Don't plant your feet in long combinations

Don't plant your feet in long combinations: how to do it

1. Break a long combination partway and throw it in short chunks.
2. Between chunks, bring your weight, which has shifted onto your front foot, back to the middle.
3. Once your weight is back, take a small step to change position and throw the next chunk.
4. The more tired you get, the more you keep taking small steps to leave yourself a way out.

Don't plant your feet in long combinations: key points

• Long combinations of four or more punches, and time spent thinking about what to throw next, are time spent standing in one place.
• Don't keep your weight on your front foot while punching. Bring it back to the middle.
• Especially when you're tired, keep your feet moving in small steps and keep a way out.

Don't plant your feet in long combinations: common mistakes

• You keep throwing a long flurry because it's landing. Then your feet stop and you get hit in a trade or by a counter.
• You keep punching with your weight on your front foot. Then you can't back up or move to the side, and you can't deal with their return.
• You get tired, stop your feet and just throw your hands on the spot. Then you have no way out and they punch back.

Don't plant your feet in long combinations: how to practice

• In shadowboxing, take a small step to change position after each short combination, then throw another short one. Keep this flow going.
• On the heavy bag, punch in short chunks and circle to the side of the bag after each one before throwing the next.
• Imagine being tired late in a round, and keep moving without stopping your steps, even if you throw fewer punches.

Related techniques

• Punch and move
  Punch and move
• Recenter your weight after punching
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• Keep moving with small steps
  Small steps
• Exit after punching
  Exit
• Stick to the basics when tired
  When tired
• One-two-hook, side step, one-two
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