I'm new to Boxing & have a few questions

If you're just starting all of these questions are irrelevant.

Listen to your coach, train hard, learn and see where it goes.

 

Why? You don't even know the basics yet you want to learn the shoulder roll? :huh

 

dont know about 1. but for 2,3,5 sparring sparring and more sparring you'll figure it out on your own at least thats how i did it.

 

You have a strange view of boxing. You could be learning the basics for a very long time. Some guys don't even spar for the first time for months.

I don't think you understand that it takes a while to become a decent boxer.

 

Wall sits.

 

Listen to your coach, train hard, learn and see where it goes.

You want to enter the 100m at the Olympics but you can't even walk. Slow the **** down, learn the fundamentals and enjoy yourself. Who knows, after a few months you may decide boxing isn't for you after-all.

 

The first thing you need to do is to learn to punch. If you can't punch, you are useless.

You also need to learn how to step.

These are the basics that virus is referring to.

After you figure out how to do this, then you can learn defense, and start sparring.

You shouldn't even be sparring at this stage.

Even when you learn defense, you need to learn to fight more than one style. I'm not sure what you're referring to when you're talking about the "shoulder roll."

You mean against the ropes?

You should focus on NOT being stuck against the ropes. A competent aggressive fighter will have the best opportunity to unload his hardest punches on a stationary target.

You need to learn to fight forwards and backwards and you may find out the left hand low approach does not work for you.

Some of it depends on your build. I've worked with guys with stocky builds that were just too hittable with the left hand low approach.

I've had to modify them to fight with a Floyd Patterson type of approach.

 

If you have someone at home or someone with spare time in the gym to practice with (shoulder roll) just have him throw soft jabs at you and roll the punches.

But what everyone else said.. the basics are key.

 

You literally can't even have any success with the shoulder roll as a beginner.

You need to have a feel for range and timing first and that takes some time. Try doing that now and you'll get your **** wrecked.

 

Too many novice fighters pick up the shoulder roll, merely cuz they think it looks cool without any real consideration for why or how to use it.
I agree, focus on the basics. You have to learn to walk before you can run.
Bad habits are hardest things in the world to break. If you learn incorrectly, your muscles and body adapt to the movements quite quickly, and it can actually become a weakness.

I agree 100% with virus. These are all things you shouldn't even be thinking about at this point. Learn the basics, and the rest will become clear with experience.

 

Ask your trainer if you've elasticity if not your gonna get countered and beat bad. IMHO the most important thing is bringing the punch back.