You can certainly improve speed with MMA gloves by combining technique, breathing, footwork, and exercises. Normally, overcoming resistance increases the speed as well as power in the punches. Resistance can be offered by natural surroundings or man-made objects. You may incorporate the following exercises in your intensive workouts to improve the speed of your punches. Pacific Sports offers high-quality MMA gloves, with open or close thumbs, open palm and open half-fingers. They are superb to practice and may also be used in MMA competitions.
Get the technique right
-Make a proper fist. Even if you are wearing gloves, if you are not making a proper fist, the chances of getting the thumb or the fingers injured increase manifold times.
-Do not bend the wrist. Although Pacific Sports MMA gloves have a wide and tight Velcro strap to protect your wrist, yet if your wrist bends at the time of impact, most likely, you may injure your wrist.
-Snap back your hand immediately upon impact. If you follow your punch with an extended arm, then the opponent may grab your hand, and with a grabbed hand there are many grappling moves that may be performed.
-Combine footwork with the punches. By efficient footwork, you can evade, move in or out or range, while delivering punches.
Do chin-ups and pull-ups
Strong arms, shoulders and back, help to increase the speed of the punches. Chin-ups and pull-ups involve many muscles groups, which help to gain strength in the arms, shoulders, and the back.
Use a speed bag
Boxers use a speed bag to increase the speed of punches. Similarly, martial artists may even use a speed bag to improve jabs and crosses.
Use a resistance band
A resistance band may be used in different ways to throw punches. This helps to increase the speed of the arm moving forward and backward. Ask your instructor how to use a resistance band for punching.
Grip a weight
Hold a small dumbbell which is light in weight, while you practice throwing punches. However, with weights, the technique should be correct, otherwise hurting the wrist, elbow or the shoulder joint may occur. Weight training should always be done under the supervision of a qualified instructor.
Use heavier gloves
You may use heavier gloves like boxing gloves, so that during a competition, the MMA competition gloves feel very light.
Practice in neck-deep water
Water offers sufficient resistance, while toning every muscle. You may find some natural waterbody like a lake or a shallow river, which is known to be free from wild animals, and immerse yourself neck-deep in it. Then you may practice punching, kicking, or other moves. Alternatively, you may find some swimming pool, where you can practice both punching and swimming.
Because Pacific Sports MMA gloves feel so great that by simply wearing them, you will feel extremely motivated to undertake different types of punches, with enthusiasm and vigor. While training it is recommended to use the close thumb glove so that you do not injure your thumb. While in competition, you may use the open thumb glove, so that performing grappling moves would be easier. Due to the outstanding benefits of Pacific Sports MMA gloves, they are the first choice of amateurs and professionals alike, all over the world, for training as well as for competitions.
Outstanding benefits of Pacific Sports MMA gloves
- Open-thumb gloves and Close-thumb gloves
- Gloves for martial arts contact training
- For almost all forms of martial arts
- Suitable for Mixed Martial Arts (MMA)
- Black, Blue, and Red colour
- Made of high quality soft leather
- Leather softens and stretches with wear
- Perfect for sparring, bag work or grappling
- Dense padding over the back of the hand and knuckles
- Open palm and finger loops for maximum grip
- Wrap around Velcro wrist strap for secure and comfortable fit
- To check your size measure the distance across the punching knuckles on the back of your hand (Do this by laying your knuckles flat on a ruler). Measure from the side of your hand at the index finger across the 4 knuckles
- Medium: 7.5cms – 8.5cms
- Large: 9cms – 9.5cms
Both open and close thumb gloves are excellent for punching. Both are thickly padded on the knuckles and the back of the hand that provide superb shock absorption. Both also have an open portion on the palm to facilitate improved airflow and reduce sweating. The half-fingers are open in both the gloves, to enable free fingertip movements. Again, both have a wide, strong and adjustable Velcro strap that wraps the wrist securely. Both these types of gloves are easy to maintain and since they are made of leather, both last a very long time. The only difference is that in an open thumb glove, the thumb is exposed, while in a closed thumb glove, the thumb is not exposed.
An open-thumb glove is more suitable and more versatile for grappling. On the other hand, a closed-thumb glove provides slightly more overall hand protection and hence is slightly more safe. Nonetheless, the choice of usage depends on the specific rules of the MMA competition and also on the practitioner’s personal preference and style.
Pacific Sports quality
All products sold at Pacific Sports undergo rigorous testing. Numerous gyms and martial arts schools of Australia and the world, rely on the Pacific Sports quality for tough and long-lasting products, which includes uniforms, jackets, pants, belts, shoes, rash guards, compression wear, protective wear and training gear. Additionally, products offered on sale carry this same high quality but with drastically reduced prices. Moreover, if the monthly newsletter is subscribed, then an additional 10% discount is also offered.
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