Everyone wants to be Roger Mayweather. Sheeeesh. Holding pads or doing mitt work is great for creating combinations, improving accuracy and incorporating defense with your punching. However, if you are doing it wrong you can develop bad habits. Don’t look like a fool! Learn the proper way to hold the mitts and hit the mitts. It’s not always about doing it fast. The coaches that make it look easy is because they have years of experience.
Take note, if you plan on holding mitts, make sure you warm up your shoulders, also don’t just focus on speed or power. Fastest isn’t always the bests
It creates lots of wear and tear for the coach. If your boxer is trying to blast your shoulders out of their sockets tell them hit the bag instead.
You are no ones punching bag, you are a expert on technique.