By Jason McCarthy

In the Article “Training for the Game”, Tim Wakeham discusses the transfer from training in the gym to actually performing in the game. Wakeham states that sports specific training has been shown to provide gains in the actual game and to ensure transfer from training to the game 16 steps must be followed. If training differs even slightly from the game in intensity, environment, etc.  transfer will be diminished. These 16 steps ar...

Boxing has always been known as a gruesome exhibit of two men battling one another with the sole purpose of causing as much damage as possible, or even knocking their opponent unconscious. Over the years rules have changed, and the sport has evolved from a bare knuckle death match to a structured sport where the participants wear regulation gloves. The intention for a boxer is still to stop his opponent from throwing punches in any way possible, while staying within the guidelines. There is m...