Boxing Basics: The Techniques and Knowledge Needed to Excel in the Sport of Boxing

The Techniques and Knowledge Needed to Excel in the Sport of Boxing

The illustrations, explanations, and techniques presented in Boxing Basics provide everything needed to excel in the sport of boxing. Easy to follow explanations and illustrations introduce the reader to the sport by providing information on training equipment, types of boxing gyms, and how to get into fighting shape. The bulk of this boxing text is devoted to providing progressive steps in the learning of the sport of boxing. It begins by presenting the primary elements of boxing and ranges to advanced skills. The Instant Reference Guide is a special feature designed for busy persons. It provides fast-track references to the important points in every chapter. This publication can be used as a how-to reference guide for trainers as well as beginners.

"Some books just show you how to box, others just tell you. Still others do a little of both. With Boxing Basics, Professor Gotay becomes your personal trainer, teaching you step by step how to box. This is the most definitive ¿how to¿ boxing book I have ever seen."
- Randy Gordon, Former Editor-in-Chief of Ring Magazine;
Boxing Analyst for ESPN, USA Network, and the MSG Network;
and Chairman of the New York State Athletic Commission.
Presently the host of Fight Club, the popular Sirius Radio boxing talk show.

During my formative years in the military, followed by a police career which included teaching boxing and self-defense to thousands of police officers, and later as a college physical education professor, I found that the most important thing that an instructor can pass on to a student is a solid foundation based on the building blocks or the fundamentals of a particular discipline. In this case, we are talking about boxing as a sport and as a mode of self-defense. Training in boxing fits into the natural character of anyone who desires to be in great physical condition and to feel confidant in their personal physical ability. Using the hands and fists is the most rapid means of self-defense and can be readily applied almost anytime and anywhere. The hands are always ready to move. An extensive warm-up is nice but is not necessary before the application of defensive and offensive moves in gym and in real-life street situations.

Many are the stories of youngsters who have turned their lives around after getting involved in boxing. The discipline required to become proficient in the sport can only be maintained by living healthy and training hard. This same dedication can be channeled into every other activity in life. The strongest and most able fighters are also the politest people that you can meet. They know what they can do and they don't have to flaunt it. Many great coaches and volunteers in amateur boxing are dedicated to developing the character, as well as the bodies of their athletes.

This book is about the most important thing in this sport of boxing or in any other sport. It is about basics. The book can serve as a training manual for both athletes and for trainers. It starts with equipment, physical training, goes to the primary punches, and then gets more detailed with many how-to pictures of combinations and counters. Traditional training and learning in boxing has been done without reference manuals. Most boxing books are anecdotal or biographical. Not Boxing Basics. This book is a how-to manual for athletes and trainers that can help in speeding up the learning process that transpires between an athlete-boxer and his or her trainer.