Falling foward when striaight right is throw

[platinummatt]

I seem to go off balance when I throw a straight right, by this i mean fall foward. How can I stop this.

[Southpaw Stinger]

Keep your balance...

Take a look at your stance, you may not have mastered it correctly without a trainer. Don't try to throw everything into the straight right unless your going to hit. Be sure to stay balanced and to throw the straight correctly.

[platinummatt]

how far apart should your feet be. I read shouler width, and one string step foward, but that seems good for balance, bad for pivot

[Southpaw Stinger]

how far apart should your feet be. I read shouler width, and one string step foward, but that seems good for balance, bad for pivot

The norm is to stand with you feet shoulder width apart and then take a step forward with your lead foot and then turn your feet inwards. Your best having a trainer to point out any mistakes in your stance that you might not be able to see by yourself.
You might be just throwing too much weight behind your right and it's making you lose your balance. Practice technique before your practice power.

[Pork Chop]

I don't just step forward, it's more of a 45 degree angle, so my hips can open up a little. The power's a bit like a corkscrew and it's all in the pushing off of your feet into the pivot of your hips, not just forward momentum.

If it means anything, falling forward on your cross sounds a lot like Dempsey's drop step (which is not a corkscrew type power).

[platinummatt]

what is a dempsey drop step? lol. Also I find having shoes on helps lol. Sometimes I step foward with my right foot when I throw it

[Southpaw Stinger]

Would it be possible for you to show us a video of you throwing a straight right?

[platinummatt]

lmao perv. Joke No I need to make a video so people can give me some pointers, I do think I can send a video, but if I make a vid of me hitting my bag.theres loads of stuff, I have very little room to hit the bag, there is a trailor etc in the way.

[madkatzspeed]

i had the same problem.. sometimes i still do it.. twist at the torso.. and bend your legs.. maybe you are too stiff.. remember to bend your legs

[platinummatt]

I think maybe one problem is that when Im throwing it by my bag theres no room. I also have externally rotated hips or legs or something mainly my right