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Expert: - 2/21/2011


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Hello Joe, I ran across this website and I thought I’d try and ask a question. I stated boxing about 3 years ago, and I stated just before hitting 50 years old, but I love it. Really keeps me in shape. The main coach instructed us on the proper way to jab. However, another coach at another gym teaches it differently. This second coach teaches that one pivots on the front foot when jabbing to getting more power. The main coach thinks he’s crazy and absolutely prohibits the pivot. Is there any validity to pivoting on a jab, or is this ludicrous?

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There are a number of ways to use a jab.  Sometimes as a feeler, sometimes to drive an opponent back, etc.  Plus there is a jab that is known as a power jab or shotgun jab in which you put more shoulder into it while spinning or pivoting the foot.

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