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Racquetball Boxing
Racquetball is just like Boxing
The art and sport of boxing has much in common in
racquetball. Racquetball is just like boxing in many ways and it all
starts from the ground up, like building a racquetball castle of your
dreams.
In boxing, the student is taught to maintain balance
and stability while throwing a punch. This is similar to a racquetball
stroke, where it is important to work on a stable lower body base, while
not leaning the upper body too far over. In racquetball as in boxing,
the correct application of the lower body is paramount to a consistently
powerful and accurate shot.
We learned from boxing that the powerful punch comes
from properly planting the front foot and rotating the hips and
launching the back foot into the punch. This punching sequence could be
effectively applied to the fundamental racquetball stroke. The same
concept is involved with using the lower body to supply most of the
stroke’s power. This also prevents arm injuries from arming the
ball. The largest body parts are your legs and hips. It only makes sense
to tap into this incredible source of power for your lethal boxing
punches and your powerfully accurate racquetball shot.
Perfecting a good solid boxing punch starts with your
legs. The key to proper strokes and punches is hip twist and following
through. As you twist your hips into the punch, the front foot plants
and the back foot launches.
Either with a boxing bag or through the shadow
technique, incorporate at least one repetition of ten punches into your
normal workout. This exercise will help you develop that key lower body
rotation that is so important to a powerful boxing punch and a powerful
racquetball stroke.
As you develop proficiency in a solid punch by tapping
into the powers of your lower body parts, you will get to know the
feeling of how real effortless power feels like emanating from your
lower body.
VRB Pro Am Tour Instructional. Marcus McClayson.
09/23/05. |
