tips on getting the "snap"?

[nivek535]

hey any tips on how to get the "snap" in punches?
or is this all down to muscle memory/types of muscle fibres??

[HedonisticFrog]

The snap comes from rotating your shoulder forwards and then letting your arm whip forwards. The reason this is effective is because it puts tension on your shoulder muscles while they aren't shortening yet which stretches then while they resist it and acts kind of like a spring. It's called the stretch shortening cycle if you want to read more on that.

[nivek535]

The snap comes from rotating your shoulder forwards and then letting your arm whip forwards. The reason this is effective is because it puts tension on your shoulder muscles while they aren't shortening yet which stretches then while they resist it and acts kind of like a spring. It's called the stretch shortening cycle if you want to read more on that.

thanks! good information/read!
any tips on how to teach it?

[HedonisticFrog]

thanks! good information/read!
any tips on how to teach it?

The link below explains it much better than I ever could.

[nivek535]

The link below explains it much better than I ever could.

great thx!

[Larry the boss]

The snap comes from rotating your shoulder forwards and then letting your arm whip forwards. The reason this is effective is because it puts tension on your shoulder muscles while they aren't shortening yet which stretches then while they resist it and acts kind of like a spring. It's called the stretch shortening cycle if you want to read more on that.

great post..i would also add rotating the hips with the shoulders...a proper punch is pretty much the force from your entire body

[NVSemin]

Develop shoulder muscles in a proper way + work on punching technique

[Young Money]

I can't remember which boxer said it but with punching they likened it to touching something hot.

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"A karate punch is like an iron bar. ' Whack!' A kung fu punch is like an iron chain with an iron ball attached to the end and it go 'WHANG!" - Bruce Lee

I've always liked that quote from Bruce Lee on the snap.

[camilajerry]

I like boxing so much ....