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10 Partner drills

SEE  PROCESS INFO  REACT

With a partner, a boxer can SEE the action,
PROCESS what is going on and decide what to do,
and REACT accordingly.As training goes on, the goal is
to eliminate the PROCESS so that a boxer is continu-
ously reacting to what his eyeballs are telling him.

SEE  REACT

Obviously, it helps to have a partner. Sometimes all you
have to do is ask the guy next to you in the gym.As
you work these drills seriously, your personal boxing
style will begin to emerge. Drills should be broken
down each round to achieve a single goal.

10.1 Partner single punch drill
The single punch drill is where one boxer throws a
single punch and the other boxer defends against it
with a single defensive move. Keep your defensive
moves to only a few for each workout — say, blocks
versus all punches. Over time you’ll work more defense
into each session, but in the beginning isolate a small
number of moves and groove them.

Work all ten punches [jab (1), jab body (1B), straight
right (2), straight right body (2B), left hook (3), left
hook body (3B), right hook (4), right hook body (4B),
left uppercut (5), and right uppercut (6)] against the
appropriate defensive move or moves as described and
illustrated in Chapter 4.

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