Left hook clinic

17.07.2025

Hour six had my teenage client focus entirely on the left hook. The process involved getting him to adapt with his left hand through jabbing, covering against the opponent's right whilst looking to get into position for the hook. I then moved onto throwing straights to the body in order to bring the opponent's hands down for the left hook to the head. Next we looked at using the straight right or cross to set up the left hook. Finally, we paired the hook with the body hook.

Combinations included:

jab/left hook, jab/cross to the body/left hook to the head, cross/left hook, left hook/cross, cross/left hook/cross, left hook/cross/left hook, cross/left hook the body/left hook to the head

The three-minute rounds looked like this:

1. Jabs only

2. Jab to the head/jab and cross to the body

3. Left hook versus cross

4. Jab/hook only against defence

5. Jab/hook versus jab/cross

6. Jab/cross to the body/hook to the head versus defence

7. Jab/cross to the body/hook to the head versus jab/cross

8. Cross/hook only

9. Cross/hook versus jab/cross

10. Body shots only sparring

11. Body shots and hooks to the head versus jab/cross

12. Heavy bag applying all of the above

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