Advanced Boxing

Utilizes the research in sports science and combat sports to focus on developing various aspects of a boxer's fighting to the advanced extent. This book focuses on training a boxer to win competition fights. · An ideal reference and training guide for boxers wishing to improve competition fighting, and for coaches and trainers looking to enhance their training methods. · The focus of the book is on training a boxer to win competition fights. · Analyses important ring fight strategies and covers sparring techniqes in detail. · Superbly illustrated with over 300 step-by-step colour photographs.· Rakesh Sondhi and Tommy Thompson are acknowleged expert practitioners and coaches in boxing. Advanced Boxing utilizes the latest research in sports science and combat sports to focus on developing every aspect of a boxer's fighting to the most advanced extent. The focus of the book is on training a boxer to win competition fights. Sondhi and Thompson review the basics of boxing in order to provide the tools to begin an advanced boxing programme, focusing on specific development goals. They outline the best contemporary training methods, concentrating on yielding the most effective outcomes for the training boxer. Topics covered include: a 12-month training plan for considerably advancing a boxer's development; useful tips, lists and tables to help organize a training programme, and to maximize training effectiveness; the vitally important aspects of psychology, physiology, nutrition and coaching in a boxer's development; contemporary training methods based on the latest sports science thinking, and outlines new techniques for pad-holding, and finally, it focuses on turning a boxer into a winning athlete.