What's the point of mitt drills?

Why have all of the replies I made today on threads been deleted?

 

Pad work or mitts isfor combination work making angles and above all for correction purposes when you have the trainer right in front of you when your throwing shots he can see everything that needs to be changed
I.e footwork angle of punch etc... it plays a pivotal part in training as it can be used for slow correction purposes or a fast workout drill and boxers love to hit the pads as they represent a smaller target and everything that gives a fighter confidence has to be good!!!

 

Totally agree these on here i wouldnt trust training a dog to sit these so called trainers just dont have a clue pad work is for correction when you simulate a fight you can work on anything on the pads as long as the trainer has a good fight experience himself if the trainer doesnt have experience he shouldnt be on the pads and just have his boxers on the heavy bag as it sounds like they think thats all a boxer needs. We dont use heavy bags there is no movement from the boxer and no movement means a sore face!!

 

Seems like you don't know how to use the bags properly, the bag is not still it swings like a pedulum, a moving target presents itself, foot work can be practised very easily, stepping out of range and moving in behind punches, all down to your imagination; even slipping punches and countering can be practised on the bags!

 

Agreed! Plus by bag work micro-fractures in knuckles allowing for full force punching.

 

All the points youve brought up to why you like using mitts could still be just as well and i suppose could be argued better,,achieved on bags.

 

in answer to T.Starter.
The point is pads are a tool we use. The same objectives can be achieved in other ways though.
Of course this is all considering correct use.
If trainers find that padwork achieves the objectives. Then use the pads.. if it doesnt then use another tool.

 

A trainer could also watch you do this on bags.

 

Move with the bag or break an elbow on a misplaced punch! Pads don't correct or create new movement. What the pads do is give a false sense of entitlement against a superior puncher including teaching the fighter to fight off the front and squaring up inorder to get the right cross/uppercut behind the jab even worse pads develop and foster poor elbow placement & lifting the elbows. Notice that most have the elbows sticking out? Oscar de la Hoya was ko'd by ol' man Hopkins with a body shot.

Try to develop this using the pads!:bart https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ApQlzehYyfo

 

What your describing isn't a result of the pads themself, it is the failed implementation of the pads. You can holds the mitts improperly and teach someone the wrong areas or ways to punch but that can be almost true with any sort of training equipment. ****... a chicken is good training equipment if you use it right. :rofl:rofl

 

All work together for the ultimate goal of training someone to box. All have their benefits and short comings. The main difference with mitts are the personal interactions between boxer and trainer. The boxers I train spend the bulk of their training on double end and teardrop bags. I feel proper training on those will make a good boxer great. That is my preference and I have seen success with it. However, I do not rule out anything else that can help. I think people are overthinking this. Boxing is a science but it is not rocket science.

 

Thats the correct attitude mate.
Where theres a will theres a way.
2 trainers of equal ability
1.uses pads 2.uses bags theyre both coaching there boxer. One way isnt better than the other.
Will is key.

 

Thats where you are wrong, boxing is more complicated than rocket science! You are dealing with arguably the most complex organism in the universe , **** sapiens!
and believe me you are in the realms of quantum mechanics!

 

Hush, Hush...now go turn pro somewhere over there.