Quote Originally Posted by greynotsoold
I get lost with the numbers....
Other than always finishing with a left- why? think of your balance- combinations are a concept more than a reality. By that I mean that, rather than a set format, what you'll throw in the course of a fight, or a round, depends a lot on your opponent.
Everything starts from a jab-right-hook. In the gym I would work situations. For instance, slip outside a jab and hook to the body. Get that move down pat, then worry about coming back with a right hook or what ever.
A bunch of time gets wasted practicing combinations without purpose. The 2nd-5th punches are useless unless and until you master the first move and punch and then the flow of your body weight mostly determines what comes next.
I never put it into words like that or really pinpointed it down to that thinking, but my trainer was very focused on that sort of training... The combination would be determined by your movement to avoid punches. He prefered us to be bobbing slipping and weaving formost and flowing that way, feeling the changes of weight, and the punches flowed with that... As you said, slip and hook, up and back the other way with another hook... In the end it looks the same to the observer I guess... But it's a slightly different way of thinking/feeling about it, and everyone he trained flowed very very good through combo's.. It was almost natural with their movement.. Especially while avoid the opponents left and rights...

As you think of it, the body flows around first and the punch follows, so it's natural to be moving and shifting weight with real purpose before throwing the actual punches and running through the combo....

Thinking of it that way will help you get your shifting of weight tighter and help you get more power/timing into your hooks also.

I hope that's along the lines of how you were talking about it.