06-09-2015, 06:27 PM
(06-09-2015, 06:19 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: I'm going to disagree with what you said there. Hand placement is a technique issue, that is a result of coaching, or not taking coaching well. And, the whole "wide hands vs. narrow hands" in terms of punching out, is sort of a misnomer. If an OLman has his hands too close together, it creates a fulcrum that a defender can leverage himself past, rather easily. Perfect hand placement is near the outer edges (but not clamping them, as to commit holding) of the chest plate on a defenders shoulder pads.
Disagree.
You cannot take a guy who gets wide in his hands and turn him into a puncher on the inside.
You can coach tweaks in hand placement. You can't change how a guy gets his hands on a defender.
Bodine often ends up with his hands outside the frame because he's slow to the punch and doesn't have the length to battle back inside when the defender extends.
That's a physical limitation not a technique one.
Feet are easier to fix than hands. Hands are more instinctive.
I do agree about where the hands SHOULD be. Problem is, Bodine doesn't get his hands there quickly enough (slow/wide punch) and he doesn't have the length to recover.
