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Why You Suck at Boxing: Identify and Correct Common Boxing Mistakes
How to Stop Repeating Mistakes in Boxing Training
‘A Two-Step Process for Breaking Bad Boxing Habits and Improving Boxing Performance’
According to Andrew Hudson, a boxing coach and author, the only thing worse than repeating the same mistake over and over, is having no awareness of your errors. Technical mistakes in boxing are often hard to identify and quickly form into bad habits, causing issues down the
Your punches become weak You pick up more injuriesYou fatigue quicklyYou lose motivation Boxing is a skill many dedicate many hours of practice for many benefits, it’s a discipline that rewards the occupant with great technical ability, boosted self-esteem, and improved fitness. However, when performance in training starts to dip and progression becomes slow, all the hours spent practicing, feel wasted - it’s a frustrating process.
Hudson, having made every single mistake possible, has placed together all the common boxing mistakes in this guide. Ranging from technical errors and incorrect beliefs, he has split this guide into 2 steps that anybody can follow to overcome their errors.
Step 1 - Mistake Identification
The worst mistakes are the ones that go unnoticed. This guide provides a comprehensive list of common mistakes, from improper footwork to telegraphed punches, ensuring you recognize and understand them. Each mistake is dissected in detail, this knowledge points out why the faults in technique cause issues and provides the correct technique shortly after for comparison.
Understand Mistake -> Avoid Mistake -> Improved Performance
Step 2 - Corrective Techniques
Alongside each mistake are the appropriate practical tips, drills, and exercises designed to address and rectify each mistake. These step-by-step solutions are easy to follow and can be integrated into your training regimen. Furthermore, Hudson provides psychological advice to help reprogram your brain to ensure further success with developing the correct technique. Hudson has seen great results from his students who built habits of applying these corrective techniques to their training routine.
Address Mistake -> Practice Corrective Technique -> Improved Performance
Whether you're an aspiring amateur or a seasoned pro, this book will help you identify and rectify errors that may be holding you back from achieving your full potential as a boxer. With the knowledge and guidance within these pages, you'll be better equipped to step into the ring with confidence, skill, and the ability to outperform your opponents. Click ‘Add to Cart’ to stop sucking at boxing!
‘A Two-Step Process for Breaking Bad Boxing Habits and Improving Boxing Performance’
According to Andrew Hudson, a boxing coach and author, the only thing worse than repeating the same mistake over and over, is having no awareness of your errors. Technical mistakes in boxing are often hard to identify and quickly form into bad habits, causing issues down the
Your punches become weak You pick up more injuriesYou fatigue quicklyYou lose motivation Boxing is a skill many dedicate many hours of practice for many benefits, it’s a discipline that rewards the occupant with great technical ability, boosted self-esteem, and improved fitness. However, when performance in training starts to dip and progression becomes slow, all the hours spent practicing, feel wasted - it’s a frustrating process.
Hudson, having made every single mistake possible, has placed together all the common boxing mistakes in this guide. Ranging from technical errors and incorrect beliefs, he has split this guide into 2 steps that anybody can follow to overcome their errors.
Step 1 - Mistake Identification
The worst mistakes are the ones that go unnoticed. This guide provides a comprehensive list of common mistakes, from improper footwork to telegraphed punches, ensuring you recognize and understand them. Each mistake is dissected in detail, this knowledge points out why the faults in technique cause issues and provides the correct technique shortly after for comparison.
Understand Mistake -> Avoid Mistake -> Improved Performance
Step 2 - Corrective Techniques
Alongside each mistake are the appropriate practical tips, drills, and exercises designed to address and rectify each mistake. These step-by-step solutions are easy to follow and can be integrated into your training regimen. Furthermore, Hudson provides psychological advice to help reprogram your brain to ensure further success with developing the correct technique. Hudson has seen great results from his students who built habits of applying these corrective techniques to their training routine.
Address Mistake -> Practice Corrective Technique -> Improved Performance
Whether you're an aspiring amateur or a seasoned pro, this book will help you identify and rectify errors that may be holding you back from achieving your full potential as a boxer. With the knowledge and guidance within these pages, you'll be better equipped to step into the ring with confidence, skill, and the ability to outperform your opponents. Click ‘Add to Cart’ to stop sucking at boxing!
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Published October 29, 2022
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July 1, 2023
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
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
November 27, 2023
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.
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.
February 13, 2024
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.
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.
May 15, 2025
Great start for beginner boxers. It would get 5 stars if it included visual aids.
January 9, 2026
Punches stun you, knock you off balance, and may even knock you out, but none of that actually hurts more than the lactic acid flooding your muscles while every breath burns like fire in your lungs.
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