What is a Boxing Punch Shield?

Series Summary

Since the dawn of time, men have hit each other with their fists. Boxing takes that prehistoric urge for fighting and molds it into a sport in which two boxers fight each other wearing boxing gloves for a series of one- to three-minute rounds. Points are counted for each solid and legal blow, and a winner is named based on who is left standing in the ring or by who has the most points. While the boxing ring sees its share of participants' blood, boxing is sometimes called the "sweet science" because of the agility, grace and speed required of boxers. In this free series of videos, a former professional boxer explains the boxing workout benefits of a punch shield. Learn about what a boxing punch shield is, its value for workouts, safety and protection. Watch examples of punches and learn how to build speed and power. Finally, discover techniques for individual punches like the uppercut, hook, combinations and jabs. Also, watch how to get a boxer into the corner with the shield.

Video Transcript

"Okay, in this segment we're going to be talking about the punch shield and we're going to be explaining a little bit about it's usage, many varied usage, how to work out with it for speed, how to work out with it for power. There's a lot of coordination involve with it. We're going to touch on the fact that, not only does the person punching the punch shield get a good workout, but the coach or and hopefully another case, another boxer, you know, you share back and forth, he'll also get a workout because it takes a lot to hold this thing as someone else is punching it. This is very versatile. We're going to be able to work with, you know, assortment of different punches, the hooks, uppercut, you know, straight punches, combination, single punches and we're going to show you how you can actually work with up to four different boxers at one time, using just the one punch shield."