Head Movement Rule: When to Slip, When to Roll

There are various ways of head movement in boxing/fighting, slipping and rolling being the most common. It’s rarely understood when and why one should roll. In this video, I will make it very clear when to roll and when to slip.
00:00 Intro
00:10 Roll After and Between Punches
00:48 Slip First, Then Roll
01:16 When You Should Not Roll
03:07 Extra Statement About Rolling vs Slipping

[@ZedBanana8]

Coach thanks for the different angles. I realize I been rolling randomly instead of in btw combos--I'm always learning in all of your vids! Thank you

[@coachpillowfists]

I’m glad to help! Thanks as always for the great feedback brotha! 🙌🏽

[@eyeofsauron2812]

How did the random rolls work out for u?

[@carson535]

Great stuff! Thanks. Rolling is a bigger movement that loads up counters, but could put you in bad positions if the timing is wrong. More dangers for rolling/ducking in mma than boxing too.

[@coachpillowfists]

Very well said! 👌🏽 I appreciate it!

[@mikecr3297]

ngl this had cleared my confusion on rolling cuz ive always felt its too slow for me to dodge a punch like that

[@coachpillowfists]

Awesome! I'm glad this clarified it for you. Thank you MikeCR 👌🏽

[@KarterTanner2]

man i've been trying to find someone talking about this for years and never could, definitely subscribing

[@coachpillowfists]

I'm glad to help! I always try to touch on all the little things that rarely get talked about. Thank you for subscribing! 🙌🏽

[@neildobbs7278]

your form is immaculate Coach. I learn a lot ty

[@coachpillowfists]

I’m glad you learned! Thank you sir! 🙏🏽

[@Ash09873]

As always great video coach. looking forward to more knowledge shared on next videos

[@coachpillowfists]

Thank you Ash! 🙏🏽

[@JBibleStudy]

And this one too will be a lifesaver. Thank you. You are truly the best, coach.

[@coachpillowfists]

I’m glad to help! Thank you! 🙌🏽

[@BiggieSquirm]

amazing, great stuff keep it up - very informative

[@coachpillowfists]

I appreciate the great feedback! 👊🏽

[@rakeem8331]

Appreciate this my guy, keep em coming bro!! 💯

[@coachpillowfists]

I appreciate you bro! Keep training hard 👊🏽👊🏽

[@rakeem8331]

@@coachpillowfists appreciate you bro!

[@ahmedalhamadi1231]

Many thanks coach pillow fist!
Giving up all this education, may God bless you.

[@coachpillowfists]

Thank you Ahmed! I hope you've been doing well. God bless you too! 🙏🏽

[@Cyb3r33]

Yoooo undervalued channel! Love the content

[@coachpillowfists]

I appreciate the awesome words of support! 💪🏽

[@PietchTheory]

Thanks, coach and Gad! Going to try slipping and rolling with the double end bag later!

[@coachpillowfists]

Awesome! Looking forward to seeing the new and improved head movement in your videos! 👊🏽

[@PietchTheory]

@@coachpillowfists Got some work in yesterday! Honestly, looked a lot better than I thought I would lol!

[@coachpillowfists]

💪🏽👌🏽

[@jprimemfp2187]

Hey man! I appreciate you making this video after my concern in another video!

[@coachpillowfists]

Of course! I hope it helps, and I appreciate you inquiring about it 👌🏽.

[@xvim882]

Thanks a lot bro it’s helpful

[@coachpillowfists]

I'm glad to help, thank you! 💪🏽

[@yowfree3339]

Good tips boss dat good tips 🥊💯

[@coachpillowfists]

Much appreciated bro! 👊🏽

[@yowfree3339]

@@coachpillowfists All da time 🥊💯

[@galactus6111]

shit is really helpfull, preciate the content

[@coachpillowfists]

Glad to help bro! 👌🏽 Thank you!

[@PanicWR]

Hey man great video can u explain how the obliques are used in the movement because mine are severely underdeveloped with some excersies please

[@coachpillowfists]

Thank you! I've actually got a video on that exact topic that I'm planning on recording soon.

