i need some advice

[the_blueprint]

hi, im right handed but i feel compfortable as a southpaw i can throw quick powerfull jabs that way. but i cant throw a right hook which is my favourite punch the only way i can do it effectively is when im in a orthodox stance.

can you tell what stance to use and how i can adapt it so i have more punches in my arsenal, as i said i feel more compfortable as a southpaw but i could change this

[the_blueprint]

please reply

[I3C727]

lol, your not getting replys becuase this is a ****** ass thread. how long have you been boxing? pick whatever stance you feel best in and then LEARN all of the punches.

[the_blueprint]

lol, your not getting replys becuase this is a ****** ass thread. how long have you been boxing? pick whatever stance you feel best in and then LEARN all of the punches.

haha thanks for your kindness, southpaw but then when i throw a left hook i change

[Spartacus Sully]

I dont really know what im talking about but if you like your right hooks and you feel comfortable south why not learn and get used to throwing all the punches you can both ways that way in the middle of a fight you could smile and be like i know something you dont know do a little dance and be like im not orthodox switch stances and bam you just gained 200 social standing points though i guess there is alot to get used to with how to block in each stance and where punches are coming from which shoulder to parry over and im sure there's much more to it too but come on that would be sooo cool just imagine it.....ah

[SpeedKillz]

my opinion is this, some may disagree, but I go with a pretty simple rule. Whatever hand you primarily throw a football with most comfortably, is your back power hand. So if you throw a ball with your right hand, your stance is orthodox, if left hand, then southpaw. you can surely train both stances if you have natural talent like that, but if you're just starting out, I would stick with your most comfortable stance, and master that first.

[the_blueprint]

my opinion is this, some may disagree, but I go with a pretty simple rule. Whatever hand you primarily throw a football with most comfortably, is your back power hand. So if you throw a ball with your right hand, your stance is orthodox, if left hand, then southpaw. you can surely train both stances if you have natural talent like that, but if you're just starting out, I would stick with your most comfortable stance, and master that first.

yeah i think that but i dont feel like my left jab isnt gonna hurt anyone, it most prob would but thats not the point as a soutpaw i can throw quick hard punches but my footwork isnt as good, i think im just gonna strengthen my left, i would be better at orthodox if i could be quicker with my left

[JayCoe]

At the moment i'm learning to switch stances, briefly. As they come in, if they're coming in fast slip from orthodox to southpaw, work the lead jab (which is now with your right hand) and then slip back into orthodox.

Best of both worlds for you. You get to send your powerful jabs but you get to continue fighting the way your body wants you to.

I wouldn't fight southpaw simply because you can throw fast strong jabs that way, I don't think any orthodox fighter can't, it's our right hand, it's normal for it to be stronger and faster which means you're nothing different, yet we stay orthodox and if everyone stays orthodox despite us all being able to throw faster more powerful jabs in southpaw, there must be a reason. The reason is, the jab may very well be the most important and most regular punch, however, you can't win with a just jab, the same way you can't win without it. You need a solid everything. Also, if it's only your jab which is strong, you lose your 1-2 combination as your backhand straight isn't nearly as powerful as your backhand straight in orthodox (if you're right handed). The jab should stay with your left hand unless you're completely comfortable with every punch in southpaw, simply because the jab isn't about knocking them out or doing that much damage, it's about points and opening them up to create the damage.

Stay orthodox, practice switching for a few seconds but this switch has nothing to do with using your more powerful right hand to jab, that happens, but the switch is actually a defence technique.

Job done.

[SpeedKillz]

yeah i think that but i dont feel like my left jab isnt gonna hurt anyone, it most prob would but thats not the point as a soutpaw i can throw quick hard punches but my footwork isnt as good, i think im just gonna strengthen my left, i would be better at orthodox if i could be quicker with my left

I personally dont use my jab to "hurt" people. the jab is more of a setup punch than anything else. with a good, quick, crisp jab, you set up some other devastating power punches. whatever stance you feel most comfortable in, train the jab as hard as you can to get it fast and crisp. with a good jab, you pop someones head back, and then drop the hammer with your power hand. dont worry about knocking people out with your jab, though its been done before, in my opinion, it shouldnt be your primary focus of the punch.

[JayCoe]

I personally dont use my jab to "hurt" people. the jab is more of a setup punch than anything else. with a good, quick, crisp jab, you set up some other devastating power punches.

Yep exactly this. The jab has a few uses;

1) Points

2) Set up for combinations

3) Confusing the opponent, e.g. as you pivot around him you jab to prevent him really knowing exactly where you are .

4) Controlling the fight.

Your backhand does the damage, the lead simply digs away at him. Like he said above aswell, a proper clean jab will knock their head back and a real jab with full body weight, full speed and a fully extended arm will push their head back and they hurt like hell, so the jab, when executed text book style, does have it's own power so don't think it's weak simply because your left doesn't have the same power. The power from the jab comes more from technique rather than strength.

Take a non-boxer, get him to punch a pad and concern yourself ONLY with power, not technique (meaning not about whether it's a looping shot which is easy to dodge or whether there could be more power). Get him to hit it with his left, and then his right. His right hand may very well be strong, getting hit with it would no doubt hurt. However, his left hand shot would be pathetic, wouldn't hurt at all. That's an easy way to tell you that the jabs power comes from technique, not muscle. Muscle helps, of course, but technique is what really unlocks the left hand's potential much more than technique unlocks the right hands potential.