Letting the right hand go

[sugar555]

When i spar my trainers constantly tell me that i have a good fast jab and they have no problems with it but my right hand they are always saying i got to let it extend more. I feel this way too but it feels uncomfortable for me. Any tips to get rid of this bad habit?

[mconstantine]

When i spar my trainers constantly tell me that i have a good fast jab and they have no problems with it but my right hand they are always saying i got to let it extend more. I feel this way too but it feels uncomfortable for me. Any tips to get rid of this bad habit?

Are you saying you have a problem fully extending your right hand or not throwing it enough? And it feels uncomfortable how?

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Letting the right hand go is a problem for some fighters because you leave yourself open, or at least you think you do.

If you do have a good jab, practice throwing the right hand had very fast after contact with the jab. You don't have to throw it hard at first, and don't extend yourself. Just throw a nice short shot behind the jab to just touch your opponent.

Once you get the hang of that, then it will come more natural and you will start landing the right hand more often and with more power.

[sugar555]

Are you saying you have a problem fully extending your right hand or not throwing it enough? And it feels uncomfortable how?

Both. When i hit the mitts my trainer finally seemed to realize that my right hand was not being extended fully and we are fixing it right now. It also seems i am hesitante to throw the punch because i kinda have a bad experience with being countered over the right. Its a phsyical and mental thing.

[sugar555]

Letting the right hand go is a problem for some fighters because you leave yourself open, or at least you think you do.

If you do have a good jab, practice throwing the right hand had very fast after contact with the jab. You don't have to throw it hard at first, and don't extend yourself. Just throw a nice short shot behind the jab to just touch your opponent.

Once you get the hang of that, then it will come more natural and you will start landing the right hand more often and with more power.

Ill practice that on the bag today as i spar tommorow

[mconstantine]

Both. When i hit the mitts my trainer finally seemed to realize that my right hand was not being extended fully and we are fixing it right now. It also seems i am hesitante to throw the punch because i kinda have a bad experience with being countered over the right. Its a phsyical and mental thing.

Practice moving your head after throwing the right hand. Chances are you're getting countered because your head is in the same place after you throw the right hand. In fact, practice moving either your head or your feet after EVERY combination.

The other thing you can do is follow the right hand with a left hook. That will stop most counters. The momentum of your body when throwing the right hand sets up for a quick left hook anyways. You can also throw the left hook in a way where your head shifts back right of center which should be a 2nd layer of defense from a counter right. Just have to watch for THEIR left hook. You right hand should always be up when throwing the left hook though.

[sugar555]

Practice moving your head after throwing the right hand. Chances are you're getting countered because your head is in the same place after you throw the right hand. In fact, practice moving either your head or your feet after EVERY combination.

The other thing you can do is follow the right hand with a left hook. That will stop most counters. The momentum of your body when throwing the right hand sets up for a quick left hook anyways. You can also throw the left hook in a way where your head shifts back right of center which should be a 2nd layer of defense from a counter right. Just have to watch for THEIR left hook. You right hand should always be up when throwing the left hook though.

Like this?

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Would linares be a good boxer to learn from by watching?

[mconstantine]

Like this?

http://********/b1l7OHimdI0
Would linares be a good boxer to learn from by watching?

Actually, Mike Tyson is the best example I can think of right now of someone who has a great 1,2,3 combination and slips WHILE punching to avoid counters.

He does it several times just in the first minute of this video. Watch at :40 how he jabs, then slips his head to his left while throwing the right hand, then whips it back to the right with the left hook. Hard to counter that. The only thing is this is an exhausting way to fight. Moving your head only after you punch vs. slipping while you punch saves some energy and still keeps you from getting countered.

Linares is great to watch. He's about as fundamentally sound as they come...just doesn't have a lot of power but that's mainly because he boxes/moves so much.

[Cuauhtémoc1520]

Ill practice that on the bag today as i spar tommorow

Great bag to use for this is the double end bag. Just touch it as fast as you can with the basic 1-2 and use a nice short right hand. You will be surprised how if you land that jab, it just freezes your opponent enough for you to land the right.

Like mconstantine said though, always slip off the right hand no matter what. That will get you in the habit of slipping whatever is coming back at you. The double end is perfect for this. Throw the 1-2 and slip off the last shot, if the double end bag is set up properly.

[Mike_Erm]

Use right hand for everything the whole week of practice... It will work trust me