The IABA sub-committee and staff team have been working with affiliated clubs who are eligible to access club resilience funding since January. As of the 26/02/21, 83 affiliated clubs have completed the process and have successfully accessed funding totalling €175,916.
Please note, as of 01/03/21 a further 26 applications have been received and are currently being processed. We would strongly encourage any eligible clubs to submit their funding applications if they have not already done so. Any club requiring additional information relating to IABA Club Resilience should contact info@iaba.ie.
IABA YOUTH & JUNIORS NATIONAL TEAM HOME SESSION SATURDAY 27TH February 2021
FIRST SESSION MORNING
Dynamic Warm up: 12 minutes followed by 3 minute stretch.
School of boxing/shadow boxing.
(Youth’s 7 x 3 minute rounds, Junior 7 x 2 minute rounds). Follow specific changes throughout rounds.
1 minute rest between rounds, sip water between rounds -hydration).
Really visualise your opponent when shadow boxing as this will sharpen your movements, concentrating on good defence, feints and attacks.
Round 1: No punching!!
● Work on shape, moving forward and back, side to side, pivoting to change direction, slip and step for angles, concentrate on hands high, elbows tucked in.
● Add extra defence manoeuvres ducks, rolls, slips and flicks of the head.
● Add Feinting skills, feint with your head, shoulders, hands, legs and feet.
Round 2: Feinting skills with Counter attacks –mid distance uppercuts.
Progressing from round 1 continue to work on shape and footwork. Ensure you keep fluid movements, hands high, elbows tucked in.
● Lead hand only show head, visualise opponent coming at you, lean back on back foot whilst bringing up a swift mid-range upper cut with back hand. Move away with high guard.
● Keep fainting lead hand whilst showing Back hand with shoulder movement and twist of waist, as your opponent comes in bring up a lead hand uppercut. Move away with high guard.
● Mix up the two followed by an explosive lead/back hook to the head.
Round 3: Defence skills mid distance attack.
Continue to work on shape and defence. Meet your opponent with solid jabs. Don’t lean or fall in when punching to the body. Mix up the following throughout the round.
● Meet your opponent with mixture of solid jabs (single, double, jab lean jab), add an explosive back hand and move away.
● Meet with 2/1 x5, incorporate all the above and continue to end of round.
Same as above but make a slip first! (Really exaggerate the slip) remember to mix up the following throughout the round remember keep good shaper and defence.
● Meet your opponent with single jab
● Meet your opponent with Single jab and back hand.
● Meet with 2/1 x 5, incorporate all the above.
Round 5: Side steps
Keep working on Good Defence – keep your back/lead hand up.
● Meet with same time punch either jab or back hand with side step (remember quick flick of the head from centre, back hand up).
● Add a straight punch to the head – each side.
● Same as first minute but extend with lead and back hand hooks to the head.
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Round 6: Mid- close range -Side step, shift with double attack
Keep practising Good defence. Keep mixing up combinations with left and right shifts.
● Same as above but stay in there keeping high guard and shift both left and right for a second 3 punch attack to the body with high guard and continuous movement of head – step back keeping hands high and moving away from your opponent.
Round 7: Free Round
Incorporate all the above, remember to really visualise your opponent attack and counter attack keeping good shape, defence and fluid movement. Cover as much space as possible changing distance and direction.
2 minute rest period, keep sipping water stay hydrated!!
Tennis Ball session – Youths 5 x 3 minute /juniors 5×2 minute rounds – 1 min rest between rounds.
Use as much floor space as possible, plenty of movement, forward and back, side to side, pivot to change direction. Remember Good shape and defence-.
1. Bounce ball lead hand only, keeping back hand up – 45seconds, Bounce ball with back hand only keeping lead hand up – 45 seconds. Alternate for last half.
2. Bounce ball alternating lead and back as above, straight punch, double straight punch of opposite hand.
3. Mix up all the above.
4. Stand still in Front stance – AT Shoulder height fully extend lead hand holding ball, NOTE palm facing down, back hand guarding face. Release and drop the ball, catch the ball with straight back hand whilst rotating your waist. – ALL AT SHOULDER HEIGHT -Alternate the two.
5. Once you have mastered number 4 add movement forward and back, side to side etc.
2 minute recovery.
Cool down and stretch
10 minutes of light skipping for cool down, stretch out your whole body for 15 minutes.
10 minute stretch session work from your feet to the top of your head.
● Really stretch/roll specific areas where you have twinges or past injuries
IABA NATIONAL YOUTH /JUNIOR TEAM
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING HOME SESSION, SATURDAY 27TH FEBRUARY 2021
Total Time 85 minutes.
Sip water throughout – stay hydrated!!
OUTDOOR SESSION, weather permitting!! / Warm up, AMRAP, Cool Down indoors if raining.
Warm up – 10 minutes (General warm up &stretch)
RUNNING – Running at a Good past for 20 minutes.
3 minute recovery
Core Exercises – 10 minute AMRAP x 3 (AS MANY REPS AS POSSIBLE)
Follow the set of exercises below, no rest continuous for 10 solid minutes, 3 minute rest period between each AMRAP set. (3 sets!!)
● Mountain climber x 10
● Sit Ups X 10
● Press Up X 10
● Tuck Jump (Bring Knees to chest) X 10
● Double legs strides low X 10
● Dips (using bench/ step/stairs X 10
3 MINUTE RECOVERY PERIOD BETWEEN EACH AMRAP. Keep sipping water – Hydration.
Cool Down
5 minutes of light skipping for cool down, 10 minute stretch session work from your feet stretching out all mussels to the top of your head and back down to feet again. Really stretch/roll specific areas where you have twinges or past injuries.
Aoife O’Rourke had to settle for bronze at the Strandja multi-nations after losing out to Naomi Graham of the USA in Sofia, Bulgaria today.
Graham earned a unanimous decision after three tight semi-final rounds.
O’Rourke took the fight to her opponent in all three rounds – and neither boxer had to go looking for each other in an engaging middeweight bout.
But it was the American that go the nod from the judges.
Earlier today, Brendan Irvine had to withdraw from his semi-final with Dan Asenov of Bulgaria after picking up an injury in his quarter-final win following a clash of heads.
IABA High-Performance Director Bernard Dunne said that they withdrew Irvine as a precaution.
Both Irvine and O’Rourke, who won bronze at last year’s Strandja multi-nations, will be taking home bronze from Sofia.
Today’s reversals brings Ireland competitive intertest in the 72nd edition of the tournament to a close.
Brendan Irvine had to pull out of today’s semi-final at the Strandja multi-nations after picking up a head injury following a clash of heads in yesterday’s win over Bashkim Bejoku.
Irvine was scheduled to meet Dan Asenov of Bulgaria in today’s semi-finals in Sofia, Bulgaria but has ceded a walkover.
Bernard Dunne, IABA High-Performance Director, confirmed that they had withdrawn Irvine as a precaution.
Aoife O’Rourke will be in ation versus Naoimi Graham of the USA at approximately 5,15 pm (Irish time) today.
Please click here for the semi-final program at the Strandja multi-nations in Sofia, Bulgaria.
Brendan Irvine and Aoife O’Rourke, who are both guaranteed at least bronze, are in action in the flyweight and middleweight last-four bouts tomorrow versus Bulgaria and USA.
Irvine will be in the ring at approximately 1pm (Irish time), and O’Rourke will be in action at approximately 5.15pm (Irish time).
