Double-Down on Doubleday Drills by Mark Hatmaker

There was an astonishingly creative panoply of drills to build punching power, balance, precision, finesse and overall form.

These drills can be found spread throughout early boxing training, in singular pockets of rural approaches to fighting and are rife and rampant in the rough n tumble tradition where power was a premium.

In our newest Black Box Instructional Product, we present 20 of these drills under the rubric “Doubleday Drills” in honor of Civil War veteran and purported “Father of American Baseball” Abner Doubleday as so many of these drills are rooted in hard-smackin’ they remind me of teeing off with a good old fashioned hickory bat.

We’ll provide more history on these another day, but for now I believe it suffices to say that getting started on 20 Drills to hit harder and meaner is the key thing—less readin’, more doin’!

Many of these drills train attributes that are now illegal, making them ideal for street/self-defense use.

I am 100% confident that the historical combat lover will find some wildly new approaches to punching training in this program.

Hell, I’ll tip ½ of the syllabus to give an example of how much Old School fun is to be had here.

Slam the Big Door

· Attribute Developed: Body-Connection

Slam the Little Door

· Attribute Developed: Balance & Body-Connection

The DB Sling

· Attribute Developed: Elbow Angle

Incomplete Swings

· Attribute Developed: Pre-Flight Mechanics

· Keep the angle acute.

· Maintain hip & twist mechanics.

The “Sling” or Injured Wing Drill

· Attribute Developed: Elbow Angle

Lumberjack Hook

· Attribute Developed: Falling Step Power

Show ‘Em Your Sole

· Attribute Developed: Leading Hip-Drive Power

Falling Hook Pause to Full

· Attribute Developed: Falling Hook Mechanical Observation-Evaluation

Skater Hooks

· Attribute Developed: Keeping the power inside the feet.

Medicine Ball Knee-Drive Drill

· Attribute Developed: Rear-Hip Power and Controlling for the “Up” Error

Interested? Hell, all hard-punching hand-throwers should be.

To get started on your Heavy Hands hit the link and get to Smackin’!

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