Elastic Bands for Footwork

[Scrap]

Through feel the oral cavity, The Head, the communication centre, works with the feet and Coxxys to estabelish posture qiucker. By giving a better awareness through Feel your qiuckest sense.

[WayneFlint]

Personally i think this little trick is one of the quickest/easiest ways to improve any fighter wether it be a beginner learning the basics or an experienced fighter ironing out those creases and steps with less than good economy of movement and balance etc to find their weak points and at the same time correct them, saves repeating yourself over and over as a trainer and like scrap says through feel it will teach you good technique and without feel we would be useless numb lemmings plodding about now wouldnt we so as you could imagine feel is quite important whatever where doing , does wonders for foot speed, balance, mobility and the double jab.. tbh it would be quicker to list the things it doesnt do.. erm.. it doesnt make toast good thread god, very interested to see what others think about this one.

[gramm]

when i started boxing two years ago i tried the bands for foot work but they didnt help much. I just worked on my foot work in front of a mirror for six rounds a day. eventually i started doing it right all the time witout even thinking about it.

[Scrap]

Your technique must be wrong.

[Fran@myboxingcoach]

Your technique must be wrong.

Seems quite an assumption to make Scrap. Are you suggesting that if a boxer doesn't use elastic bands to establish a gauge for their stance that their stance must be wrong? I've known fighters who have held a wider stance (having transferred to boxing from Karate they brought elements of that stance with them) and they certainly didn't lack success because of this. My own view is that the feet should be at least shoulder width apart with a little extra if needs be (an excellent 'lay back' type of defence is widening the stance to take the upper body out of range.)

For the record, my own belief is that footwork can be mastered without the aid of elastic bands, a simple line on the floor and an understanding of the basic do's and dont's is more than adequate. Oral Cavity? Isn't this just the mouth? Coxxys? This being the tailbone? I am only a lay-person when it comes to anatomy/physiology, but I do feel sometimes that we can over-complicate what are fairly basic and fundamental concepts. Use of elastic to aid footwork must be amongst boxing's best kept secrets because this site is the only place (in the virtual world or the real world) I know where the use of elastic to aid footwork is promoted to almost fanatical levels.

[Scrap]

Fran I do assume, its 50 years of experiance that tells me Im right. Its a simple formula of feel response from the head [oral] to the thing 1" above the arse your centre of gravity the coxxys, through to the feet, which are sensative for a reason. Worked with 3 Karate world champions, they loved the idea which improved there Footwork in rapid time. As do many very good fighters who are sent to me for tweaking technique, from all over the place. Fighters for sure can aqiure good foot technique by using lines and circles or any other formula. Using elatic rubber Ive found it quickens the process and understanding of the fundamentles of Feel, which I find misunderstood by many, your primary sense of do, of the neuromuscular systems response. Anyway 38 Titles including 4 world tells me theres something to it

[Fran@myboxingcoach]

Fran I do assume, its 50 years of experiance that tells me Im right. Its a simple formula of feel response from the head [oral] to the thing 1" above the arse your centre of gravity the coxxys, through to the feet, which are sensative for a reason. Worked with 3 Karate world champions, they loved the idea which improved there Footwork in rapid time. As do many very good fighters who are sent to me for tweaking technique, from all over the place. Fighters for sure can aqiure good foot technique by using lines and circles or any other formula. Using elatic rubber Ive found it quickens the process and understanding of the fundamentles of Feel, which I find misunderstood by many, your primary sense of do, of the neuromuscular systems response. Anyway 38 Titles including 4 world tells me theres something to it

OK Scrap, so you're saying it's about the speed at which footwork can be taught and problems can be ironed. I got the impression that you were saying that if elastic bands aren't used that the footwork must be incorrect. Lost in translation I guess. I was not criticising, more observing, and I certainly didn't intend to cause offence. I have always felt that more problems are encountered with fighters narrowing their stance as opposed to widening it. Anyway, with only 32 years in the game I've got some catching up to do!

Cheers for the response Scrap

Fran