[@BG-jk2xs]

🐐

[@coachpillowfists]

🤟🏽

[@AQworldZoh]

Great stuff as always, Coach. Do you have exercises for slipping and rolling without a sparring partner?

[@coachpillowfists]

Thank you! 👊🏽 I did have a couple in this shadowboxing work out video
th-cam.com/video/6GiddnaywWc/w-d-xo.html but I’ll make some videos on solo head movement exercises in the near future 👌🏽

[@eyeofsauron2812]

Slip line for rolling and mirror for slipping

[@coachpillowfists]

@@eyeofsauron2812 Slip line can work well for slipping too, especially if you face perpendicularly to the line 🙌🏽

[@eyeofsauron2812]

@@coachpillowfists Do you have a video on this?

[@coachpillowfists]

@@eyeofsauron2812 I do not, but I just put it in my notes to do one on this because it's a useful topic. 👌🏽

[@victorc.9072]

Another great video, coach, quick question... For rolls, do I start the movement by slipping my head in the direction of the incoming punch first and then drop or do I drop immediately and turn my upper body on the way up to load up for my counter? Which one's the correct way? I'm getting conflicting information and I feel like slipping first is too slow. I'm getting caught!

[@coachpillowfists]

That is a great question, Victor! There's no right or wrong answer as it depends on the situation. If your intention is to roll right after the slip then yes, start descending your head during your slip to get a head start on your roll. Sometimes we slip without intending to roll after, but then we make the split second decision to roll after the slip (just out of rhythm, impulse, or maybe a reaction to something you see last second). This is why I say it just depends on the situation. I'll start writing up a video on how to react better to oncoming punches using head movement and hope it'll answer a lot of questions.

[@victorc.9072]

@@coachpillowfists Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. Looking forward to that video.

[@coachpillowfists]

@victorc.9072 You’re welcome!

[@Piran-rj4gl]

Do you have videos of you sparring that you can share?

[@coachpillowfists]

I lost a lot of my old footage from back in my fighter days, but there's some old fight footage on my old TH-cam channel www.youtube.com/@TKB907 if you wanted to see. Or there's some brief sparring footage at the end of this video I made last year th-cam.com/video/hi6CGG_fluo/w-d-xo.html. I don't do any active sparring anymore though.

[@rakithelast]

Fuck yes lets go

[@coachpillowfists]

Thank you! 💪🏽

[@flipcool2117]

💪👍🙏

[@coachpillowfists]

🤟🏽

[@bubbles2980]

What are the best shoes for shadowboxing and running any suggestions?

[@coachpillowfists]

Any wrestling shoes or boxing shoes will be good for boxing/shadowboxing. But stick with the running shoes for running. I wouldn't suggest running with boxing/wrestling shoes because (1) it'll wear them down quickly, (2) you want to keep the soles clean for the most part, and (3) I feel like my feet would start to hurt running long distances in them.

[@flexaflexa2177]

As a tall guy(6'6) should I ever roll under a hook and roll in general?Becouse Ive got a high center of gravity and my chances to dodge a spontaneous hook are slim to none

[@coachpillowfists]

Well, you should consider that they're targeting all the way up to your head regardless of how tall you are, so you can still roll under their hook as long as their aiming up to your head level. But unfortunately, it does take up more time and energy out of you than a shorter fighter to do that so do I would say to resort to it sparingly. Don't take it out of your defenses, but you would want to focus more on the pull backs, step backs, framing.

[@stephenmonash821]

This shit is so hard at 62...

[@eyeofsauron2812]

I think you dropped this: 👑

[@coachpillowfists]

Props to you, sir! 💪🏽

[@eyeofsauron2812]

What does equilibrium mean?

[@coachpillowfists]

The state of balance.

[@eyeofsauron2812]

@@coachpillowfists Thanks for clarifying!

[@coachpillowfists]

@@eyeofsauron2812 You're welcome!

[@sachdevtruballer]

Ur chin is sky high