Left Hook- palms down or facing inward?

kill yourself ....use the search it was asked before

 

:emma such a drama queen.

 

you answered it corrctly in your original post about different ranges

 

My first trainer said that you should throw palm in to the body. To the head amateurs should throw palm down to avoid being called for slapping. Said pros can do whatever feels best since they don't have to worry about slapping (atleast not as much).

 

Palms down for power........anyway you can land it would be the best. For power, palms down.

 

i always threw mine palm inward,but never gave it much thought.

 

I throw it with palms inward in close range or when I load up on it, palms facing the floor when it's more of a probing hook.

 

Palm is supposed to be down or at 45 degrees. Big gloves take away accuracy and smooth delivery so alot of people go thumb up and are in effect throwing a haymaker. Elbow isn't up because of open palm and if it is then you can feel your palm being up isn't natural. There will be a slight strain on the forearm. Ultimately it affects your technique.

Keep that palm down and throw the shot for accuracy. Thumb up and you are covering more surface area on the face, which shouldn't be the desired aim.

 

And the counter view of this ! keep you thumb up as the glove is thinner that way. it will pass around the right hand defence much easier.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQ1D_07NPAE

 

I was taught that when throwing a left hook, to keep the hand level with my shoulder and palm facing down. He gave good reasoning why to throw it with the palm down but the most obvious one is that it puts your shoulder in a good place to block and roll punches off of incase the hook misses or they are trying to counter-punch the hook.

 

Another big issue is that if you have your palm towards you, the judges might think it´s slap or punch with your inside, even if it´s not. However, nowadays they teach both ways at national team leavel, at least here in Sweden.
I don´t lose any power, not turning the hand. A lot of the pro´s throws the hooks with their thumbs up.
Both ways works, best to learn them both
IMO
All the best
The Predator

 

It's simply going to cover a bigger surface area thus distributing the power rather than concentrating it.

It also means that to get around the gloves you are going to go longer with the hook thus opening yourself up more. You can go long and be more accurate with the palm down because you are trying to land your knuckles to establish the power line. After all, the desired aim is to rattle that chin isn't it.