The following is an overview of the training techniques Tiger City Boxing Center implements in its method:

Skipping
Skipping is a great way to build endurance and improve footwork. Skipping will help with being light on your feet when in fight. Skipping is a great way to warm-up and cool-down after the training session.





Shadowboxing
Shadowboxing is used to learn the skills of boxing. Practicing your style in front of a mirror and focusing on defense skills, correcting techniques and watching for 'open areas' is highly beneficial to one's boxing style and instinctive skill. To make shadowboxing work the boxer must have a mental picture of their opponent.

The Speed Ball
The speed ball is used to develop shoulder muscles, timing, endurance, rhythm and hitting accuracy. It is also a great tool for hand-eye coordination.

Bag Work
The main purpose of the heavy bag is to develop power in your punches. When using the technique of punching properly, it can aid in improving footwork, timing, distance, balance and speed. Power in punching comes from understanding that the punch is not just coming from your arm or shoulder but from your whole body. Synchronizing your whole body behind your punches will lead to incredible powerful punches; of course, correct punching technique also plays an important part.

To get the most benefit from the heavy bag you must always visualize an opponent in front of you. Practice footwork, punches and combinations of punches, plus defensive skills such as bobbing, weaving feinting and slip punches.

Floor/Ceiling Ball
The floor/ceiling ball is one of the most important pieces of training equipment in boxing. It's an invaluable tool for developing distance, timing, footwork and accuracy. The floor/ceiling ball is hard to use at first because if you don't hit it straight, it wobbles uncontrollably and makes it even harder to hit. The harder you hit it, the harder and faster it will return from any angle. This makes it difficult to build up a rhythm and you have to use a lot of footwork to control it. This is what makes it such a good training tool, it seems to be alive.

Focus Pads
For the past ten to fifteen years the focus pads have become the most valuable training tool in boxing. With an experienced trainer holding the pads it can be an extremely hard workout. The trainer can constantly correct the boxer's technical skills and defenses. The focus pad builds accuracy in hitting, timing, distance, correct techniques, and fighting reflexes. When used properly it can be the closest thing to actual sparring. Before long the boxer will be ready for some sparring practice.

Sparring
Without a doubt sparring is the most important part of training; it's where fighters learn and practice their skills before stepping into the ring. For beginners it's a controlled boxing match where boxers trade in a free give-and-take at a measured pace. Your performance in sparring will be based on how well you work on skills in the other parts of your training. For a new boxer sparring maybe the first time they have ever faced an opponent who's wanting to hurt them, so care must be taken not to take advantage of the newcomer. Remember, sparring is about learning and improving on boxing skills, not who can hurt the other guy. Save that attitude for the real boxing match.

When sparring, Tiger City Boxing Center always uses protective gear and proper supervision. Before sparring begins discussion regarding how hard each boxer is going to spar is established. Picking a pace for sparring is a good way of introducing a novice to sparring, something like "50%" or "75%" of full speed.

Sparring can be a lot of fun and its unbelievable adrenalin rush can be very addictive; it will improve your boxing like no other training method. With an experienced trainer and the right sparring partner you will learn more about boxing in one sparring session than you will in 3 months of normal boxing training.



Strength and Cardio Work for Boxing
For many people who are training in boxing just for fun will see health and fitness results very quickly. However if you're looking to get super fit super fast, it is recommended that some other training are introduced. This will not only increase your strength and fitness but it will also help to endure the hard boxing training session.

Most boxers vary their training regimes for the best results. 'Road-work' (running) is used to build endurance and leg strength. A set of 100 meter sprints at least once a week is also important to build the type of fitness needed when throwing punch combinations, flurries, and long punch exchanges with your opponent.
"Clap" push-ups give great explosive power to punches. Chin-ups and squats will also help. These bodyweight exercises are best done at the end of the training session with your abdominal work, which is crucial for anyone who plans to either get in the ring for a real boxing match or just to spar.