Stepping in with the back foot for the cross

Discussion in 'Boxing Training' started by withoutwire, Feb 5, 2011.


  1. withoutwire

    withoutwire Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Hi guys

    My coach likes me to step in with the back foot when i throw my right cross, because it gives me more power, and I commit fully to the punch. However, when i started boxing I learned my technique from the Russ Amber training videos with young David Lemiuex. In these vids, he just hets David to pivot slightly on his back foot for the cross, but the foot doesn't step in, so that's how I did it.

    Now I definitely do get more power with the cross when i step in, but I leave myself more open. I think Ill go with my coach, but seeing as it leaves me open, ill only use it as a killer punch when my opponent is very open/about to go.

    Do you guys step in? Do you find it better?
     
  2. nbg

    nbg New Member Full Member

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    just pivot and twist my hips/shoulders. different trainers always say different things, i had a trainer once who wanted me to step
     
  3. luciuslim

    luciuslim Well-Known Member Full Member

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    i don't think it's a good idea to always commit to any punch, boxing is really situational, what works sometimes against some guys wont work other times against other guys (better opposition will have you constantly ad******g and trying different tactics).
    If your trainer insists on you throwing the punch like that all the time id suggest finding a new trainer, but if hes showing it to you as a different way to throw your right hand and teaching you angles and situations to throw it from then your all right.
     
  4. Johnboy2007

    Johnboy2007 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    i thought this too! you have to use your own brain not saying your coach is wrong but we had a coach at our gym and it was obvious he was being taught to be a coach ( if you get what i mean) by the head trainer. And im sure he knows a hell of alot more but he had this thing about always stepping in with the jab. And i mean ALWAYS hed constantly stop me and "correct me" but like the above says i believe its situational

    If you do anything constantly you become predictable ie i step in behind a jab opponent slips and counters hurts me alot as iv just stepped into an on coming punch!

    im no expert but thats how i see it
     
  5. P.4.P.G.O.A.T.

    P.4.P.G.O.A.T. Q Boro Killa Bee Full Member

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    The only time I would ever step with the cross is if I found myself with my feet too far apart. Otherwise, the best way to really commit to the punch is to plant and pivot.
     
  6. Slacker

    Slacker Big & Slow Full Member

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    Not every punch needs to be the KO punch.

    We practice a drill where I throw a 1+2 with the pivot, then a 2 with the step. Making the third punch the KO punch.

    The first 1+2 get you in position for the BIG 2, where you punch through the opponent.
     
  7. bald_head_slick

    bald_head_slick Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    How fast is the guy you re fighting is the better question...

    If he is a fast counter puncher? Maybe you shouldn't step.
    If he is a hair stronger than you and decently quick? Maybe you shouldn't step.
    If he is a plodding predictable puncher? Stick him.
    If he is a relentless swarmer that only understands force? Stick him.
    How long are your arms?

    Should probably learn both.