Weak jab?

[Practical Goat]

Hi guys, originally posted this in the boxing category but was told I'd have better success here...

I've been boxing for 4 months now, I know that isn't long enough to gauge anything in stone but my jab is shocking. It starts off OK but then begins to fatigue really fast through the rounds (even the first!) when on pads.. Towards the end I'm barely tapping my coaches pad.

I've been doing weighted exercises (just doing 1,2,1,2....) in the mirror and resistance band exercises. I'm asking because I've got a dodgy rotator cuff in that shoulder, the surgeon said he wasn't quite sure if he could see a problem when I had it x-rayed and the only way was for him to go in and have a look! I opted out until I knew for definite it needed surgery. Could a rotator cuff injury cause the fatigue regardless of how much I try strengthen it? My power and speed have come on with everything else (well a lot better than my jab) but my jab is exactly the same as it was on day one! Probably thinking too much into it but it's really frustrating me!

Just any advice really would help.

 

[j123]

Hi guys, originally posted this in the boxing category but was told I'd have better success here...

I've been boxing for 4 months now, I know that isn't long enough to gauge anything in stone but my jab is shocking. It starts off OK but then begins to fatigue really fast through the rounds (even the first!) when on pads.. Towards the end I'm barely tapping my coaches pad.

I've been doing weighted exercises (just doing 1,2,1,2....) in the mirror and resistance band exercises. I'm asking because I've got a dodgy rotator cuff in that shoulder, the surgeon said he wasn't quite sure if he could see a problem when I had it x-rayed and the only way was for him to go in and have a look! I opted out until I knew for definite it needed surgery. Could a rotator cuff injury cause the fatigue regardless of how much I try strengthen it? My power and speed have come on with everything else (well a lot better than my jab) but my jab is exactly the same as it was on day one! Probably thinking too much into it but it's really frustrating me!

Just any advice really would help.

You might be using too much arm in your strike.

Get the technique down better. In striking, you really want to use "lazy power" where you rely on your hips and weigh transfer. Even if you're gassed, you can still dish out decent power.

So less "arm" in your punch, and use your feet. I know its a bit hard to explain, and with 4 months in this probably sounds like alien talk.

So the order of how the strike lands:
-feet
-hips
-shoulder
-arm

think of it as an assembly line where each step follows after the previous, but this is done very fast almost akin to instantaneous, but a fraction of a millisecond delay between each.

ball and chain analogy is good if you find that a bit better to understand. The ball being the arm.

 

[spacetime]

I think it might be nervousness, making you tense up and gass quickly. Focus on breathing.

I have normal cardio but get tired quickly in sparring due to the adrenalin rush.

 

[listrahtes]

Hi guys, originally posted this in the boxing category but was told I'd have better success here...

I've been boxing for 4 months now, I know that isn't long enough to gauge anything in stone but my jab is shocking. It starts off OK but then begins to fatigue really fast through the rounds (even the first!) when on pads.. Towards the end I'm barely tapping my coaches pad.

I've been doing weighted exercises (just doing 1,2,1,2....) in the mirror and resistance band exercises. I'm asking because I've got a dodgy rotator cuff in that shoulder, the surgeon said he wasn't quite sure if he could see a problem when I had it x-rayed and the only way was for him to go in and have a look! I opted out until I knew for definite it needed surgery. Could a rotator cuff injury cause the fatigue regardless of how much I try strengthen it? My power and speed have come on with everything else (well a lot better than my jab) but my jab is exactly the same as it was on day one! Probably thinking too much into it but it's really frustrating me!

Just any advice really would help.

That sounds exactly like a partial rotator cuff lesion.
Its my occupational speciality. Just specify your fatigue if its more because of abduction,elevation frontal/sagital or external rotation to determine training focus.

If that is a recent development give your shoulder 3-6 months to heal and train the injured tendon by doing specialised regime.

If you have the same problems after 6 months let the surgeon have a look and maybe you need a repair then.

And go to a specialised physical therapist for guidance. Dont do it on your own.

 

[Jimmy Jazz]

step with the jab more. and try this