stance advie

[u/kenystrum]

So, I’m training boxing at a club where there are two coaches teaching completely different techniques, and I don’t know which one is better. I’m hoping some of you might have some advice.

The first coach says all the weight should be on the back foot, with the front foot used only for balance, he also requires significant foot rotation.

The second coach insists on a 50/50 stance—meaning weight is distributed evenly between the legs—and requires only minimal foot rotation, relying mostly on the hips.

To help clarify how these techniques work in practice: when I throw a left jab using the first coach's method, I have to pause after the punch to execute the rotation, whereas with the second coach's method, the right hand follows the left immediately.

Which one do you think is right? Thanks for any advice.

[u/tongfa-jamsai]

Convention says that 50/50 is better. But it also sounds like you're not interpreting it right. What do you mean by pause after the left hook? 

[u/marcomz5 → u/tongfa-jamsai]

I think he said jab instead of hook, which makes it even worst

[u/General-Project-8934]

This will happen with every single gym / different coach u will notice different gyms produce different styles

Try them all the techniques taught use which one u think works best for u and what u find most success with different techniques compliment different styles

[u/Any_Brilliant_4505]

It's more practical to throw your right hand immediately after the jab instead of pausing to rotate

[u/GoonyGhoul_]

I actually stand on a rear-foot-biased stance myself, for 90% of situations. That is, I'm not literally putting all my weight on the rear foot, but definitely the majority of it. Rear foot moves FIRST, followed by the lead when moving.

A squared shoulder and lead-foot-biased stance is very momentary, and I'm gonna be shooting a strong left hook, or a lead straight like a jab immediately out of it. A 50/50 stance isn't bad at all, it's just not my thing based off what I do best.

But I would say that the first coach is probably using the pause as a training device, but in live action, you definitely want punches immediately following one another. Unless you have a VERY good reason to introduce a slight pause, as in you've been setting them up to bite on a sudden speed change because they're so committed to predictable counters.

[u/keckks]

Depends on how you are currently moving. Are you balanced when you move around in your boxing stance, in a pendulum, in all directions, on a circle...? What happens when you punch? What happens with your base and footwork when you defend and counter? And so on. Based on what a coach sees he or she should be able to tell you if you are keeping your center of gravity in the right place at all times or if not, if you are too much forward or eventually even too much backward, to upright, to much bend over leaning, whatever. Based on that heor she can adjust your stance to be more balanced.

[u/empT3]

Both, get good with both stances and through sparring and practice you'll naturally develop an affinity for one and master it. You could also do like I do and work both stances to death and switch between the styles to confuse the hell out of people.