How To Use A Reflex Ball | Beginner-Advanced

what's up guys welcome back to the channel today we're going to learn how to use the reflex ball we're going to go through beginner level we're going to work our way up to intermediate and i'm going to show you some advanced things you can do to just have more fun with this tool which will help develop your accuracy your eyesight your timing and just just a way to have fun now my last video which you can check out up there is just a breakdown of how to make this yourself it's so simple it takes about five minutes max it costs about two three dollars if you've been interested in making one of these you don't want to go and buy one it seems ridiculous to buy one it's so cheap so easy to make so check out the link up there super simple and i just walk you through the steps but today we're focusing on how to utilize this how do we learn to use it because most people when they start off they're missing it it's hitting them in the face so today a beginner intermediate advanced breakdown of how to use the reflex ball all right guys when you first start utilizing this if you just grab it and you just start trying to hit it and just freestyle be aware that it can come back into your face i got introduced to the reflex ball from my brother he was in a boxing gym back in ontario the one that lennox lewis trained out of when he got his olympic gold medal and everybody there had one of these these guys are one of the best boxing gyms in the whole country they have the olympic athletes coming out of that gym very frequently and the fact that they utilize these just made me want to actually try and see if it helps me i like using it at the end of training sessions just to focus on timing i like using it during weight cuts you throw your sauna suit on in between doing your runs and cutting weight you just play on the ball it's just a fun way to just you know sweat and lose some weight so we're gonna have some fun today before we get started guys if you're enjoying the videos make sure you get subscribed give the video a like let's get started here now the first thing that i learned very quickly with this ball is getting it started can be difficult if you're always trying to you know start it here hold it out and try to start punching it's very easy to miss it so the beginner way or the way that i start every time which you guys can do as well is just let it hang now when you're starting from here throwing a proper punch with a straight wrist is very difficult try folding your wrist just a little bit a little bit of a fold and then from here you can just tip your head forward get the ball a little bit away from your body and just start popping it just nice and light and just stick with one hand at the beginning this is going to be their entry level keep it nice and low it doesn't need to be up to head level just tap it super light so once we get the ball going up about chest level and we're consistent maybe 10 15 in a row then we can start trying to put a little bit more power this is as entry level as we can get on this drill but start putting a little more power it'll start to pick up more to head level don't try and switch hands until you get one arm down use your dominant hand first then from there you can move to the other side again you can start it off just hanging away from your body just start popping it and just try and get used to the timing of the ball watching the ball when you're ready you can then alternate between arms i would say the hardest thing is to alternate constantly so oops i messed up there you got to make sure you keep your thumbs wrapped up really tight there my thumb got caught if you let your thumb sort of dangle out even a little bit it's going to get caught so try to keep your thumbs very tight now it's easiest when you're starting to maybe go like one two three four five one one two three four five one you're alternating just to the your your weak arm occasionally when you get better and better then you can start going one one one one one one or one two one two focus on the left hand a little bit that's gonna be as entry level as we can make this is the most beginner thing you can do focus on the eyesight focus on just a little fold of the wrist hitting with the correct knuckle positioning and don't try and bash it you don't have to hit this hard it's just tap this is all i'm doing that's about the extent of the motion right now once i start getting more advanced more intermediate then from there you can start adding footwork you can start adding full punches you can start having this band stretch out completely because you're hitting the ball really hard but for the beginner stage start it low tap away on it when you're ready switch up the arms and just work nice and light now guys moving on from the beginner to the intermediate the beginner part is just so basic you just basically have your legs in a tiny little fighting stance your shoulders square you're not moving you're just just trying to get used to be able to hit this ball and not have it come back and smoke you in the face or constantly miss it and have to restart once you get past that point and you want to advance it i would say get into a nice stance i bend my knees a little bit more i take a proper stance and now as you're hitting it you can start moving around you can start taking angles you can start pressuring forward and backwards and this right away there is just going to make things a little bit more complicated elongate your punches a little more the ball is going to go a little further it's going to come back a little faster the next thing you can do at intermediate level is not only throw straight punches the straight punches are going to have the ball go straight out straight back straight out straight back but as you start hitting it you're going to notice sometimes you clip it wrong you miss it it starts to take a different angle it starts going up or down if you want to force it up you can throw a little uppercut don't bash it hard because the ball is going to flip right over to the other side but you just tap it so i start with my straight punches and just little tiny uppercuts occasionally which is going to make the ball rise up and then i've got to a chaser realistically you're going to spend somewhere between probably a week and a month just trying to get this part down just a small small little stance just trying to be able to do maybe like 100 of these in a row without stopping once you're there then take your stance you can then start taking angles you can start pressuring forward backwards now like anything guys for the basics we start off we do as simple as possible simple simple simple no footwork no nothing just hit the ball back and forth from there intermediate we move on to our stance we use forward motion backwards motion we can take angles we can try and keep the ball going a little bit further out and we can add some little uppercuts or some little hooks if you want for the hooks you've got to actually chase the ball the ball is going to go off to the side so if i'm working away here and i get ready to throw a hook i better be ready to angle and pivot now when we get up to advanced level on the ball it's actually very similar to martial arts in general the basics are the key the basics are the most important the basics are going to help you the most the advanced things are more fun they add a little flair to it you know spitting hook kicks or something they don't land loads and loads of times but when they do it's really cool it's really fun same thing here so when i'm hitting the ball i can work just catching the ball throwing it back out hitting it in between just playing around with something a little different so when i start getting it going faster and the ball's all over the place catching it is not as easy as you might think we can also do really fancy things like when the ball comes and it's coming right back towards my face i take an angle i change my chest from square to sideways the ball passes through goes all the way to the other side and then when it bounces back i hit it so i start hitting the ball when i feel like it's coming straight towards me i give it a good thump and i let the ball pass through what i'm trying to utilize here is my footwork and my ability not to blink when i see that ball rushing towards my face then from there i can even start doubling up on my angles you know i have the ball come towards me attach it i throw it catch it i can let it go two times if i want one two it's been a while since i've done those they come right towards your face in the last second you're going and this is going to be just such a fun way to just challenge yourself on your eyesight i like this more than a double end bag personally i have way more fun with this so there you go guys reflex ball beginner intermediate advanced start playing around with it remember knuckles are going to get a little sore it's been a couple years since i've had one of these in my house my last one ended up breaking after i used it for probably three years quite consistently the band got a little bit too extended a little bit too stretched out and didn't have the same bounce back the ball got much much softer and i didn't really know how to go about making another one because my brother made my last one but then after a little bit of talking with him i went okay it's not that hard to do it's actually very easy to do and it's just super fun having this around playing around with it at the end of a training session just taking some time to target and use your accuracy your eyesight and just develop those skills in general so guys i hope you're gonna have fun with your accuracy ball once you get one made once you actually manage to get past the beginner level point the beginner level point can be very frustrating don't let yourself get discouraged like i said one week to four weeks to get it down it took me about 10 days until i started feeling comfy with it and now like i said it's been two years since i hit this is the first time in two years and i just sort of have like riding a bicycle i just remember how to do it i'll get better i'll get much better once i get another week or two in but overall still feeling fairly sharp with that guys if you enjoyed the video give it a like get subscribed if you haven't already check out some of the other videos here it's not just how to make reflex balls i have cardio tips full on workouts tutorials on techniques for kickboxing muay thai we talk about fights we talk about other fighters how to break them down how to learn from them so much information here get subscribed guys you're gonna love the channel train hard i'll see you back here soon for another video

Channel: Gabriel Varga

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Length: 9min 22sec (562 seconds)

Published: Thu Feb 04 2021