Thread: Training your eyes

So, i'm stopping gym training for a month in january so i can concentrate in my finals and so i've been thinking what i can do to improve my game without going to the gym(thinking outside of the box so to speak).

In that process i thought about the importance of being able to early see the punches coming when they are being thrown against you. I've researched a little and i came to stumble on the notion of dynamic visual Acuity, the ability to see and focus on moving objects as to determine their trajectory and to react quickly to said movement and it seems that it can be improved upon training.

I believe of course that many people before me have thought about this and im willing to bet that some of you train your eyes as a part of your training regiment.

Since i want to improve my defensive game and i trully believe that this could really help that improvement i would be really interest on your opinions about this and exercises that you do or have done that improved your hability to see punches coming.


Thanks in advance ( i am expecting something from you on this subject, Scrap (as in any other boxing training related question tbh))

Ping pong.

We use a thing that fires balls at our gym, you stand ten feet away and slip or parry the balls which shoot at random heights and intervals. I have never seen anyone else use it but it works pretty well. It's not that hard to dodge the balls but it is hard if you try to stay in a balanced position from which you can counter (which is the same as boxing). The balls are like hard ping pong balls.

I think a big part of defense is anticipation based on where your opponent moves his weight and how he coils or steps. Most experienced boxers can figure out what is coming from where his opponent starts. It takes a better boxer to know what is coming next, in combinations, and so on. It's like anything else, you need experience to see the patterns as they become more complex. It takes a very rare boxer to produce a punch that has anything on it without preparation. Pacquiao used to do it (I am not sure he still can) and Donaire can do it. Even so, all boxers get hit so I would focus more on pattern searching based on positions than visual acuity unless you are very advanced.

Originally Posted by Gocougars3

We use a thing that fires balls at our gym, you stand ten feet away and slip or parry the balls which shoot at random heights and intervals. I have never seen anyone else use it but it works pretty well. It's not that hard to dodge the balls but it is hard if you try to stay in a balanced position from which you can counter (which is the same as boxing). The balls are like hard ping pong balls.

I actually really like that, it sounds incredibly beneficial, but also something that you could really enjoy, and want to keep coming back to.

Originally Posted by BTF

Originally Posted by Gocougars3

We use a thing that fires balls at our gym, you stand ten feet away and slip or parry the balls which shoot at random heights and intervals. I have never seen anyone else use it but it works pretty well. It's not that hard to dodge the balls but it is hard if you try to stay in a balanced position from which you can counter (which is the same as boxing). The balls are like hard ping pong balls.

I actually really like that, it sounds incredibly beneficial, but also something that you could really enjoy, and want to keep coming back to.

You are right, the guys do come back to it. It's a little similar to this.

http://www.coolthings.com/wp-content.../09/ipong1.jpg