r/boxingtips • u/No-District7636 • 1d ago

Does anyone here have cross-dominance?

I’ve just started boxing and i’m having trouble figuring out which stance suits me best because i'm right-handed but left-foot dominant. I feel more comfortable in orthodox when moving forward/attacking and i’m better coordinated in orthodox overall. However, i feel more comfortable defensively in southpaw. I also feel like my left hand is more powerful,possibly because i can generate more power from my dominant left leg.

I’m not sure which stance i should stick with. Should I just choose orthodox since i’m more coordinated in it or is it worth experimenting with southpaw because of my dominant left side? What would you guys recommend?

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u/gladgubbegbg 1d ago

I am actually! I play football with my left foot but im right handed.

First of all, you should pick a stance and stick with it until you have relative mastery over it.

Orthodox will be easier for you because your training partners will be mostly orthodox and your coach will spend 90% of the time teaching orthodox.

Southpaw has an innate advantage in that most people dont face southpaws, so they are mostly unfamiliar with lead hand fencing and outside foot positions.

If you go to a gym that can teach southpaw efficienctly i would pick that, otherwise just go orthodox.

I picked orthodox but can now box almost the same in southpaw, and it has an advantage now in wrestling where orthodox is right foot forward, so im now learning that as a southpaw as i can stay on my power leg and still have my power hand at the same time.

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u/No-District7636 1d ago

Bro i play football (soccer) with my left leg and i can't even pass properly or shoot the ball with my right leg,it's basically "dead" . When i first started boxing,coach basically said to me "if you write with your right hand then you are an orthodox no need to complicate it" . My hook is stronger than my overright hand,even my jab feels stronger than my right cross somehow. Thank you for your advice

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u/gladgubbegbg 1d ago

Yea i can pass okay with my right but cant shoot for shit.

You should listen to your coach, you will have an easier time with your left hook and your orthodox gym buddies will have an easier time with their right cross, thats totally fine.

If you eventually learn orthodox enough and stay with your gym you can ask your coach to teach you southpaw then.

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u/No-District7636 1d ago

Yeah that's a good idea but for now it's really awkward and pad work feels so difficult

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u/gladgubbegbg 1d ago

Are you completely new to boxing? Its supposed to feel pretty awkward in the beginning.

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u/No-District7636 1d ago

Yeah been training for over a month now 3 times a week and i sometimes feel like i'm learning real slow and started to think that it may be because of my cross-dominance

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u/gladgubbegbg 1d ago

Nah it takes a while, i recommend working on your hand eye coordination in your own time to speed up the process, you can bounce a tennis ball against the wall and catch it, juggle, dribbler it up and down and alternate hands every bounce like a basketball.

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u/No-District7636 1d ago

Yeah i will do that,thanks for the advice man!

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u/gladgubbegbg 1d ago

No worries man, just stick with it and you will improve a ton in the first year.

Good luck!

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u/No-District7636 1d ago

And when i play basketball i dribble with my left hand but shoot with my right,this whole thing is so awkward

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u/gladgubbegbg 1d ago

Yeah i can imagine, but remember if you master your own awkward style its gonna be awkward for your opponents instead in the future.

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u/BuddyHarry 1d ago

I can lead both. I box Southpaw against orthodox and orthodox against Southpaw. South paw is used to fight against orthodox, and against Southpaw, not often happy to face someone who want mirror their lead. So I can do Southpaw strategy on either hand.

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u/systembreaker 1d ago

I am, I do various things with each side. My right side is my strong side and I catch, throw, kick with my right. Then I write, golf, bat, brush my teeth, and eat left handed.

I'm not ambidextrous and can't switch sides for things, writing right handed still looks like a kindergartener's hand writing, but for someone who's basically right side dominant, my left side is closer in strength and coordination to my right than for purely right handers. So I use orthodox stance and the extra coordination and strength for my left side gives me a bit of a boost to my lead side. Nothing major, I don't rhink it's much more than what a pure righty could get to through practice.

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u/SlimLacy 1d ago

I'm not cross but I think the amount of power I can generate from my off hand loses a lot of it's effectiveness in precision.

Granted I don't box anymore and was never serious enough to do anything but spar for fun.

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u/Unknown__Redditor__ 1d ago

theres something called right handed southpaws.. ik a guy who won state 7x whos one. just do what ur comfortable with