Hand position/Head Movement reminders

[Iceveins]

I just accept the fact that I am a brawler by nature...regardless I have decent boxing skills yet I find one of my flaws for a long time has been dropping my hands. Also I start off with head movement in early rounds then it gets less and less as each round goes by...

I touch my hands to my head/face alot to measure my hand position but I really want my head movement and hand guard to stick in my brain once and for all. Anything yall have done to assist in remembering to move your head and keep your hands high?

[mking]

Getting hit!

[andy mack]

Getting punched in the face tends to remind me to keep my hands up. :bbb

Another (less painful) method that i've started to use is to shadowbox using small dumbells, watching in a mirror to make sure that my hands are where they should be, especially after throwing a punch (I always used to drop my hand after throwing a shot and would often get countered)

I think the main thing with this (as with most things in boxing) is your conditioning. You say that you stop after a few rounds and i think that is true for most people as they get more and more tired and find it harder and harder to do what they should be doing.

Hope this helps

[RDJ]

Sparring.

[mking]

Do the bob and weave drills with a rope, when ducking keep your hands glued to your chin.

[RDJ]

A coach that slaps you in the face every time you do it while hitting the bag also helps.

[Iceveins]

Getting hit!
Figured someone would say that one lol. While that is the obvious reminder, it is often times only a temporary reminder. You get hit, then bring your hands up and sooner or later the bad habit rears its head again.

Getting punched in the face tends to remind me to keep my hands up. :bbb

Another (less painful) method that i've started to use is to shadowbox using small dumbells, watching in a mirror to make sure that my hands are where they should be, especially after throwing a punch (I always used to drop my hand after throwing a shot and would often get countered)

I think the main thing with this (as with most things in boxing) is your conditioning. You say that you stop after a few rounds and i think that is true for most people as they get more and more tired and find it harder and harder to do what they should be doing.

Hope this helps
Indeed, since I'm a heavyweight the conditioning is often times a factor. And it is definitely after I throw shots that my hands tend to drop and I get countered sometimes with faster guys. Good point about shadowboxing with dumbbells while i dont do this often when I have done it and I seemed to focus on my hands being high. Maybe I have to incorporate that more...good stuff.