Hey Conor- Thank you for watching and appreciate the kind words. Congrats on your start in the sport and hope you have a fruitful training career. Drop by if you are ever in the neighborhood- Best wishes!

Hey Seedem- Thanks for watching and appreciate the comment. I would agree with your coach that the switch kick is a bit more intermediate technique but that doesn't mean you cant watch this video and practice it on the bag and see if you can apply it in sparring. Let me know how it goes and thanks again for watching!

Switch kicks are definitely a beginner move. I teach them on day 1.

In honesty i would have to watch what the technique looks like to give an honest assessment. I tend to avoid anything that compromises one's stance. If you are throwing a switch kick and hopping back to stance that means there is an instance of one's feet being close together thus compromising the integrity of ones base. the other side of that is how much range do you have between you and your partner. sounds like you are able to get the push kick in so that distance must be great but if you are getting smothered sounds like your range control is inconsistent. Often times if one is cutting their switch kick short to land with the lead leg forward it's to initiation a shorter range attack such as a right cross or elbow after a left kick. Hope that helps!!! Thanks for the comment and for watching!