Could anyone explan to me the benifits of working the floor to ceiling ball. I'm fairly new to boxing but have been training at a gym for some time and started sparring again recently (what with the new season starting). However, I'm struggle to time any shots effectivley and read my opponent. I realise more sparring will help with this but will learning how to this piece of equiptment help me with my timing? Also some advice/videos on how to use the floor to ceiling ball effectivley would be appriciated and/or any other drills to improve my timing.
You struggle to time your shots, try the floor to ceiling bag and then see if you can time your shots on that. It really helps your timing, co-ordination etc That **** ain't easy. Check out Roy from 3.16 [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRykf-5Zo8[/ame]
It will help you with rhythm and timing. Try circling the bag, jabbing it, keeping the bag at the end of your reach. Mix up the jabs with double triples. From there move to the jab+cross+move. Eventually, work in some slips, hooks, feints. Its my favorite thing to do in the gym aside from the mitts. Here is a link to a related thread I started here a few months back that has some good advice. http://www.eastsideboxing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=224947 Good luck!
Double end bags are one of the most useful pieces of equipment in the gym. Work out on the bag like you would with the heavy bag (footwork, pivoting, jabs, combinations) - except use the bounce of the bag to practice parrying, head movement, slipping and ducking. Practice countering off a slip or off a duck and timing the bag properly so you can land solid combinations, then jab out in a circle turning over your fists and landing solid jabs. Basically stay loose, think about always hunting the bag while remaining elusive.
