Hi I haven't asked a stupid Q for at least a few hours so I thought of another one!


I have always been under the impression that your stance does not change because of distancing but I came across some pictures in the Australian Boxing Coaching Technical Handbook with differing stances according to range.

There are 3 pictures classifying boxing as either long, medium or close range fighting. The long range boxing stance was as I have always been taught (one foot foreward and one back) but the medium and close range pictures had the boxers standing with their feet parallel.

I know that this was not just an error since it was clearly written in the captions beneath the photo also.

To me this makes no sense since I'd still want want one foot back to allow me to push off but perhaps it's right and i just haven't been taught this yet?

I think it's true that a little bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing and I don't want to assume it's wrong without asking more experienced people first.

So what's the verdict?