Hip rotation

[Sandro17]

your foot should not leave the floor, sorry i'm just bad at explaining things.

You want to shift the weight from your back foot forward, hence gaining power through the legs and releasing it through the fist.

I see...and somehow it will convert to punching power...but what about the timing of the hips at the last moment?

I actually don't feel much power gain if I swing my hips at the same time with my shoulders. My foot doesn't leave the ground and my knees are bent forward. I shift my weight very well. My only problem right now would be understanding hip rotation at certain points of the punch.

I mean I know that hip rotation adds flexibility for your shoulders, so they can pivot. But it feels like the hips really aren't doing much aside from the weight shift and the shoulder flexibility. I don't feel the pivot power if they are simultaneous.

[mongrel_boy]

I was always told the hip pivot was the most important part of a straight shot. Personally I turn the hips and fire the shot at the same time, and I get really good power from that. I'm not sure how turning the hips a bit beforehand is meant to stop telegraphing as if you turn your hips first and then shoot your hand then isn't that telegraphing? Also, I was always told that turning first reduces power as if your hips are ahead of your shoulders it isn't possible to get your full bodyweight behind the punch, as the punch is kind of lagging behind the shift of weight.

Anyway, probably not too important, just a case of preference I guess. I think It's hard to judge your own power anyway, probably best to just ask your trainer when hitting the mitts, experimenting with technique.

When I throw a straight right I try not to think about form, but when working on technique I really exaggerate the hip turn. My dad always compared it to the swing of a club by a golfer; as he hits the ball off the drive he pivots his hip and his back foot will end up on it's toe. This allows for the full force of the body to get behind the swing. It's a similar action in boxing. It's also important to note, and I think this has probably been said before, that you shouldn't tense up through a shot until the very last moment. Again, it's the same with golf; if you tense up through the process of the whole shot you're going to chop the ball.

All commonality in body mechanics really.
Hope that helps.