Building Hand Speed Is A Myth???

[j]

quickest way to make your hands faster is simple - relax. that's the key.

a great fighter once said "speed is just fast. one only needs to go as fast as one's opponent."

[j]

and as far as improving on things versus born with so-called gifts, no such thing. michael jordan wasn't exactly born a great basketball player, he had to work non-stop at getting better.

[Verstyle]

alot of times speed in natural born which mean if u got it u got it. and u can improve on it

[butterfly1964]

alot of times speed in natural born which mean if u got it u got it. and u can improve on it

yeah, muhammad ali was slow and uncoordinated as a boy, but he worked at it had became extremely well coordinated and quick.

[j]

well, like i was saying, hand speed is just being fast. but what if you have no power behind it? what if your opponent has better timing, or position. would that make it a detriment? you have to ask yourself these questions.

but, for fun, i'll explain a little bit of what i know about handspeed. it mostly comes down to being able to effeciently move your body through a certain pattern of movement. relaxation is a key ingredient.

so what about the people who are supposedly born with a genetic quickness gene or whatever. i disagree. just like i disagree with teddy atlas that punchers are born. ****, even jack dempsey disagrees with teddy. and who would you believe, teddy atlas, an amteur boxer for something like six fights(please correct if wrong) or jack dempsey, a champion professional boxer? read "championship fighting" by jack to get the full scoop on born punchers. in fact, he does have a whole chapter dedicated to just this myth

point is, you may have been aware of certain things when younger that others didn't pick up on, and in some ways fine tuned it where it looks as though you were born with it.

[Pugnacious_Z]

i believe in "You cant teach power, your born with it or not".
im not sayin a power puncher is born with a power gene or sum****, im just sayin dat sum ppl have for example, stronger hip muscles or sumthing and they can create more force becoz of many factors. Power could probably be taught if they got some type of computer hooked up to u to see wat ur doin wrong or sumthing. but there are sum ppl who can never be hard punches for many reasons like 2 much weak endurance muscles, technique is crap and they just cant perfect it and other **** im not aware of. if there was sum type of computer dat they hooked up to u dat cud tell u in detail why ur punching weak or slow, then every1 wud be KO artists, it aint gona happen.

[j]

hey pug, you don't need no computer, just a competent coach/trainer/teacher.

[Gemini531]

I say fundamentals help with both speed and power.
Speed is mostly reflexes and repitition in boxing where power is the technique of your punches when and how you throw your combos and the angles of when you throw them. for instance Frazier had ppw but was more effective against ellis than chuvalo the angels your opponent gives you can amplify of neutralize you ppw.

In Ali frazier 1 that angle ali gave frazier was perfect and joe capitalized. but couldnt in any of the prior fights.

[eazy_mas]

Weight shifting

what about wieghtshifting to gain power from your punches.
how could you wieghtshift effectivly?
another question

I read in IronMan Magazine that using ankle wiegh might injure you hip because its a sensitve part is that true or not?

[ricecrispi]

If you are talking pure blazing hand speed, yeah you can't develop it. Sometime you cant overcome genetics. But saying you can't get improve on hand speed is silly.

Saying you can't punch faster is hokey. You can punch faster. You can concentrate on better delivery and returning the hands. You can learn to throw combos better, faster, smoother, and with more power with practice. You can learn how to just use speed in punches and remove some of the power.

You can learn how to anticipate punchs and how to react.
You can learn how to punch harder
You can learn how to put snap into a punch
You can learn how to conserve energy and relax in the ring
BUT You can't learn how to punch faster....

If it was simple as "builing a strong athelete" many people would've been champion boxers.