striking! You detail- oriented with your information! Keep up the good work!

[@brklynz100]

The best guy on youtube hands down

[@franco_spams-l2922]

Flat Earth Boxer lol

[@PrecisionBoxing]

my pleasure thanks for the positive feedback!!

[@harshshastri6099]

I first watched this video when I was 13.....this is still a precious video.

[@mcdarrenpaschal948]

This was the best explanation of this concept I've heard thus far. I really enjoy the heart you put into this. Thank you. Do work!

[@thejademonkey1]

Awesome explanation. The idea of moving your body in the rotation and then stopping and allowing the momentum to flick your arm forward to get the snap was really eye opening. Great illustration with the car too. This really helped me get an understanding of getting the pop and snap particularly into my hooks and can't wait to try it out next training session. Thanks for the insight.

[@singyuenlau423]

Thank you for your videos. Especially the shoeshine drill. I knew I was doing it right when my belly started to jiggle. It won't be jiggling for very much longer...

[@PrecisionBoxing]

hey my man, thanks for the props. no in straight punches you are trying to extend the shoulder forward, almost like rounding your back in a cat stretch while standing. full extension of the shoulder

[@lloydwhite3198]

Best demo on the left hook I've seen. Thank you sir.

[@keithdoeskungfu]

Hey tripleVVV3, just wanted to let you know that you are a teacher of the highest class. Your videos are always informative, not too simple and not too complicated. I got into the kickboxing game about a year ago and I am still trying to figure out how to use straight up boxing effectively without getting the shit kicked out of my legs. Anyways, thank you so much for your time and effort in teaching. Cheers!

[@franciscolara6753]

Nick diaz!

[@PunchProfessor]

The explantions in this Video are Excellent .... You have a quality needed by anyone who endevors to be a good teacher ! ! ! Also you are one of only a few Boxing Folk on KZbin who even mention Technique when it comes to Punching ... Not many Trainers teaching Punching Technique and perhaps none teach it as good as you do ? Sincerely Paulie D' The Punch Professor

[@fishsticks850]

Man, I immediately felt more power when really focusing on keeping the arm lose and getting extension. Great video!

[@tp2fly114]

HELPED ME GET A KNOCKOUT!!!! THANKS MAN

[@tonysu8286]

haha dude

[@NikeSoccerTennis]

finally knocked out your wife? haha

[@Tombrosapien]

@@NikeSoccerTennis Speaking from experience?

[@hugodiazloera2156]

Doubt it!

[@rodger_zzz]

Cap

[@ahmadizzat7934]

This morning my boxing coach told me about snapping shoulder while punching uppercut and hook. And he told me that in video call because we have online training session. Hearing it for first time, I barely understand what did he explained. Next, I did my own research and found this awesome video. None of other videos explaining accurately about shoulder snap like you do. Thank you Sir for helping me understand the concept. Peace.

[@PrecisionBoxing]

Your coach has the right idea, if he was to break down all this stuff to early you would end up doing the electric boogaloo. If you are boxing, just keep throwing lots of punches, stay relaxed, and turn your body into your shots. If you do all those things the looseness will come soon enough

[@dennisli4619]

the car analogy is the best explanation i have heard on this topic, thank you!

[@mikecrook8434]

What you're teaching is difficult to put into words. But you're doing a good job! I learned how to punch like this awhile back and thought about applying the same technique to my hips too, and it worked (just like it does when doing leg kicks). Using both the hips to initiate the movement then the shoulder pop to finish makes for a quickly delivered and forcefully thrown punch with a brisk snap sound. It's actually fun to do and effortlessly repeatable. Good video!

[@5THR33S]

For someone who opens with "i dont wanna tell you any shortcuts" you just explained it to me better than anyone

[@jonsavate]

Thank you for answering my question. Much appreciated!!!

[@Yo-mama98]

This really helped with my striking thanks

[@PrecisionBoxing]

thx professor! your opinion means a lot since i know you have been in the game a long time, plus i love watching you put in work in that home gym of yours!

