Thursday, December 3, 2009
THE BOXING GYM
THE CLASSROOM - THE BOXING GYM
(photo 1 - Victoria Athletic Association -photo
by Dorothy Godbold Zelley).
There are no perfect places to learn the lessons - how to move, how to skip, how to hit the punching bag.
or stand in line for a photo-op. But, the gym will provide the chemistry for the tests and trials of the
learning process.
Learning the basics requires a boxing tool kit of ropes, bags gloves and bodies.
The skipping rope: An important tool from the boxing tool kit will be a great way to get fit and learn to
train the feet to prepare the trainee for journey of movement in and out of the ring.
Shadow boxing - the art of shadow boxing is a multi-purpose technique that will help the trainee get into
fighting shape, but also a learning process to practice moves from the basic jab to swift combinations,
When done in-front of a mirror, it is the perfect place to study the moves and consider improvements
in you style and stance.
Coaching in the gym or in the living room:
* It is important to be at eye level to be effective.
THE JOURNEY
THE BEGINNING - THE BOXER
From the novice trainee to the professional boxing champion, they all have a story to write and tell,
but the real journey begins in the boxing classroom - THE BOXING GYM.
Take any gym and the basic tools are the same = the ring or make-do ring with a roped square,
the speed bags and punching bags, skipping ropes and gloves, and an assorted mixture of
trainees and trainers performing and perfecting in a dusty old cramped gym with low lights or
the modern conveniences of a brightly lit academy with all the bells and whistles.
So, for the newly signed trainee, this is the beginning of your journey, but there are no
road maps that will predict where you are going - it is a wide open road with many paths.
But, at the end of the night, each individual trainee will have to determine what is right.
Others will be there, along the many paths, to show you the way and turn on the lights,
but it will require patience, enthusiasm, dedication and determination to travel down
the winding paths as each minute of toil and training will carry you forward to that
unknown destination. Enjoy the ride, but stop often and measure your performance.
THE BOXING BEAT - THE TRAINER-COACH
THE TRAINER - By Brian Zelley
Looking through the pages of boxing history reveals a wide variety of coaches and trainers with different experience
and techniques. One important first step for the trainer is to have a broad base of understanding of boxing history
and experience in the sport of boxing from the ground up.
Of course an understanding of the history and experience in the sport is no guarantee that the would be trainer
will be effective. Effectiveness will be determined by the abilty of the coach to demonstrate the skills on a
verbal basis and a visual basis, and a combined verbal and visual basis. For instance, it is necessary to point out
a procedure on a physical basis by demonstrating the point, communicating the procedure to the trainee,
explaining the reasons for the procedure, and watching the trainee execute the procedure. Then the trainer should
analyze the results and show and communicate to the trainee the correct procedure.
BOXING BASICS:
There is no rush, each trainee will learn the basics on a graduated level, and it must start with the basics of stance,
foot and body movement, the basic straight left, straight right, and basic boxing defensive skill of blocking.
Over time the other basic punches can be taught and other defensive skills can be added to the boxing tool kit.
THE LEFT JAB
Often considered the lead punch or the measurement tool for measuring distance before executing other punches.
The left is a multi-purpose tool that can be used as an offensive weapon or a defensive tactic.
As a rule it is important to be able the jab as a single , double or three at a time to add the element of surprise.
An important issue is the left jab should not be punched at the target but through the target. However,
some left jabs are used to probe the defensive abilities of the opponent and do not have to be executed with power,
but speed still is an important issue.
An important defensive step is to close a series of combinations with the safety left jab which allows the boxer to return to
to the proper stance position.
For variation, it is also important to target the body for some left jabs, it enables one also to see how the oponents
defense is.
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