Advanced Boxing: Training, Skills and Techniques

Rakesh Sondhi

ISBN 10: 1847972977 / ISBN 13: 9781847972972

Published by Crowood Press, 2011

About this Item

2011. Paperback. 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. Num Pages: 192 pages, 300 colour photographs. BIC Classification: WSTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 190 x 12. Weight in Grams: 546. Training, Skills and Techniques. 192 pages, 300 colour photographs. 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. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: WSTB. Dimension: 245 x 190 x 12. Weight: 550. . . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Advanced Boxing: Training, Skills and Techniques
• Publisher: Crowood Press
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1847972977
• ISBN 13: 9781847972972
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

About this title

Synopsis

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.

About the Author

Rakesh Sondhi has studied Pak Lei Hung Kung Fu and Shotokan Karate since 1976, and has been practicing and coaching boxing for the last fifteen years. Rakesh, with Tommy Thompson, has previously developed the concept of coaching boxing through the tvp framework (technique, variety and (un)-predictability). Tommy Thompson's career began in 1974. After sixty-nine fights he retired through injury. His coaching career started in 1981, and he is a senior ABA coach. Tommy is one of the most highly regarded boxing coaches in the UK.