**Due to current high temperatures, do session early in the morning or late evening and stay hydrated throughout the day**

Warm up: 12/15 mins

(General warm up/stretching)

Technical/Shadow rounds

Juniors 6 x 2mins

Youths 6 x 3mins

1min rest between rounds

Round 1 (single punch attacks/speed)

Every 5seconds throw fast Single punch at any distance feint in between punching, followed by good defence.

Round 2 (single punch attacks, power)

Single power punches at any distance every 5 seconds, defend more with head and upper body movement, again faint between attacks.

Round 3 (3/4 punch attacks, mix power + speed)

Mix combinations between power and speed,

1 punch speed + 2 power

Or 1 punch power + 2 speed

Round 4 (attack, defend, attack)

Be 1st with each attack then defend followed by attack. Example start off with 1 – 2, lean back, then attach backhand, front hook.

Round 5 (open round)

High pace round while working on correct technique of punches.

Round 6 (switch stance, open round)

Work at slower pace against concentrate on good punching technique and good balance/footwork.

3mins Rest

IABA Junior/Youth team

(Home sessions)

Conditioning

6 rounds

1min per round

45secs break between rounds

Repeat 3 times

Round 1

30 seconds rolling/slipping

30 seconds push ups

Round 2

30 secs straight punching

30 secs sit ups

Round 3

30 secs uppercuts

30 secs squat jumps

Round 4

30 secs hooks

30 secs burpees

Round 5

30 secs straight punches + uppercuts

30 secs mountain climbers

Round 6

30 secs rolling + hooks

30 secs sprinting on spot

Cool down/stretch 10mins

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July 24th

Last 32
57kg Kurt Walker (Ireland) v Jose Quiles (Spain)

July 25th

Last 32
81kg Emmet Brennan (Ireland) v Dilshod Ruzmetov (Uzbekistan)

July 26th
Last 32

52kg Brendan Irvine (Ireland) v Carlo Paalm (Philippines)

Last 16
57kg Michaela Walsh (Ireland) v Irma Testa (Italy) or Lludmila Voronstova (ROC)

JUly 27th
Last 16

69kg Aidan Walsh (Ireland) v Albert Menque (Cameroon) or Thabiso Dlanini (Swz)

JUly 28th

75kg Aoife O’Rourke (Ireland) v Li Qian (China)

July 30th
Last 16

60hk Kellie Harrington (Ireland) v Rebecca Nicoli (Italy) or Esmerelda Falcon (Mexico)

Dermot McDermott from the Curragh Boxing Club in Co.Kildare has been selected by the Boxing Taskforce to officiate at the Tokyo Olympic Games. This will be his first Olympic games and he is the only Irish referee/judge to be selected to partake in the boxing section.

Dermot has over 15 years experience as an R&J and he was a former boxer with the Irish Ropes B.C. in Newbridge where under the tutelage of Eric McDonnell and Brian Cox, and the entire coaching team, Dermot won five National titles and represented his country on the International stage.

President Dominic O’Rourke said this was a great honour for Dermot and it showed that if officials are willing to put in the work, they will enable themselves to avail of these opportunities.

Dear member,

A number of enquiries have been made in relation to inter-club sparring. As was agreed at the recent Central Council meeting, inter-club sparring is currently not allowed.  This will remain the case for the coming weeks and the situation will be monitored.

 
The Covid case numbers are starting to rise again and some more deaths have occurred as a result. Our long-term goal is to get back to competition and National Championships but in order to do so, we must take some short-term pain by not hosting inter-club sparring and play our part in trying to mitigate the potential spread of this virus.

In turn, this means that sparring can only take place between members of the same club.  As soon as any changes to this situation are made, members will be notified.

Kind regards,

Paddy Gallagher

National Secretary

Irish coach John Conlan believes that Ireland will once again punch above its weight at the Olympics, according to the Irish News.

Conlan is confident that, despite all the challenges that Covid has thrown their way, the seven-strong Irish team is capable of delivering on the biggest of stages.

“Every athlete going out here, if they perform, can do well, he said.

“There’s the luck of the draw, for some of them this is only their second or third major tournament against guys who have been in a couple of Olympic cycles, maybe six or seven Worlds or Europeans.

“That experience is really important, but I think we’ll shock people. Some of our guys will do really well. This team, being underdogs, we always punch above our weight – small budget, small island, small amount of athletes that participate compared to other countries, the powerhouses, yet we still achieve success way above what we should.”

And, on the back of recent success at the European U22 Championships, Conlan feels Irish boxing is ready for another resurgence after some difficult years.

“We had a tough time in Rio but we have some phenomenal coaches out there.

“I just think we need to keep focusing on developing that talent and getting that pathway – Covid has blocked that pathway. People seem to think the High Performance has stopped that.

“When clubs haven’t been able to train, a lot of athletes have seen the potential of their Olympic weight changing, opportunities to go pro… boxers have always gone pro. When my sons were boxing the amount of guys who went pro then, I was shocked.

“I don’t blame any young man who wants to go pro but if you’re asking me is Irish boxing in a good place? Absolutely. With the young talent coming through, there is a big future.”