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The most dangerous opponent is a boxer who knows how to fight at all distances, is active, fast and agile.
Boxing tactics should be understood as the art of using technical means, taking into account their technical-tactical, moral-volitional and physical capabilities in combat with opponents of different style and manner.
Tactics finds expression in attacks and counterattacks: the skillful use of methods of calling for an attack, the use of defenses, followed by active actions in false actions to mislead the enemy, violate his plans.
A boxer's tactical maturity is determined by his combat experience. The more meetings he has with experienced and strong boxers, the higher his tactical prowess.
According to the tactical focus, the boxer's actions can be divided into three groups:
1) preparatory actions;
2) offensive;
3) defensive
Preparatory steps include:
- acquaintance with the skill level of the enemy, his style and manner of fighting;
- concealment of their intentions with the help of deceitful actions;
- analysis and assessment of the enemy's actions, his style and manner of fighting, physical fitness, courage and determination, the ability to carry out deceitful actions, the use of favorite techniques and behavior after the received blow, as well as after a successfully performed combination;
- with the help of maneuvering the creation of positions convenient for their own attacks and counterattacks and not convenient for the enemy, the ability to keep him at the required distance;
- finding out the enemy's reaction to active false actions (does it open up vulnerable spots for a strike, does it try to counterattack, does it take false actions for truthful ones, etc.);
- determination of the speed-power data of the enemy.
Preparatory actions are carried out with the help of great maneuverability, attacks and counterattacks with one, two and a series of strikes, defenses, etc. It should be borne in mind that the enemy sets the same tasks and also actively solves them.
Offensive actions in boxing: attacks and counterattacks
Offensive actions find their expression in attacks and counterattacks. Counterattacks, in turn, can be counter, retaliatory and repeated to the enemy counterattack.
Attack is the best tactical means of single combat to achieve victory. But the attacker can only count on success if he carries out the attack in a timely manner and unexpectedly for the enemy. This is his certain tactical advantage over the defender, for he is the initiator of actions, he can start an attack at the moment of the greatest readiness for action. That is why the attack should be prepared; One of the preliminary moments of a successful attack is the ability to reveal the enemy's defense with false actions, to divert his attention from the target chosen for the strike and thereby create a comfortable position for striking.
In the practice of hostilities, some boxers use attack as the main combat means: they constantly attack and only occasionally use the form of counterattacks. Others use counterattack as the main form: they attack to initiate a battle, in order to challenge the enemy to a counterattack and deliver a decisive blow in a counter-attack.
Attacks are carried out at long, medium and close ranges
Long-range attack is one of the main combat means of boxers. It can end in one small episode. An attack with one or two blows often leads to the convergence of opponents at medium and close distances. A fast, surprise attack from a long distance is used to seize the initiative and to strike decisively at a medium distance.
If, after an attack from a long distance, the boxers find themselves in close proximity to each other, they fight for an advantageous position of their hands for strikes and defenses. In this case, the attacks are continued with short strikes. You need to attack quickly and confidently, otherwise the enemy will take decisive counter-actions.
Long-range counterattacks can also be a means of active defense. It is not uncommon for an attacking boxer to receive a strong counter-attacking blow, after which he was unable to continue the fight.
If a boxer is good at defensive actions with the help of slopes, dives, bounces, glove stands and moves well, then, using protection from the opponent's blows, he creates favorable positions for himself to deliver effective counterattacks. Without experiencing oncoming blows, the enemy loses its vigilance somewhat, opens up, therefore, it is possible to successfully deliver blows in response form - one, two or a series.
In counter-attacks, the boxer tries to deliver a counter blow or several blows at the moment when the attacker opens up. For this purpose, the boxer, who has decided to choose a counter-attacking form of combat, tries to challenge the opponent to attack, having prepared one or another counter-move in advance.
A more complex counterattack at long and medium distances: with feints (false strikes), challenge the enemy to a counterattack, which is decisively ahead of your counterattack. This form of combat is available only to highly qualified boxers.
If a fight at a long distance is characterized by great mobility and maneuverability (each boxer tries to reach the opponent with his blow and remain invulnerable himself), then a fight at medium and close distances restricts movement in the ring. Mid-range combat tactics boil down to that. To attack with single and multiple blows, defending well, and counterattack with retaliatory and counter blows, deliver single or series of blows faster than the enemy.
The rapprochement of both boxers, as already indicated, can occur because one of them strives for this, and the second cannot break the distance in order to be out of the fight, or both go for rapprochement and continuously attack. Such a head-to-head fight often occurs in fights of strong-willed, persistent boxers of the same style, who prefer to attack. Each of them tries to suppress the will of the other to resist, boxing quickly, enduring. With a direct approach, before the contact with the bodies, the fight does not require much effort, but a boxer who does not master this form of fight gets very tired. The fight takes on a forceful character. Each boxer strives to prevent the opponent from acting with pads, delays, supports of forearms, shoulders. In order to find a comfortable position to strike freely. The blows are carried out mainly with bent arms from below, from the side, from the side, somewhat from above, from below, somewhat from the side, under the arms, through the hands of the opponent.
Defensive action in boxing
Tactical designs can also include defensive actions. With quick attacks with a series of blows, the defender strives to reliably cover his head with his hands in order to tire the opponent with his passive actions. Performing the task by dodging and diving, he finds out in which places the attacking enemy opens up. After receiving a strong blow, the boxer strives to leave the fight or enter melee and block the opponent with passive actions in order to rest, recover, gather, prepare and choose the moment when the opponent will be in an uncomfortable position and attack himself. Defensive actions are also used in order to dull the vigilance of the enemy, who gains confidence and at the same time imprudence.
Defensive actions also include counterattacks without the subsequent development of the offensive in order to stop the enemy, who is constantly attacking. The attacker assumes a "dull" defense, carefully monitors the actions of the enemy and, at the moment of his disclosure, inflicts one or two strong blows into open spaces.
Defensive actions are divided into unintentional and deliberate
Unintentional defensive action occurs when a boxer is caught off guard. In this case, the defense is performed almost involuntarily, with minimal control of consciousness, as a direct reaction to an unexpectedly delivered blow or several blows.
Deliberate is a controlled defensive action against a blow that has been prepared in advance. The Boxer must be vigilant when performing deliberate defenses. The adversary can conduct deceitful actions and, instead of the expected blow with his left hand, he will inflict with his right.
In either case, the defense should not take long. Since purely defensive actions do not bring glasses to the boxer. But of course, the main task of a boxer's tactical training is the correct planning of the fight and the implementation of the plan.
The boxer draws up a fight plan together with the coach, based on information about the opponent. His style and manner of fighting (some boxers act at a very fast pace in order to score more points, constantly attack; others adhere only to a long distance; still others strive to fight at close range; there are boxers with a strong blow, counting on a knockout victory; fast " counter-attackers "wait for attacks to counterattack; left-handers act in a right-sided position).
With all this, the most dangerous opponent is a boxer who knows how to fight at all distances, is active, fast and agile.
Boxing Federation of Russia.