[@PrecisionBoxing]

@Fola Raul thank you Fola

[@blakestaples7619]

You sir got yourself a new sub, thx for doing all this. Appreciate it.

[@Skorzeny64]

Man this dude is off the hook with his break downs.. I discovered JT Van V from watching Expert Boxing and I thought that dude was excellent at explaining every intricacy BUT because one can tell JT is by far the more proficient Boxer I said I'll give it a go watching him, man am I glad.. Both are brilliant but JT has the edge on experience, so dude has walked the talk so to speak.. Geezer is a well of boxing knowledge..

[@mikeiannella5112]

Really like the car analogy. Put on the brakes and have the shot come all the way through. Great explanation.

[@iam_tenko1213]

I like the car reference, it really gave me a new perspective on throwing a hook, thanks man.

[@marklaska8358]

For a suggestion on what to do to avoid the shoulder pain in one of the questions, one of these 2 things might work. 1. Warmup & stretch the shoulder. One stretch is to bend over and do arm circles; each circle gets bigger until any clicking or popping goes away. Also, I find that if you do rotations with your arm straight and in front of you then this helps to. You can use the other arm for support so you relax. 2. Swimming. Doing some swimming like a crawl or a backstroke can help but do not over extend if there is an jury.

[@marklaska8358]

When doing the arm rotations, the idea is to alternate between the little finger and the thumb being on top.

[@Wood111112]

Great lesson! I had this technique down after a few years of regular practice, it eventually came naturally but I never actually analyzed it and cemented the form. After years of no practice I almost feel like I'm starting from scratch. Thanks to this lesson, the technique is cemented in my brain and I can get back into the swing of things. Big ups!

[@SavingPrivateBob]

See I'm a few months in now and starting to understand this part of the punch, especially from seeing professionals throwing with good pop and keeping their posture composed when it lands. It's definitely harder to do it with the left though since I've pretty much carried everything in my life with my left. Had a feeling it was all a matter of hard work though, thanks for clarifying!

[@CountShredder]

Your videos are very well done. I have learned so much from you. This is the best explanation of the shoulder snap I have heard from anyone.

[@PrecisionBoxing]

thx herron!

[@PrecisionBoxing]

footwork in the shoe shine drill is not a big issue because you won't be fighting out of this position, however I dont think there is ever a good reason to have sloppy technique. Just make sure your feet are as wide as your shoulders or slightly wider and step your feet fast. If you are doing the shoe shine out of your stance you will just twist your body and not step your feet.

[@davidtudor748]

You are the best trainer on KZbin easy...

[@bula9737]

Honestly this guy is the best

[@lucusl2787]

I have found that should popping makes you hit a lot faster than usually. Turns out i already done the should snap but i wasnt too sure if i was doing it right so i looked it up. Thanks for the video

[@mr.m9825]

I knew how to snap with my right arm, but it was hard for my left, I didn’t feel the snap in my left hook, but thanks to your explanation, i get it now, i can snap with both arms 🙏🏻

[@Hiro1otto]

Lovin' those new Ringside gloves, what's the cuff like? The cuff on the older IMF glove shits me to tears... Thanks for the new vid. Cheers

[@PrecisionBoxing]

thank you!

[@ivanmarconetti4029]

Excellent explanation! thanks! i injured my rotator cuf because i don't pop the shoulders, now i understand how to do it.

[@PrecisionBoxing]

Awesome, its never too late, i'm glad you got in the game

[@zoltan1675]

He’s a great teacher

[@SinPyro]

i have been injuring and hurting my own shoulder by punching the wrong way, this video has helped me alot thank you!

[@itpugil]

this is what ive been looking for!thanks man! :D

[@PrecisionBoxing]

thx my man, I'm loving all the vids ur putting out, top notch quality.

[@milot7954]

Precision Striking what..?

[@SayosenMijutsu]

Best description so far!

[@Jayarea5]

Car analogy was on point.

