It should be a loud smack like this, I'm not sure exactly what you are doing but for me this is how pad work should be- [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_HwYguqgaQ[/ame]
Yeah, that's the sound. I just started to really snap my punches a few days ago so some punches would be right aand then somee of them wouldn't be snappy. Inconsistant, I still have to practice it.
Depends on weather the trainer hits them as well. Sometimes if they let it go with the punch makes a different noise.
It should be a high pitched squeaking sound that crashes ending with a high frequency shattering on impact. Refer to the doppler effect for this phenomenon.
Don't get yourself confused...most of the time that real loud smacking sound is not snap, it is slap. Like in the Quartey videos above, watch the guy with the mitts slapping Quartey's gloves instead of catching the punch. It is fun to bull**** people in the gym like that when you are catching on the mitts. Start meeting the incoming punch halfway, sort of punching your self, and the noise will attract attention, make people think they are really seeing something.
You know the smacking noise when you're going at it hard with a lady? It should sound like that but about 7-8 decibels higher. That's when you know you're hitting it sweetly.
Nawh I used to make a few of these dumb threads before then my coach told me not to over think things and just practice on what I learned.