I resurrect this thread as I have a hard time going regularly to boxing classes because of work and will now meet with annother more experienced boxer once a week so we practice light sparring and pad work. So before opening a new thread I searched for old ones
As I have never done that before maybe you have some more tipps.
Until now my summary is:
-Treat padwork like sparring. That means control your distance and timing. Keep in mind this is an opponent who wants to punch back.
holding the pads:
- close to the body to simulate head aiming.
-left jab to the padholders left. Right cross to padholders right.
-give resistance but not move into the punch with your arm as this messes with the timing and feedback.
-if not punching, hold the pads down to your legs to give clear indication when to strike.
-always hold the pads with a clear intention of what you want. Not just waving pads in front the others face.
-glove should always face the pad square
the different punches:
uppercuts: hold pad lower in front of body with a slight angle inwards
hook: hold in front of body inward 90°
jab/cross: keep pads close to the head
body hook: inverted position against body with left hand punch against right hand pad
tips:
- touch his guard after combo / punch to keep his hands up
- frome time to time reach out to him straight to give him a sense of distance
- no fast straight countermovement to the head with pads
- including footwork in a) pressing b) retreating c) keeping place while being mobile
Progression:
1) single punches
2) single punches with defense
3) basic combos w/without defense 1-2, 1-1-2, 2-1-2, 1-2-3
4) combo including rolling like 1-2 roll 4 or 1-2-3 roll 3
5) changing all up with having basically a slow sparring fight with punches and combos
Questions:
- have read some prefer single straight strikes always on the rear pad no matter 1 or 2 to simulate that you want to punch behind the lead hand. Any truth to that?
- Any tipps / mistakes I made you might add?
Hope this helps some others.
I recently found Freddy Roachs intructionals on YT and really like his approach.
Here is one video he did regarding that: