09/25/2026
All right it's not Tuesday but it is what it is. Here we're working on a common mistake that Brett and a lot of other people make: leaning forward when they jab. The leaning forward, I think, comes from 2 places:
1. It's the weight transfer thing that we're always trying to teach, which, in my opinion, doesn't apply to the jab.
2. It is from thinking that you might be a little bit too far so we tend to lean forward to reach.
From here what I'm teaching, what I like to teach for anybody that has the leaning forward problem, is:
In your stance you keep about 60% of your body weight on that back leg. You keep it there when you jab. When you jab with your lead foot stepping forward, don't transfer your weight from the back leg to the front leg.
Keep the weight on the back leg but jab with that length of your arm. If you feel that you're too far, you can use that front step, your lead footstep, to be a little bit wider or you can just learn how to make your way forward to your range.
This way you got that weight loaded on your strong side, your back leg to throw that too. You can follow it with the lead hook. It also keeps your head from getting into a dangerous spot when you throw that jab, which a lot of guys can get caught for when they're throwing a very loose nonchalant jab while leaning forward. It allows you to maintain that good range to be able to study and to create opportunities
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