Conditioned/ Assignment Sparring drills

I have a good one which although I've only ever done it once I feel it was very helpful. Its very simple but very helpful, especially for new boxers like I was when I did it.

Basically you have one person attacking and one person defending, the person who is attacking is trying to hit the other person of course but they aren't through full force or full speed but rather just throwing fairly lightly(but not too light) and focusing on technique.

The person who is defending is moving around trying to slip, roll, block and use footwork to avoid the punches.

The most important thing is that they can see the punches coming because the purpose of the drill is so that they get used to reacting to punches and aren't just getting hit by punches they can't see.

Very basic and you've probably heard it before and it might not even apply if they are experienced boxers but It certainly helped me.

 

Well used to do 9 rounds sometime ago

> 3 of them, One attacks other defends
> Another 3, 3-5 combinations only
> Last 3, Combinations with a powershot as a finish

 

That sounds good, We do similar drills.

 

I like those drills in order to get used to punches being thrown at you, but I feel like overdoing defending only breeds bad habits - makes you used to slipping/rolling/blocking on it's own, but without at least throwing really light counters it's easy to get used to just avoiding punches but not thinking about where you end up afterwards and how to hit them back. Just my thoughts.

 

A variation of this weve done at the gym before was one guy attacking at about 60% speed focusing on technique. The guy defending was meant to counter occasionally but with body shots. The idea being that when you were tired you could rely on your defense to stop you getting hit and throw body shots back to slow them down.

 

we do very similar thing. exception is that one throws combination and when is finished, the other one can counter him and continue his combo from counter. combo is max 5 shots. point is that hands are up all time (just as awareness of both boxers), and that you get out from his range when you are finished with your combo.

when we do attack/defense when one boxer is defending whole round, many newbs can get a bad habit with their head in floor, bobing and weaving without purpuse while unable to see his opponents opening, thats why that counter is sometimes very useful