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4ECHNIQUE

4HE INFORMATION GIVEN IS FOR RIGHT HANDERS SETTING UP WITH THE LEFT FOOT

FORWARD )F YOU ARE LEFT HANDED MY APOLOGIES JUST REVERSE ALL RIGHT AND LEFT
HANDED INSTRUCTIONS

$O NOT FORGET WHAT THE BASIC AIM MUST BE HIT BUT AVOID BEING HIT BACK
.EVER EVEN WHEN WORKING ON BAGS OR PADS HANG AROUND TO ADMIRE YOUR
HANDIWORK 2EMEMBER THIS CRUDE BUT USEFUL MAXIM FAVOURED BY THE OLD

SCHOOL HIT AND HOP IT

4HE STANCE

)MAGINE YOU ARE STANDING ON A
LARGE CLOCKFACE YOUR LEFT FOOT ON

O CLOCK AND YOUR RIGHT FOOT AT
TWENTY PAST TWELVE 9OU WILL TRY TO
MAINTAIN THIS STANCE FOR MOST OF THE

TIME YOU ARE BOXING MAKING SURE
YOU NEVER CROSS YOUR FEET

9OUR BODYWEIGHT LEANS
MINIMALLY FORWARD FROM THE
WAIST 9OU ARE NOT BOLT UPRIGHT

BUT SLIGHTLY CROUCHED 9OUR CHIN IS
LOW ENOUGH TO TRAP A TENNIS BALL
UNDERNEATH IT BUT YOUR EYES ARE ON

THE TARGET "OTH ELBOWS ARE TUCKED
COMFORTABLY AGAINST THE RIBS AND
THE RIGHT HAND SEMI CLOSED READY
4HE STANCE
TO BLOCK OR HIT IS CLOSE TO THE CHIN
4HE LEFT HAND IS HELD AT THE SAME