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Using Constraints-Led Sparring to Teach Better Footwork in Boxing


Two boxers spar in a gym with red mats. One throws a punch while the other dodges. Text reads: "Using Constraints-Led Sparring..."

14.08.2025


This was the eighth hour of my teenage client's private Boxing course. Tonight we lused constraints-led sparring to teach better footwork. We looked at several footwork patterns and isolated them in drills and sparring exercises.


  1. Pendulum step - Outside versus inside boxing (attack vs defence)

  2. Ditto - Pendulum stepping boxer fights on the outside vs opponent staying in one spot in the middle

  3. Pivot step/V-step - boxer counters only off a pivot vs opponent only moving forwards (attack vs defence)

  4. Ditto - attack vs counter attack

  5. L-step - boxer counters off L-step vs opponent only moving forwards (attack vs defence)

  6. Ditto - attack vs counter attack

  7. Shift step - boxer counters off shift step vs opponent only moving forwards (attack vs defence)

  8. Ditto - attack vs counter attack

  9. All above footwork vs lineal footwork - attack vs defence

  10. Ditto - attack vs counter-attack

  11. Free-sparring - integrate all footwork

  12. Focus mitt work - all the above on the mitts



 
 
 

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