https://www.myboxingcoach.com - Using a feint to trigger an opponent is a vital aspect of successful counterpunching especially when used alongside proactive defences. Body movements, for example slips, ducks and rolls, are all proactive defences. When you combine effective triggers with this type of boxing defence you set your platform for real power punching in response. In simple terms, you execute these boxing defences with the assumption that a punch is coming. But. You load the dice by using the feint to trigger the opponent’s punch. The feint is useful because often a boxer’s reaction to an incoming punch is to throw a punch…It’s almost instinctive. Of course this is not always the case. Sometimes the opponent will try a defence…but it doesn’t matter. Maybe they will throw a punch, maybe they won’t. Point being that you still execute the defence then you launch your attack. In the video I shown you a partner boxing drill incorporating the layback, a really sweet boxing defence - used extensively in boxing and used especially effectively by Floyd Mayweather Jr. The layback builds up stored energy in your rear leg to really let rip with that right hand counter. Solid. Effective. Reliable. Build this type of boxing drill into your boxing training and you will see huge improvements. Comments below. Cheers Fran