Boxer's Start-Up: A Beginner?s Guide to Boxing | Date: 28 April 2011, 04:29
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Boxer's Start-Up: A Beginner?s Guide to Boxing (Start-Up Sports series)
By Doug Werner
* Publisher: Tracks Publishing
* Number Of Pages: 160
* Publication Date: 1998-01-01
* ISBN-10 / ASIN: 1884654096
* ISBN-13 / EAN: 9781884654091
Product Description:
A user-friendly, highly illustrated, straightforward boxing guide that promotes fun, fitness, self-defense, and self-confidence. Endorsed by USA Boxing, national governing body for amateur boxing.
Summary: Perfect for novice/beginner
Rating: 4
I bought this book before starting coached lessons. One thing I particularly like from "how to" type books, is information that's straight-forward, and clearly laid-out. This book accomplishes this type of format. As a beginner boxer, it gave me the foundation of the types of punches, stances, and technique. As with any sport, you must go and "do it", but this book will give you a realistic expectation and information needed to begin your boxing, weather for sport, or interest. The info in this book is NOT a "boxing fitness" book, and is geared to those that want to learn the basics of real boxing. At the end of the book the author shares his actual training-log from when he wrote the book, and the training his coach had him follow. I found the pictures in the book very helpful to help better visualize the training forms. If you know nothing about boxing, this is a PERFECT book!
Summary: Good primer
Rating: 4
As shameful as it is to say, I became interested in boxing ten years ago when I stumbled onto a Tae Bo Impact video. The tape showed some very basic movements, and I wanted to learn more.
Not long afterward I had heavy and speed bags in my basement, and was working on them frequently. I picked up this book hoping to learn more, and it was exactly what I needed at the time.
The book covers basics, like stance, proper form and balance (the key to boxing), defense & counters and of course, punch combos.
As others have mentioned, the author writes the book as a newbie training log, which was interesting to me at the time because I was also new to the sport.
I would recommend this book to anyone interested in learning the basics of boxing, or doing home training.
AB
Summary: Boxers Start Up
Rating: 2
This was written by a guy who takes up various sports as a complete beginner and then writes books with basic instructional stuff and his own personal reflections. About half of it is basic boxing instructionals that were written with the guidance of the guy who was training him, not that what they were showing was bad for a beginner trying to learn basic techniques from a book but my criticism is that some of the demonstration pics are a bit awkward.
The other half of the book is some very basic boxing history and the authors personal training diary starting from day one. The guy teaching him was a competent boxing trainer but a lot of color would have been added to the diary part of the book if they would have trained at a real ghetto boxing gym instead of the backroom of a sterile fitness center like they did. Here's the bottom line, although I think instructional books can be useful you will never learn to fight from a book, go to a real boxing gym and learn from a competent boxing trainer if you want to learn how to fight.
Summary: going, going, gone!
Rating: 5
This is hands down the best boxing book i've ever read! not to vague like most boxing instuction books. i recommend it to all my students as a guide. if you like this book i strongly encourage you to consider fighting fit. it's the sequel to boxer's start-up. both books don't take anything for granted. it's easy to follow, filled with practical advise and in perfect sequence. buy this book!!
Summary: A really good read and introduction to the sport
Rating: 4
This was a really easy read and enjoyable book. The points and presentation are first class and explained very well.
On the whole a really good introduction to Boxing and its nuances.
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