Thursday, January 15, 2009

Getting Ready

Tuesday night and we are all gathered for another session of Ultimate training.
The core group and new recruits gather around the tables and begin preparation rituals.
First everyone wraps their hands.
I have found multiple methods on the web promoted by various trainers.
These all seem fairly complex so I like use a very simple technique.

1. Palm is facing the boxer.
2. Place loop over the thumb with wrap hanging down the back of the hand.
3. You should have about 30 feet of wrap looping down and laying on the floor.
4. Watch out as many people will walk on your wrap
5. Now bring the wrap up and around your wrist for two consecutive cycles
6. Then take a loop out and over the thumb between the first finger and the thumb in the webbed space above the area where the fracture of Rolando may occur.
7. Wrap will now be going down the back of the hand again and may be immediately brought up to wrap around the knuckles for at least two cycles although some purists like three cycles.
8. You should now have about 27 feet of wrap left.
9. Hey quit stepping on my wrap.
10. Now take the wrap which is again hanging down the back of the hand and sweep it across the palmer surface of the hand toward the lateral aspect of the elbow,
11. And upon encountering the wrist go for a cycle or two around the wrist.
12. Immediately sweeping the wrap upward and diving between the first finger and the second finger before again going down the back of the hand.
13. Around the wrist from the anatomic side and then up between the middle finger and the ring finger
14. Again down the back of the hand, loop the wrist counter clockwise and up along the palm to dive down between the ring finger and the fifth finger and then
15. A quick turn to loop around the knuckles securing the “tweeny” wraps between the fingers.
16. Only 15 more feet to go but first stop and see if (a) you can still feel your fingers (b) the tips of your fingers haven’t turned purple (c) and confirm that they actually do resemble little sausages attached to the hand
17. Next take the remaining wrap and loop it around the wrist clockwise and move up the arm
18. And if you have enough left you can begin wrapping the chest
19. And finally on the last turn secure the Velcro locking strip
20. Wasn’t that easy

Aren’t you proud, you now have a large cloth ball on the end of your arm and you get to do the other hand then figure out how to stuff these specimens into a 16 oz. boxing glove?
Come on people, comes the command, don’t make me wait or there will be “hell” to pay.
Now who is the runner?

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