A Quick Word About Equipment

Since boxing involves forceful, repetitive punching, precautions must be taken to prevent damage to bones in the hand. Most trainers do not allow boxers to train and spar without hand/wrist wraps and gloves. Hand wraps are used to secure the bones in the hand, and the gloves are used to protect the hands from blunt injury, allowing boxers to throw punches with more force than if they did not utilize them. Gloves have been required in competition since the late nineteenth century, though modern boxing gloves are much heavier than those worn by early twentieth-century fighters. Prior to a bout, both boxers agree upon the weight of gloves to be used in the bout, with the understanding that lighter gloves allow heavy punchers to inflict more damage. The brand of gloves can also affect the impact of punches, so this too is usually stipulated before a bout.

Boxers practice their skills on two basic types of punching bags. A small, tear-drop-shaped "speed bag" is used to hone reflexes and repetitive punching skills, while a large cylindrical "heavy bag", filled with sand or a synthetic substitute, is used to practice power punching and body blows. In addition to these distinctive pieces of equipment, boxers also utilize more general use training equipment to build strength, speed, and agility. Common training equipment includes free weights, rowing machines, jump ropes, and medicine balls.

Headgear, required in amateur boxing and used by professionals when sparring, protects against cuts, scrapes, and swelling. It does not protect very well against concussions, since it does not sufficiently protect the brain from the jarring that occurs when the head is struck with great force. Also, most boxers aim for the chin on opponents, and the chin is usually not padded. Thus, a power punch or even a well-placed jab to the chin can inflict serious damage, even when headgear is worn.

Well ideally it’s great to have you own gym with roof to floor balls, boxing bags everywhere and a boxing ring. But really all you need when your starting is a boxing bag focus mitts, kick pads, mouth guard, bandages or raps, 12 to 16oz boxing gloves, bag mitts and a lot of space to train in. These are basic equipment used but there are many more different types of equipment out there.

Just having these items is a very good start. When using boxing bags imagine your target and punch or kick with speed and power. The boxing bag is a good tool to use for practising speed and power by moving around and punching and kicking the bag. When the bag moves away from your chase it! Sparring, combinations, practising techniques to use on the bag, if there is another person training with you, And then focus mitts and kick pads are good tool to use for speed, power and accuracy, because you need speed, power and accuracy to pin point your target. That one reason why sparring, combinations, practising techniques and speed and power punching and kicking are greatly improved by focus mitts and kick pads, The bandages or raps are to help support your wrist as well as adding protection to your fist. The 12 to 16oz boxing gloves and mouth guard are for sparring to protect you. And the bag mitts are to use during bag, pad and mitt work.