One of the absolute best trainers ever . He’s a wizard

@gickygackers

3 жыл бұрын

Ryan Hall is the wizard

YES! Someone who can actually think in the industry.

Specificity of training is what he is talking about, if you are training to compete in one thing and you are spending majority of your training time for something else, then that becomes "junk training" because you are supposed to utilize your training time precisely in order to progress at the fastest possible rate, *at what you are competing.* For example lets say you wanna have the best boxing reflexes possible but you don't have a boxing gym to train at. So you are practicing juggling with an increasing number of balls and that will improve your reflex and coordination. However if you did have a boxing gym with a speedbag and multiple partners to train with, what you should have been doing is sparring and doing the speedbag. If you still kept juggling MOST of the time while the real training takes a backseat then that is JUNK TRAINING. Hope that made sense.

To develop footwork with a jumprope you need to do more than just jump straight up and down. There's a lot of different movements you can make: single foot (or both feet) left-to-right, front-to-back, high knee sprints, single foot doubles, etc. It's also a great warm-up if you hate running like I do.

@DexterHaven

5 жыл бұрын

Looks like you just made an outline for your own video there.

@JarkkoHelenius

Жыл бұрын

Jump rope is great, like it works lot of metrics at 8-9/10 efficiency... but then, why am I not training each of those metrics at 10/10 specific method?

I think he answered himself as to what set Ali apart from other jump ropers. He said that GSP was set apart because he is a hard worker but also smart so he works in the right direction. So Ali was also a hard worker who was smart and was more skilled at using the jump rope as a tool to supplement the training. He implied this himself in the interview, but the worker is what makes the tool.

You're a great coach Firas, and I'm one of the TRISTAR members and I know how much the coaches are giving efforts to give us all the best they can to make us better day after day and become champs, TRISTAR is the number 1 in Lebanon and proud to be one of her team.

In general, this guy is a wise man.

I reckon jump rope training just should be done at a fighter's own time (like early in the morning) instead of during gym time so he could focus on his skillwork instead

@iamLODD

4 жыл бұрын

Trollstation123 its a good warm up for 10 minutes

Diversity in your training, and find out what works best for you. I found when I first started boxing/ Muaythai skipping helped me stay lighter on my feet and find my ryrhym. Its also a great pre warm up. Maybe when you get to an elite level where you have your footwork, rythym worked out skipping might not be as necessary. I find for beginners and Intermediate it helps, because when we skip we skip on the balls of our feet rather than always staying flat footed. Dancers don't use agility ladders but we know they're great for foot work and speed. Find your own training method, otherwise if we all trained the same way we would fight the same way.

Skipping rope does not improve footwork or movement per se, therefore Firas calls it junk training. Firas is missing one key point though, in boxing you have to be on your toes and this is what jumping rope does for you. It creates a habit and more importantly conditioning for your legs, calves and feet to stay on your toes. The quality of the footwork will come from the technique you're being taught, however, the conditioning of your legs and staying on your toes, changing from to foot to foot, laterally, going forward and backward comes from skipping rope. A defensive back doesn't stay on his toes, moving left to right or in circles or back and forth. It's a completely different type of footwork. Same with a figure skater or a dancer. So you can't compare the footwork of these athletes to the footwork of boxing because if they enter a boxing ring their footwork will not translate.

@bobm3250

4 жыл бұрын

Like he said, runnin back has 1 of the best foot works and so do dancers and they dont jump rope. Jump rope is for cardio only. I used to box and my boxing coach never said that jump rope was for foot work. Non- sense. Shadow boxing is for foot work and technique.

@bobm3250

4 жыл бұрын

I also used to wrestle and we jump roped in wrestling too. Strictly cardio

@godsendthegeneral2255

4 жыл бұрын

@@bobm3250 you're a Fucking moron pay attention to what the OP wrote in his comment

@Idengard

3 жыл бұрын

@@godsendthegeneral2255 bit late to the party, but I think he did; OP kinda missed the point, Bob got it. Anyhow, no reason to be so rude

@IncredibleMD

3 жыл бұрын

@@bobm3250 That's probably because your boxing coach was just taught to jump rope because that's what boxers did. He was never taught WHY boxers jump rope, so he never taught you. Imagine just being told to throw any kind of punch, as many as you could, while shadow boxing. Sure, you'll work up a sweat doing that, but it won't improve your boxing. In that case, you'd be taught shadow boxing as an EXERCISE, not shadow boxing as a BOXING DRILL. Which is what your coach did, but for jump rope.

"His training was very well put together" - the guy who put his training together. Joke's aside, very smart guy. Rousey's downfall was being someone who only had a hammer who got convinced by a guy who only had a screwdriver to start treating every problem like a screw.

@squishypandaelephant

3 жыл бұрын

Well said

And that is EX-EC-TLY why they all jumped the rope - strengthening their legs(!), (calves, feet, and a-a-all the "machinery" that holds it all together(!)). THAT is why their footwork was so amazing!

We have to learn to tell the difference between correlation and cause and effect, great line.

Fantastic!

firas this is Colin from Bsp MMA your series is great!!! and you are the most educated and intelligent trainer and coach that I have ever listened to don't take any of this criticism to Heart

@DexterHaven

5 жыл бұрын

Did you train to be a suck-up too?

Love this guy very smart men 👍🏻

I thought that doing jump rope was mainly because of cardio training exercise.

@koraxbeast

3 жыл бұрын

yes but it's not as practice oriented as than doing heavy bag etc...

@realpeekaboomaster9811

3 жыл бұрын

@@koraxbeast I think the discussion was on wheather it is helpfull in devoloping footwork or can one improve without it. I personally think jumping rope and agility drills improved my footwork I don't know if it would be where it is at if i hadn't incorperated it in my training and that is an imprortant discussion.