[@PrecisionBoxing]

@Syed Nouman eventually youll do it naturally as long as u turn ur body. more figters do it than u think

[@garrincha1199]

I'm 32 and I only started boxing a few months ago but just by practising Jtv videos I've improved so much. I'm still shit but these videos are so good thank you so much! I'm better than some of the guy only because I secretly practice using these video HAR HAR HARRR

[@PrecisionBoxing]

@marcr94 yes but you wont need it as much since a lot of force is from rotation. for the right uppercut on the inside you will need it.

[@SirHyperMarc]

That was sooooo helpful. Thanks! 🙏🏼

[@PrecisionBoxing]

@Kivcom i hear ya with that

[@simonci5177]

Show the differance on punching machine. How much is power differance

[@christianvazquez4324]

Was following the video then accidentally started breakdancing at 1:35

[@PrecisionBoxing]

@Owen B-Hop the cuff is well built, firm padding and a groove for the strap

[@xxxShabbaxxx]

I always look forward to your videos. Again, great stuff.

[@kichmadev]

I learned 2 mins ago its called a shoulder pop, as you said it came naturally through training, and I was trying to teach it to my friends but they couldn't replicate. Its interesting you showed it on hooks, I was trying to explain it with straights but that might be even harder to explain.

[@arturocastellanos9041]

Wow I m trying to learn something different then bodybuilding and I love the way you explain step by step thank you

[@Andropov-l2w]

you are an expert teacher

[@AHH3169]

very good explanation

[@linkmaniaaa]

its all about the core strenght and legs movement

[@PrecisionBoxing]

yea bro the technique will come back quick. the endurance and speed are the hardest to get back

[@syednouman1935]

Is this 'pop' a necessary one? Cause I haven't seen much fighters doing it except for floyd during shadowboxing.. Is this is how we're supposed to throw hooks and upper cuts always? Im confused..

[@michaelshore4392]

I'll do that thanks again!

[@TigerMeadows]

These moves come from the legs, could have shown and talked about the footwork too.

[@lucusl2787]

Im really good at this. I can do it pretty fast with around 6 hooks a second.

[@fonyterguson562]

Your pimp must be very proud.

[@bretto3952]

Such a great instructional video.

[@cress1974]

Great video , I can use this . My left hook is ready bad. This puts new light on where I'm going wrong

[@kickassets6414]

Best explanation with car analogy

[@GganGrung]

Holy crap nice! I was struggling with this a lot. Video helped me out big time. Had problems with the right hand punches. Thanks!

[@0baalberith0]

ok... been watching the same search results for about two hours now and, from a beginners perspective, still no videos that give a better explanation.

[@miketm31]

The jerk in the clean and jerk is a good reference for the uppercut. I'm speaking of olympic lifting.

[@Hovford]

Excellent knowledge

[@PrecisionBoxing]

Спасибо

[@DavidJKM]

I like the car/ passenger analogy, but might there not be more to it than that? Once your pectoral muscle is fully extended, I would have thought that it is more than just the release of elastic energy that pulls the arm and fist forward; there is also a positive contraction of the pectoral muscle (and of a chain of muscles down the body, including the opposite-side abdominal obliques and same-side femoral quadriceps, to augment torsion). (In running, for example, only about 50% of the energy used to push the foot off the ground comes from energy stored in the fascia of the lower leg during the impact/ loaded extension stage; the rest still comes from muscular contraction.) In fact, all this makes me think of plyometrics - loading a muscle in dynamic extension before reactively/ explosively contracting it, which generates more power than contraction from a static position. I also note in your demonstrations that your shoulder drops as the punch is launched. Is that because you are demonstrating uppercuts, or is it something that applies to all 'snapped' punches? I'm a but wary of trying to apply this too generally as my shoulders are not as resilient as they could be... Great videos by the way, thanks for making all this fantastic material available!

[@BartStratton]

Hi JT, For me the pop came from using the speed bag. It seemed to develop naturally and quickly. I remember, after going to the gym for a while, my nose was itchy. I went to scratch it & my shoulder popped. I hit myself so hard my eyes watered. My girlfriend thought it was hilarious. I was also trained to make the heavy bag "jump, not swing". If the bag is jumping you're developing the "pop".

