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Boxing · Basic · b6

Slip, duck and step aside

At home 10 min 1 player One room, park

Ready when: Stance and footwork (b1) done.

Start a session

What you are learning

Three ways to avoid a punch without blocking it: the slip (a small turn and bend that moves the head off the line), the duck (bending the knees, not the waist) and the step aside. Practised alone at the air; nobody swings anything at the child.

Words on this card Guard, Slip, Duck, Round
Guard
The ready stance: feet apart, one foot a little ahead, knees soft, hands up by the chin.
Slip
A small turn and bend that moves the head to one side, out of the way of a punch.
Duck
Bending the knees to go under a punch, back straight, eyes forward.
Round
A set time of boxing, followed by a rest.

Set up

An empty floor; a mirror if available.

Weather: any weather indoors

The base setup for boxing

Show it first for the one teaching

  1. Take the guard stance.
  2. Slip: turn the shoulders a little and bend slightly at the knees so the head moves a hand's width to one side, then back.
  3. Duck: bend the knees, back straight, eyes forward, then rise.
  4. Step aside: the foot on that side steps out and the other follows.

Your part while they practise

Call the moves; never swing anything at the child's head.

Step by step

  1. In the guard: 10 slips, left and right.
  2. 10 ducks.
  3. 10 steps aside, left and right.
  4. Back to the guard after every move.

How much: 10 of each move, 3 rounds 10 min a session 2 days a week

Say one thing Pick one line from "What you will see" for today and say only that.

The game: Call and move

You call "left", "right", "duck" or "step"; a point for the right move done within a second, back in the guard.

Who plays: the child, with you calling; then swap.

How to play, turn by turn
Turns
  1. The child stands in the guard
  2. Call a move
  3. The child does it and is back in the guard before you can say "one"
  4. 20 calls
Fair play
A younger child gets two seconds.
Points
1 point for each right move, back in the guard within a second.
Fouls
No point for that call
  • Bending at the waist
  • The hands drop
  • The wrong move
  • Too slow
Winning
More points after 20 calls each.
Stars
  1. 10 points for 1 star
  2. 14 points for 2 stars
  3. 18 points for 3 stars

Easier or harder

Easier

Slow calls.

Harder

Add a straight punch at the air after each move.

What you will see, and what to say

  • the child bends at the waist Bend the knees, eyes upDown and up like a lift; the back stays straight.
  • the body leans before the feet move Feet go firstStep, then the body follows.
  • the hands drop Hands at the cheeksThe guard stays up in every move.

Self-check

8of 10

8 of 10 calls answered with the right move and the guard up.

Stop and get a coach when

Neck or back pain.

Fitness for this

Warm up first: how to warm up, at workonfitness.com. For strength and stretching, its exercise library shows each exercise step by step, with an easier version.

This card trains slips, evasive steps, reaction.

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