Ive recently had some friends of mine in the gym basically tee-off on me for a round. The purpose would be learning to "weather the storm" so to speak, physically and mentally, to replicate a brawler type going nuts right at the bell. Now, the drill is essentially me defending a guy throwing everything he got for 3 minutes. Does anyone else practice this way, or do you think its too dangerous, in case of getting clipped by something? I found it to be beneficial, but I dunno if its a wise move...
I do the same drill, but only with Noobs. And they have to lay off at the start, let you learn how to move back, parry, clinch, or whatever. Don't do this with guys who are good or great, at least for the first few months.
i used to do stuff like that,christ when i first started boxing and needed to get used to taking a punch i would just drop the hands and let my sparring partner leather me lol
I was also planning on doing something similar when i get back training. Condition sparring where your partner's job is to swarm you and try and trap you on the ropes. Your job is to not go backwards in a straight line or if you get caught on the ropes, slip and block as many punches as you can. I think it could be very beneficial being trapped on the ropes and taking a load of punches. I'm sure mayweather makes sure he gets caught on the ropes in sparring to practice his defence.
Used to do this drill. Trainer would back me in a corner and tee off and the idea was to get comfortable with getting hit, and learn to manage an opponent's attack. I think it's a great drill.
great drill for defense, elusiveness. I do this drill often and have got good results. When all you are focusing on is defending yourself...you can really focus on that and be quite hard to hit :good
As long as your partner knows you're doing the drill in order to do work and learn, and not so that you can serve as a human PSI indicator, it's a great drill.
Defence is never worked on or trained enough I feel. When I go back to sparring if I have had time out I spend a lot of time just learning to move, block and generally role with the shots again. Build up the footwork and countering then start working offence. The key thing with this is you can't just defend blindly, you must always be focused and actively defending.
We do this also, but not for an entire round, usually 15-60 seconds and then we switch. We sometimes also work on specific combinations or techniques.