switch hitting

[shezada]

im a beginner boxer whos orthodox, but ive always wanted to learn both stances like naseem hamed/junior witter/the ingle fighters.do you guys think i should try to practice both? i mean like, i could do orthodox the majority of the time and practice orthodox the most, but occasionaly do southpaw training too and incorperate it in sparring

[Sam Donald]

just listen to ur trainers

[FeFist]

It's not something I would do. You'll probably find that ''switch hitting'' is easy enough when you just start. That's because things are not yet natural to you. The more you practise in one stance is the more alien the other stance will feel to you.

If you practise two stances at once you're essentially shooting yourself in the foot as it lowers the chance of things coming natural to you.