Why You Suck at Boxing: The Most Common Mistakes Made by Beginners in Boxing and How to Avoid Them

by Andrew Hudson

You Suck at Boxing - Use this Boxing Training Guide to Discover Your Errors and How to Quickly Correct Them. Making mistakes in boxing training is a frustrating and painful process. We need to make mistakes to learn and improve, however when you keep trying but you can’t feel any improvement that's where serious problems start to show. Errors are very easy to make and hard to identify, therefore there is a high chance that you are currently developing bad boxing habits without knowing. Once these mistakes become muscle memory, they can take months to fix and can ruin your chance of making solid progress with your boxing ability. My name’s Andrew Hudson, a boxing coach who was once in your position many years ago, I am very aware of the common mistakes that beginners make because I have made them hundreds of times myself. These mostly come from your stance and footwork, causing you to This guide is here to help you in many ways. First, you will discover all of the common boxing mistakes so that can either avoid making them or work out if you make them. Second, you will find information on why the small errors in your mindset, techniques and movements cause you to to an easy opponent. Finally, you will find advice and many drills you can practice to iron out the mistakes to improve your boxing ability. Even if you use boxing just for fitness, it is still important you don't make consistent errors because training with bad form can cause injury over time. Also in this guide, you’ll You could be blindly forming bad boxing habits that will take much longer to fix than it would take for you to click, “Add to Cart''. So, save yourself the headache and stop sucking at boxing!

178 pages, Hardcover

Published November 1, 2022

Reviews

[B. M · Rating 5 out of 5]

For Boxing lovers

If you recently started boxing or you are planning on doing it, this can make a great companion for your boxing journey, particularly at the beginning when we are more likely to make mistakes

[Joseph Hirsch · Rating 4 out of 5]

Anyone who’s tried to box has learned quickly that it is much more than fighting. We all have an innate ability to fight, due to instinct, and from the outside looking in, boxing just looks like fighting. Go to a dedicated boxing gym, though, and get schooled on even the basics by a trained professional, and you’ll quickly be disabused of that notion.
You not only have to be taught many things that feel initially counterintuitive—not flinching at incoming blows, for instance, or remaining up on the balls of your feet. You have to drill these things repeatedly, until they become second nature. And in between the drills you have to do other exercises, and make other great personal sacrifices (in diet, in free time) to get anywhere in the sport.
Why You Suck At Boxing, despite its blustery title, is a book that lays out in clear fashion how to go from absolute novice to a beginner boxer. No book can teach you everything you need to know about boxing, or how to develop the habits necessary to thrive in the sport. But Why You Suck is probably the best place to start your journey.
“Fights,” as the old saying goes, “are won or lost in the gym.” Habits acquired in training—good or bad—manifest themselves later on in the ring. Start out doing things the right way and you won’t have as many mistakes to correct further down the line. Make enough mistakes that go uncorrected and they’ll get “baked into the cake.” Initially opponents may not capitalize on your mistakes, but as you progress and the competition stiffens, they will spot your weakness like leaks in a sieve.
Still, you’re going to make mistakes, and find yourself getting discouraged by your initial lack of progress. The author has some good advice for those days where you feel discouraged, too, borrowing wisdom from everyone from the Greek ancients to the Italian Stallion.
If I have any critique, it’s that there aren’t enough images or illustrations to help the reader/neophyte boxer envision what the author is talking about. He provides links online, and you can of course go to YouTube to see demonstrations (both good and bad) of everything related to Fistiana. But when I buy a book (even one on kindle), it should be mostly self-contained, not a list of internet sites. Recommended, though, regardless of being docked one point for hitting on the break.

[Ugochukwu Uche · Rating 5 out of 5]

Educational

I found this book to be educational and enlightening. It takes a lot of courage to step in to the square roped ring to face an opponent. Ultimately, boxing is a humbling sport.

[Joseph Fleming · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great start for beginner boxers. It would get 5 stars if it included visual aids.