#’s Drill The numbers drill is a responsive drill where your partner is calling all the shots for you by using #'s with other basic commands. The Partner holding pads or steadying the bag will call out these commands or #"s. This is just an example. You can use any combo’s. This drill can become very personalized when you pick different combos you like to practice and put names to them so that your partners learn the drills you like. For instance, we could call the drill below the “Basic Drill”, the “Boxing Drill” or if you want the “Banana Drill”. It doesn’t matter. Than you could have a different name for another combination. 1= Jab 2= Jab, Punch 3= Jab, Punch, Hook 4= Jab, Punch, Hook, Punch 5= Jab, Punch, Hook, Punch, Upper Cut 10= 10 Straight Strikes 10 knees= Thai Clinch 10 knees # * # Ex : 2*3 = Jab, Punch - Pause - Jab, Punch, Hook # * # Reverse Ex : 2 * 3 = Jab, Punch - Pause - Hook, Punch, Jab #’s with Knees, Kicks, Sprawls, Flying Knees, Superman Punch, Clinching... You can add just about any thing to the # commands in the #’s drill. Ex: 2 * Knee = Jab, Punch - opposite Knee Or 3 * Sprawl = Jab, Punch, Hook - Sprawl # * # * Knee, Kick, Sprawl .... Ex : 1 * 3 * Kick = Jab -Pause- Jab, Punch, Hook - Opposite Round Kick
The Random Drill The random drill is also a responsive pad or bag drill where your partner is just calling out random techniques for you to drill. The goal would be to build solid combos, defense and reactions with your partner. The commands would just be the techniques by name. Ex: Jab, Punch, Cover, Punch, Hook Ex: Punch, Hook, Upper Cut, Jab, Punch, Sprawl and Kick You can use a lot of the commands used in the #’s drill for the random drill as well.
Self Coaching Drill In the self coaching drill, you would tell the pad holder what combos you wish to work on and drill them. This is a good drill because it allows you to focus on the specific things you want to improve on and or the things that work well for you. This is a very good time to focus on the combos that seem to work well for you when sparring. We all eventually get good doing combos on the pads but it is a bit different when we spar. When you spar you begin to see which combinations work best with your reach and abilities. These combinations should be practiced a lot. I always say that there are two things you should practice all the time, your best moves and your worst moves. If you practice these two things you will always have something strong to work with and your weak areas will always vary. These are just a few drills to help you develop when practicing with pads or on a bag. You can make up new commands and drills as you become more comfortable and knowledgeable as a fighter.
More Stand-Up Drills There are endless stand-up drills you can do. Here are a few drills to help get your mind on the right track. There are offensive drills, defense drills and combo drills (offense,defense). You can also break the drills into Hands drills (Just Hands, Elbows), Kicking Drills (Kicks, Knees) or both. Another way to drill is to focus on levels. For instance you can drill body shots only, leg attacks only.... Using these Keys you can come up with many drills. Here are some drill ideas:
Counter Strikes = Have your partner work a specific technique or combo that you want to work counters to. Ex: Your partner only throws jabs and you practice slipping, catching, countering...The Jab. Take it slow and go easy so you can experiment with different movements. You could do the same with a hook or a kick or whatever. Your focus is learning to defend the attack and discover the most efficient counters.
Pressure Drill = One partner gives forward pressure to the other while they cut angles and use good footwork to stay away and counter. The partner pressing forward could be pretending to take shots and clinch but not strike. Just press forward and let your partner do the striking.
Body Box = Use just hands to box with your partner and only go for the body. Since this is only a body drill, it can be done with a little more intensity in order to get used to the pace of a boxing match.
Tip Tap Sparring = This is a very light sparring drill. Your just going to spar without pads very soft with little contact. It is almost like your shadow boxing in front of your partner so you can be very target and defense oriented but not get beat up. Great warm up drill!
Thai Clinch Drill = In this drill your primary goal is to practice getting the Thai Clinch. One partner at a time will focus on getting a Thai Clinch while doing the tip tap drill. You should get the Thai Clinch many times during the tip tap sparring and throw a few knees each time.
Offense/Defense = One partner works a stand up combo while the other works the defense to that combo. Go back and forth and build on your combo’s. This is a soft drill. Your just working target placement and proper defense.
Kick Sparring = Spar using only kicks.
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