Fancy footwork and quick hands are two of the first qualities most trainers would utter if asked for qualities that make up a great boxer. While power and strength make great boxers better, it will mean very little if the boxer is not agile enough to avoid punches or have quick enough hands to land a powerful punch themselves.
To better prepare themselves for a fight, boxers should undergo several footwork drills that combine agility techniques with boxing motions. One of the most popular fitness drills is known as rope ducking. Rope ducking is where a boxer simulates punching an opponent while ducking back and forth under a rope that is around shoulder height. The boxer must be agile enough to move back and forth, front and backwards without stumbling and have quick enough hands to shadow box simultaneously. The eyes should remain up at all times, as if focused on a potential opponent and punches should be thrown in various combinations as if the fight were actually happening.
When rope ducking a boxer generally
doesn’t wear professional boxing gloves (unless for resistance reasons) but instead wears hand wraps. Hand wraps keep the hands snug and secure, with a similar feeling as gloves but without the added weight or padding. Using hand wraps allow a boxer to rope duck quicker and more efficiently, which is what training is all about.
To improve upon both agility and hand quickness a boxer should rope duck several rounds (two to three minutes a piece).
by: Cheap Boxing
