a question about the jab

[!! Shawn]

Both jabs are effective in different circumstances. If you are taller and have reach, it is a good idea not to step with the jab, just snap it out there. If you are shorter, stepping with your jab is a must.

The great thing about the jab is that reach is NEVER a factor. Someone can have 8 inches of reach on you and you can still jab them effectively. By stepping with your jab you effectively extend your reach indefinitely.

[southpawjab]

get off cus d matos nuts you *****

[T-97]

I usually don't step in with my jab, I have pretty long reach so I just use my jab to set other shots up and keep my oppenent away.

get off cus d matos nuts you *****

[msagrain]

If you are out of rang of course you need to step in. But you don't need to step in if he comes looking for you.

[potatoes]

Alright, i have four years of boxing experience but just joined skyy boxing. Jay deas, the head trainer and trainer of deontay wilder, is completely redoing my style and the first thing he taught me was to step with the jab. i've always read, heard, and been told not to step or lean with the jab. I know he's a great trainer and i'm willing to give his style a shot, but is it really all that wise to step into a jab?

I find this to be a very strange analysis, and asking if you should step into a jab is a very strange question coming from somebody who claims to have had 4 years experience. Is your new coach attempting to impose a new style on you? Is he teaching you things you never learned properly in the first place? Is he attempting to bring out the full potential of your natural style?