How to Increase Reaction Time in Boxing | Improve Your Reflexes

Alright let's do a drill to help improve your fighting reaction time. BUT BEFORE WE GET STARTED: remember you have to keep your eyes open, on your opponent, and don't turn your head away from incoming punches! Okay, now the absolute best exercise you can do is sparring -- if you want to get better at reacting to punches and kicks flying at you, then have a partner throw punches and kicks at you! But we are gonna use a combination of the revolutionary internet and lovely video technologies, and do some virtual sparring!

I will throw boxing punches: jabs, crosses, hooks, uppercuts, etc. and you must react and defend accordingly. Keep your eyes open, chin tucked, and hands up! If you want to step it up a notch, try punching WHILE defending! If you want to step it up even MORE: join My Fight Gym and fight me live. You won't!

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[huhhhhhhhhhhhh]

I somehow got beat up just by watching the video.

[FYSradito]

Ha i dodged all your punches with one scroll with my mouse

[raymondhmuifoo]

Neighbor: "Oh, he's fighting ghosts again."

[ivonunes]

I ducked so quick on one of your jabs that I broke my headphones, thx

[Ollieee]

slowed you down to 0.25, it was a brawl

[UltimateAirbender]

I've been using this video recently to increase my reaction time in addition to shadow boxing more. I find myself improving faster than before. Thanks Shane I really appreciate it man, keep doing what you do!

[leonelamartes]

I got punched while I was eating raisins.

[scorpioification]

I think most people are interested in *reducing* their reaction time

[sebastianbr_]

You caught me with like 3 jabs and 2 uppercuts

[austinvinas]

Punches in bunches came so fast I started lateral stepping in my seat!

[bonjimssdeguzman]

I broke my computer screen my instinct to counter punch went in and yeah....

[grarvindur]

Could you make more of these? Perhaps a long one? Just boxing towards the camera, perhaps even low kicks included could be cool.

When slowed down to half this was pretty helpful in practicing reading where to block with the occasional slip and weave, pretty nice for extra training at home when you don't have a partner.

[JEDAGI]

I blocked them all but you missed that front kick round house combo i threw.

[bananasenpai]

Finding your channel is one of the best things that have happened to me today. Thanks mate!

[atari_hmb]

I got punched in the face about 15 times LOL But this is good virtual training. Never heard of virtual sparring before, dude you're a genius.

[youzahh]

He did not touch me once, i'm proud of me :)

[mulimotola]

AWESOME training video!! Dude that's genius I'm gonna use that regularly!
btw I lowered the speed in the YouTube player so I can actually practice it :)
Please do another one for kicking!

[Anas-rxzs]

I know most people in the comment section wont believe me for this lol.
anyway, I found out that I can dodge extremely quickly and also punch very fast..
My classmates have called out on me for that while we were in a sparring match at the gym.
I want to get faster than this, but don't mock me as if im telling some Anime Fairy tail lmao

[MarcusDhaMenace]

Shane, the first four times i watched this, my reflexes were way off. Then i watched the virtual street fight simulator, then i dodged everything but straight punches. Please make a video on how to dodge straight punches because they are harder to see coming since the arm and shoulder movement is quicker and has less movement. I really hope you read this comment! 

[ace]

I'm laying in bed and you caught me with those 2 uppercuts so I'm going to sleep.