[@Mystictravellaz]

Chris Eubank sr. is a good example of executing the shoulder pop if you watch him shadow boxing

[@andysheri]

The term is referred to as elastic recoil. What your not factoring in is that he used this as a demo to explain how to execute a specific punch (left hook). If you have watched any of his other vids, or have a legitimate knowledge base on boxing you would know that you set up shots with feints, fake entries, broken, rhythm, opposite or same side strikes, off the jab and from different angles and levels. You disguise your offence to kep them from reading your attacks.

[@TheHoodooMan]

Great stuff yet again. Thanks.

[@Rednospunk]

Great video. Thank you!

[@gagoikaw6621]

Good one Coach!

[@boxbag5422]

Awesome video bro.

[@AdobeFullTutorial]

Wow great video !

[@joedamore9350]

Man u jus fixed my hook!!! Ty

[@PrecisionBoxing]

nice!

[@PrecisionBoxing]

@miketm31 ur right, i never thought of that

[@melanatedone4894]

Thanks so much extremely help

[@HulkVahkiin]

Great tip! Wanted to learn how to get that snap.

[@joesr31]

Sometimes when I do hooks my shoulders kinda goes out of place and it can really hurt like my whole arm would go numb. That usually happens when I hit "prematurely" or when I completely miss the target, is there any way to help that?

[@Reznick]

You can pop your shoulder standing still. It's possible, I can do it. Took years of shadow boxing and practice but it is possible. I can also use the shoulder snap on a straight right.

[@datthai5745]

How? Like which drill u use do u have any links

[@Reznick]

The shoulder snap goes beyond just knowing how to do it. There is degrees to its effectiveness. When you really practice your shoulder snap, eventually you can use it any many different angles, including a straight right. Muhammad Ali's "phantom punch" was actually a shoulder snap straight right punch. He brings his right glove from his hips, over his shoulder, and fires it with tremendous power and speed. Try challenging yourself to throw exclusively shoulder snap punches. It will force you to become creative with your balance, weight, and with enough practice you will eventually be able to throw one straight. I can also throw a shoulder snap jab, but it's not useful, as it takes too long to throw. I learned how to punch by reading Joe Louis' "How to Box." Specifically his section on punching. He has a few training tips or nuances that no modern boxers really uses, such as always trying to throw your hardest punch in shadow boxing and on the bags. And then how to optimize the speed once you have the power.

[@davidvillacrez]

did it really took years to learn it? it took me a couple of months to do it still and using it on a straight right. Btw love your videos

[@ginochen2936]

David ramos it's not too bad if you learn it slowly. when no one can learn it totally.

[@littlemanhuerta4442]

Reznick 3:12

[@DABA2024]

Great video. The analogy of the cat made a lot of sense to me. I'm going to work on this today!

[@lionheart4445]

thank you for this vidéo !

[@codeman95291]

yeah, that sounds about right i think mayweather will win but mayweather can potentially give him a tough fight and i think he will have his moments just because mayweather is older now and he's been inactive and guerrero is in his prime and i think his aggressiveness and volume punching will cause floyd some problems in the early rounds then i think floyd will adjust though guerrero has a great chin he won't be afraid to get decked by mayweather to get a good shot in on mayweather he's fearless

[@med4u1]

Why does my coach tell me to lock everything in and throw the hook? I try to keep my shoulder and body contracted when I throw it like what expertboxing says. My coach tells me its the best hook he's seen. But on video to me it looks like slow mo and stiff. Naturally the shoulder snap makes more sense to me but i dont know anymore. Doesn't the snap leave you vulnerable because it opens up the space between your fist and face? So confused.

[@ssjdon]

Yo precision striking thanks bro thie video helped a lot...what I noticed is that when I listen to music and get into a rhythm my strikes are more fluid and relaxed and my whole body is engaged

[@jayhartRIC]

Great vid! My hooks got way better, especially my right hook.

[@littlemanhuerta4442]

Can you make more videos on shoe shine and throw flurries,like the drills to help with them

[@longliveloaf1879]

Dude yes thank you

[@BartStratton]

A lot of people use the "shovel hook". And of course, there is the "Bolo" punch.

[@brandonr6618]

Great vid