Boxing's ten commandments : essential training for the sweet science / Alan Lachica with Doug Werner ; photography by Doug Werner.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lachica, Alan.

Contributor:

Werner, Doug, 1950-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Boxing--Training.

Boxing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (226 p.)

Place of Publication:

Chula Vista, Calif. : Tracks Pub., c2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This boxing handbook provides up-to-date, in-depth coaching for serious contenders. Weaving fundamental skills into a progression of drills that hone technique in increasingly complex, demanding, and realistic fighting situations, the handbook aids fighters in developing the reflexes of a complete boxer and teaches the move from a process-and-react mentality to one of seeing-and-reacting. Hundreds of sequential images illustrate vital steps in the progression?from proper stance, effective footwork, and range to defense and counters, the importance of angles, and creating winning stra

Contents:

Front Cover; Boxing's Ten Commandments; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Introduction 8; 1. Stance and rhythm; 2. Footwork; 3. Range; 4. Laws of punching; 5. The jab; 6. Punch mechanics for fundamental punches; 7. Defense and counters; 8. Angles; 9. Putting it all together; 10. Making a plan; Resources; Index; More great boxing books from Tracks; Author / Coach; Back Cover

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-884654-55-X

OCLC:

465215502