Hook (boxing)

The hook is the beat, which is one of the most frequent beatings at the pit in the half-distance. Here, the arm out of the coverage is possible without warning, with a light upper body tilt to the side, lifted. After this preparatory movement of the blow is.

Hooks can be set with jab or punch hand (left or right ( sideways ) hook ). If the uppercut ( uppercut ) meant this is explicitly so designated. A vibrator, however, is a particularly long hook by an arcuate movement ( swing ) of the hand is being prepared, which will increase its intensity.

Basic execution

Ideally, this should the elbows are held at shoulder height and have its pivot through an angle of 110 degrees, so that the overall body weight of the shock ends behind the " lance " forearm sits. The impact depends much from the arm or shoulder, but is caused by the Entwringung the upper body combined with the stretching of the supporting leg of the boxer.

The hook is especially suitable as a knockout blow, as it comes from the side and thus get to the guard of the past and the knockout points can make the chin and temple. The hook may also be smitten to the body, where it is particularly effective in evasive maneuvers such as the sub- oscillation of an opponent's strike and a counter- ligand Boxer allows the opponent to take the air for his attack ( blow to the solar plexus) or to make it even incapacitating ( liver hook ).

In the long distance the capabilities of the hook are limited, it is best as a " transducer " is used (this is in favor of the reach of the 110 -degree angle of the elbow increases ) or as eingesprungener hook ( the boxer strikes the hook of a fast forward movement, which resembles the Stemmschritt ). The latter can have enormous power but is also easy auszukontern.