Bodine: Where he needs to improve in year 2

[SunsetBengal]

(06-09-2015, 05:28 PM)RoyleRedlegs Wrote: Hand placement is a by product of physical ability. Punching is a physical ability. A good punch gets hands inside. Wide hands are more a physical limitation than a technique issue. 

 

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.