Pad work

Boxing / Popular

Hold and work the focus mitts with clean combinations.

What coaches agree on

  • The timing of your call shapes what comes back: pause before you present the mitt to load up power, quicken it for hand speed, and vary it so your boxer reacts to you instead of anticipating a fixed rhythm.
  • Pair each defensive move with a fixed set of counter punches so the response becomes automatic, starting slow until the pattern is grooved before building up speed and adding more counters.
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  • Keep the mitts close together and within your own shoulder width, tightening up even more for inside combinations, so your fighter can extend and rotate naturally.
  • Build the drill like a real exchange: throw the attack yourself, let your boxer defend it, then counter. That's what makes the reflexes carry over to sparring.
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Coach's take: Really well-paced, builds complexity naturally — genuinely useful as a workout.

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