@koraxbeast

3 жыл бұрын

@@realpeekaboomaster9811 i'm training a dude since a couple of months now. Outdoor, i never let him jump rope just pad work and sparring and his footwork is fine for a beginner. Guess firas is a genius because he keeps things simple. Im gonna learn alot from this man (ofc i tought him how footwork works)

100% agree

what is unique about GSP? 0.11 do you mean that he train effectively? what do you view as unnecessary training? 0.42 what makes a good trainer? 2.37

Everyone has his/her own opinion but I think jump rope is too good to be ignored for a martial artist. Probably not for every martial artist but at least for boxers. It develops various things that you need to be a good boxer. Shoulder, forearm, toe, ankle and calf conditioning, core stability and cardio. I know he means that you should get the best out of your limited time. I agree. And that's WHY I do jump rope.

Ramsey Dewey sent me here

@imawarrior313

4 жыл бұрын

Ian Kelley go out there and train!

All I want in life is for Firas to make me into a weapon

Love the whole series. but... I would offer basketball players especially point guards as having the best footwork. they have to cut left and right at various speeds, on top of dribbling through legs, accelerations and jumps for layups, dunks, blocks, shooting. Even if Id put both in a tie, I would still give it to the basketball player because the DB play lasts only about 4 secs while a basketball player has to deal with lactic acid buildup from switch from offense to defence and back without rest. The amount of movement a basketball player makes is simply more than a defensive back, back/forwards,side to side constantly while the DB runs backwards and then reacts by either hitting the brakes and sprinting if the ball is thrown under or runnig backwards and then turning to either side to run and follow the receiver. To put in a simple term, I think that Stephen Curry's footwork is more intricate than Richard Sherman's. But this of course is semantics. This is still good stuff.

@kingofgimp

7 жыл бұрын

>best footwork >not mentioning Messi just my 2 cents

MASTERMIND

I never liked Jumping rope and running. I would rather do shadow boxing extra rounds and spar extra longer, before running and jump rope. When you run, you will improve running, if you jump rope you gonna get good at jumping rope. Do fighters jump rope and run in the fight? No.

@Ippo209

4 жыл бұрын

Your stamina... Every fighter runs it improves your cardiovascular muscle

@iamLODD

4 жыл бұрын

This is the worst reasoning ever

@Nenad-ICXC-Shuput-GFAMMA

4 жыл бұрын

@@Ippo209 so does the sparring

jump roping is good for cardio but like lifting weights or the rope shake thing or pushing up tires or hell anything you do to train its all to help you strengthen up and get fit so there is NO one certain thing better than the next and NOT one has ANYTHING to do with fighting including what Mr. Zahabi does its just his way of training MMA is still in its infancy Firas is just selling what he has to offer

finally!! someone who debunks this jump rope myth i’ve thought this for a while glad to see someone in the industry echo this sentiment

What about jump rope for warmups?

@imawarrior313

4 жыл бұрын

Jorge good

In my humble opinion, Im agree with Firas, we have so many drils more important we can do-it for progessing in our fit work befor use the jump rode. The jump rode staye excellent befor beging to training ans good for cardio and cordination.

Does someone know a KZread channel that teaches techniques like mma or kick boxing or footwork. Id like to practice myself alone before going to the gym. Just to not look toomuch of a fool 😂.

Brilliant trainer, but i think he is wrong about jumping rope ;)

@bane3991

3 жыл бұрын

What does jumping rope have to do with martial arts? Wouldn't it be more logical to get your cardio for doing something specific to the sport such as hitting the heavy bag or sparring? You're just wasting energy. You can use that energy to spar, heavy bag, speed bag, drill, roll, etc.

Jump rope doesn't develope foot work, it developes shoulder conditioning. If you're using your legs more then you aren't doing it right

@esakhan4295

8 жыл бұрын

+Eric Hilarious honestly didnt like his opinion, jump rope builds cardiovascular conditioning, muscle in the belly of the forearm, shoulder and back, made my calves and quads athletic and huge great boxers do jump rope

@Deleteriously

7 жыл бұрын

I think what Firas is saying is that you get those benefits elsewhere and eliminate jumping rope since you have a finite amount of time to dedicate to training.

@DexterHaven

5 жыл бұрын

Yea, Eric, there are hidden effects to all sorts of activities. Some lesbians have really strong fingers, for example. Not sure what they are doing...

@godsendthegeneral2255

4 жыл бұрын

@h i you'd get knocked tf out

I guess I've never really put much thought into jumping rope. I have always thought of it as a good warmup and a way to get loose and ready for sparring. I'd have to think about what he said. A lot of what boxers do they do simply because it's stuff handed down from past trainers 100 years or so ago but not necessarily because it's been proven to work. Back then they also believed in their fighters abstaining from sex 2 weeks before a fight. It's amazing how much mumbo jumbo and nonsense still exists in combat sport training.

@IncredibleMD

3 жыл бұрын

Well, it IS a good warmup and cardio exercise. It's all about prioritizing the use of your time. If you like doing it, it certainly won't make you a worse fighter, or a less healthy person. It's all about whether or not it's the best use of your time in the gym.

always thought 3 4 rounds of rope was a total waste.

If you train to be a marksman going to the gun range and shooting everyday, and you never have to use it for self defense is this junk training? Like a dude who never makes it to the UFC but trains n trains at home and in the gym almost everyday but never fights for money in the octagon, is that junk training?

@IncredibleMD

3 жыл бұрын

If you're training for self-defence scenarios, yes. That'll make you a better target shooter, but even if you gain target shooting skills worthy of international competition, it won't teach you about shooting under stress in dynamic situations. Going to the range to work on your aim is almost an accessory exercise to self-defence shooting.

now jump rope is junk. what's next running is junk too lol