Reversing Steps Against a Left-Handed Boxer

Video Transcript

"In our next clip we're going to talk about, in talking about footwork, we're going to also show you how to reverse what we talked about for the left-handed boxers. I'm an orthodox, so I try to teach everything in the orthodox stance. But if we were to reverse it into the left-handed southpaw stance, what we're going to do is as we move to the right, we're going to move the...we're still moving the right foot when we're moving to the right, but this case it's going to be the lead foot. We're going to slide and drag. We're going to slide the right foot and drag the left. When moving to the left, we're not going to move that right foot first even though that may be your lead foot, we're going to slide, in this case, the back foot to the left, and then the right foot. We're going to slide the left to the left, and then the right. Moving backwards, we're going to move the back foot first again. For a southpaw boxer that's going to be the left foot. We're going to go back with the back foot and slide the front foot. Moving forward, just the opposite. It's going to be your right foot first, because that one's a forward one, and then the back foot. Also it's a good idea in boxing, even if you are an orthodoxed right-handed boxer, to try it a little bit in a southpaw stance because a lot of times if you're fighting another right-handed boxer if you can switch to the southpaw, left-handed stance, and if you're good at it, it could be a good bonus for you."