Hips and shoulders

[GhostofDempsey]

Throwing a baseball or football. This will force you to plant that back right foot and generate and transfer your strength through your hip, shoulder and arms. Practice on the heavy bag while concentrating on where your power is coming from.

[Redd Foxx]

Focus on rotation and shifting of weight. You won't learn how to do this by doing other exercises. You'll learn to do it by slowing down your punches and repeatedly going through the motions while emphasizing on the push/pull aspects. For instance, a left hook really slams home when you pull your right shoulder back and push your left foot as if you're driving it into the floor.

[ironalex]

Throwing a baseball or football. This will force you to plant that back right foot and generate and transfer your strength through your hip, shoulder and arms. Practice on the heavy bag while concentrating on where your power is coming from.

Very nice idea

[ironalex]

Focus on rotation and shifting of weight. You won't learn how to do this by doing other exercises. You'll learn to do it by slowing down your punches and repeatedly going through the motions while emphasizing on the push/pull aspects. For instance, a left hook really slams home when you pull your right shoulder back and push your left foot as if you're driving it into the floor.

Yeah thanks I knew this though about practising the technique I was just looking at more unique/different tips

[tcbender]

One thing that is sport specific that could really help is medicine ball plyometrics. I use a 15lb ball but you could start with something a bit lighter.
Get in your boxing stance and have the ball at shoulder being supported by your dominant hand from the bottom and balanced with your non dominant hand from the side. Then explode through your stance as if throwing a right hand leading the movement with your hips. I like to slam it into a wall a few feet in front of me but you can also just throw it forward and walk to where you threw it and throw it back again, etc.

You can do a lot of variations of this, tosses from the side, tosses with your non dominant hand, etc. Google plyo medicine ball exercises for more ideas.

[HeadBodyBodyBody]

One thing that is sport specific that could really help is medicine ball plyometrics. I use a 15lb ball but you could start with something a bit lighter.
Get in your boxing stance and have the ball at shoulder being supported by your dominant hand from the bottom and balanced with your non dominant hand from the side. Then explode through your stance as if throwing a right hand leading the movement with your hips. I like to slam it into a wall a few feet in front of me but you can also just throw it forward and walk to where you threw it and throw it back again, etc.

You can do a lot of variations of this, tosses from the side, tosses with your non dominant hand, etc. Google plyo medicine ball exercises for more ideas.

Good shout. I like doing this type of exercise with a partner, chucking the ball back and forth from the boxing stance, snapping the hand back as soon as the ball is released. You can really feel and see when proper mechanics have been achieved, as the ball reaches a good velocity, but it's also handy having a partner there to provide extra feedback. It can get a bit out of hand, depending on who you're working with, haha. If I'm gonna be catching medicine balls, I make sure I've got my wraps on..

I believe medicine ball plyometrics used to be a staple of the Russian school of boxing, but I don't know if it originated there. I've definitely seen it in old-school Soviet training vids, though.