Building Hand Speed Is A Myth???

[Pugnacious_Z]

some of you guys think punching power isn a natural gift. but ofcoarse it is, if it wasnt, every boxer would be a KO artist. every one in the world can improve, but theres a limit, some peoples limits are higher, dats it

[eazy_mas]

they say 10% is genetic and the rest is hard work.

Most of the tihng is hard work and nobody can deny that

[ricecrispi]

I understand what you are saying pug.

For some people it is easier to KO people and some people have extremely fast hands. Some people have natural talent. I understand that but saying you can develop some hand speed at all is silly.

Some guys will never have KO power, no speeds, or footwork. For some guys you can improve on all three areas.

In boxing, never say never. Anything is possible. That was one of the biggest things i learned from my boxing trainer.

[Gemini531]

I say its focus and repition for me anyway. Try to move as fast as you can for a minute than pause and repeat it. If when you shadow you throw punches with precision you should be ok.

[Chill]

I think speed comes from youre motor skills alot more than muscles and youre physical conditioning, wich do have alot to do with talent. I like to believe you can train anything though, but the fact remains that even if you can, having to train for 6 days a week for something that comes natural to talented peoples might not be worth it. It's propably better to box at the speed you got and do the best out of it. This only starts becoming a issue after you are a semi established boxer though, as a rookie there are alot of things you can do to increase speed and power.

[LS-Injection]

Actually, when i started boxing i was slow and weak, now i have only being in from sep ( last year ) i have become faster, and more powerfull so in my case and from my opinion it can be done it just takes time!
And belive me it does work, just be patient…
No way is it a myth tho if you can build up muscles then anything is possible!
You would need a good trainer if you had to build up your speed obviously…and thats my bit said!

[Verstyle]

they say 10% is genetic and the rest is hard work.

Most of the tihng is hard work and nobody can deny that

hahaha. i'm 1 lazy mother ****er. but i can still move ppl and punish them with every single hit.And thats with head gear. or as my coach said"u have a gift u have really heavy hands. so u should come to the gym everyday so we can make it"

[eazy_mas]

hahaha. i'm 1 lazy mother ****er. but i can still move ppl and punish them with every single hit.And thats with head gear. or as my coach said"u have a gift u have really heavy hands. so u should come to the gym everyday so we can make it"

I think he is right.

For me i dont know any boxing gym next to me and i am 20 years old so the times is out for me

[Pugnacious_Z]

some people have talent, some dont. but get me the most talented boxer in the world and get me an average guy. the average guy will beat up the talented guy if the talented guy is lazy. hard work has alot to do with it, but it can only go so far.

[Verstyle]

some people have talent, some dont. but get me the most talented boxer in the world and get me an average guy. the average guy will beat up the talented guy if the talented guy is lazy. hard work has alot to do with it, but it can only go so far.

sorta like tyson. when he got lazy the less gifted guys started beating him. but when he was dedicated along with gifted he was unstopable