head movement and footwork

[Scrap]

Speedballs, are a useless bit of Kit. If you want speed, train with your eyes shut. Eyes is the sense that slows you down.

[Andre]

Hey Scrap we like to chat about body memory and how fast it evolves etc.
I dropped a block of stone onto my large big toe and broke the fukker a year or so ago (yeah the stone broke too.)
The nail eventually grew back on that toe but is at least 3 times thicker than the other big toe nail its more protected than any of them now!
The body is great ,
(but its still a twit if it thinks Im making that mistake again).

[Andre]

Speedballs, are a useless bit of Kit. If you want speed, train with your eyes shut. Eyes is the sense that slows you down.

Or the wall you bump into .

[leonisABC]

Scrap thats an interesting point. Can you explain why the eyes slow you down? Not heard that before

[Salty]

Scrap thats an interesting point. Can you explain why the eyes slow you down? Not heard that before

Have you ever seen a beginner trying to use a speed ball? They are all tense and they try to hit it by watching the swing rather than timing it. If you rely on watching punches coming to you rather than timing and preempting their arrival, your going to have a face full of leather more often than not. Your brain takes till to decode what you see, then to make a decision on what to do once it acknowledges a fist coming toward your face. It's why bob and weaving can be effective as people punch to where they last saw your head, rather than where your head is going to be.

[Trainer Monkey]

Scrap thats an interesting point. Can you explain why the eyes slow you down? Not heard that before

Have you ever seen a beginner trying to use a speed ball? They are all tense and they try to hit it by watching the swing rather than timing it. If you rely on watching punches coming to you rather than timing and preempting their arrival, your going to have a face full of leather more often than not. Your brain takes till to decode what you see, then to make a decision on what to do once it acknowledges a fist coming toward your face. It's why bob and weaving can be effective as people punch to where they last saw your head, rather than where your head is going to be.

I have to guess you mean the double end bag,I usually teach,swing to where its going,not where it is

[Sharla]

It's also got something to do with balance and prioreception too doesn't it Scrap?

Most people having a dominant eye which will favour one side over the other and interfere with your efficiency of movement and over the long term contribute to you leaning more one way than the other, tightening up muscles and straining some muscles more than others.

[leggy]

i got a 4 way ab strech looks quite good got it today

problem is our gym havent got that equipment ? it looks really good tho

[Scrap]

Eyes see the past not the Now. of all the defence systems we have its the slowest to register.

[sourpuss]

So are you just supposed to shadow box with your eyes closed?

[Scrap]

Try it, it will make you understand your Balance better, plus you will feel what you are doing wrong Magic.