
Originally Posted by
greynotsoold
Your coach is a smart man. It is best to master your punches while standing in one place. generating force and maintaining balance by shifting weight from foot to foot is the foundation of all boxing skill. Walking with your punches before you feel your weight and how it moves is a disaster.
I have never had a problem with a guy getting his head too far forward. I really put a lot on getting the shoulder out front, weight a little back and shoulder rotation. A guy I just started was too far forward. I told him to stop and he did; he listens and works hard.
The way I'm teaching it now fits my situation. I have 15, 16 or more kids to get to nightly and corner obligations. I get a bunch in the ring moving their feet and hands. Outside the ring, on the mitts and bag, I leave the jab mostly alone.
They are having to figure out some things on their own and I'd rather walk them through it. But I'm getting good results; all the kids got a round or two in tonight and the feet and the jabs were highlights. I'm going to stick with this.
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