swingin ur hip to jab

[Mickey Gomez]

Lmao at some of the comments in this thread, you most definitely can and should pivot your foot (slightly) and swivel your hips with a jab. A hard straight left can in some instances be as if not more useful than a straight right.

Your coach is teaching you how to throw a powerful jab by using your entire body so that once you become accustomed to throwing it you can limit the motion but still retain the power.

You think you don't see boxers throw jabs like this but if you look closely you'll see they do indeed use their hips, their movement is fast and sharp so it's hard to notice. Sometimes you'll notice professional fighters using what's called a dropstep before they jab, their front foot moves ever so slightly forward and is followed by a very sharp hip swivel.

[Righthandbanger]

you should use a drop step before all hard straights, it adds a **** ton of power.

Plus, on a triple jab you can't swivel your hips on every punch so you're wrong

[paulsinghnl]

i think this video really helps. i noticed it when i saw Chad jab that he twisted his hip in while stepping inward. it does help, that's how i learnt to throw my punches, like you're kinda 'throwing' the punch or snapping your punch from the shoulder.

check from the 0.56 second mark.

[Right2TheTemple]

i throw power jabs when my opponent is trapped in the corner ! hehe

[putaloco]

its a ******* jab. much like the right hand cross.

[Righthandbanger]

its a ******* jab. much like the right hand cross.

if your jab is anywhere near a good as your rear hand straight then your power in your rear hand is lacking

[Del Coqui]

It all depends on what you're trying to do. When you start jabbing hard, pivoting and all this good stuff you run the risk of getting countered. If you know you have a bum in front of you with no head movement or skills go for it. On the other hand, you could show him the jab to bait him and setup a combination. So it depends who you have in front of you and your style.