The Mentality Of A Boxer Before The Fight

By Author: Rob Pilger
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The heavy bag can be a good training tool or a lousy tool to use in your boxing training. It doesn't hit back so many fighters tend to drop their hands and get lazy with it while working it. Obviously the habits we display on the heavy bag will show up in the ring. So in this article I'm going to give you a great drill to use to stay sharp and alert.

The drill.

You'll need a training partner for this drill as they will be behind the heavy bag and they'll lunge at you with the heavy bag after you fire a combo. Typically fighters will drop their hands after ripping a combo or they'll just stand right in front of the bag. These bad habits are harder and harder to correct the more fighters perform them. This heavy bag drill is a great solution to this common problem you see in gyms everyday.

Having your training partner lunge quickly at you with the heavy bag will train you to stay alert while working on defense at the same time. When your partner lunges at you with the bag you move laterally to the side. Just as in a fight after you rip a fast combo the fighter will come right at and you'll need to move quickly ...
... to the side to avoid the counter attack, so you'll need to do this with this drill as you'll get whacked with the bag if you don't. This really allows you to up your game and workout in a way you never have with the heavy bag.

This is a great drill to fine tune your defense while working offense. Side to side movement will only improve your fighting from boxing to mma. That's how many fighters get knocked out, they make themselves easy targets while being too stationary. Use this drill so you don't become a sitting duck of the viscous return combination's of another fighter. Master how to get your punches off while at the same time briskly moving out of harms way. That's the key to solid striking!

How to perform it.

To use this heavy bag drill, as stated earlier you must have a partner stand behind the bag. Tell your training partner to lunge at you in different spurts through out the round. Have him mix it up to keep you sharp and guessing. Your partner can lunge at you with the bag after the combo and even in mid combo at times to sharpen your timing and reflexes. Three minute rounds will work great with this drill using one minute rests. Try performing 1-3 rounds.

Add this drill to your boxing training workouts and watch how it improves your defense instantly. Believe me, you won't be going through the motions and creating bad habits with this drill. You'll be striking sharp and alert.You'll also never have a boring heavy bag workout again!
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