Rope training

[lei_kung]

I posted these question in boxing forum, because rope work is a big part of boxing training but got no responses. Maybe someone here can help me.

Questions about jumping rope effectiveness

1. How much lighter on your feet does it make you?
2. Does it directly translate into footwork improvement or is it about being lighter on your feet?
3. How does jumping rope effect endurance and explosiveness?


Questions about jump rope training

4. What jump rope would you suggest and why?
5. How do you determine what length the rope should be (does that include the handles)?
6. What types of foot work patterns should be trained?
7. How long should one jump rope in a rope jumping session?

Thanks for you time and your help with these questions.

Lei Kung

[EmptyneSs]

I posted these question in boxing forum, because rope work is a big part of boxing training but got no responses. Maybe someone here can help me.

Questions about jumping rope effectiveness

1. How much lighter on your feet does it make you?
2. Does it directly translate into footwork improvement or is it about being lighter on your feet?
3. How does jumping rope effect endurance and explosiveness?


Questions about jump rope training

4. What jump rope would you suggest and why?
5. How do you determine what length the rope should be (does that include the handles)?
6. What types of foot work patterns should be trained?
7. How long should one jump rope in a rope jumping session?

Thanks for you time and your help with these questions.

Lei Kung

jumping rope is alright. it makes you lighter on your feet and can greatly strengthen your calves and legs. it can also boost your cardio vascular endurance. it depends what you do with it.

it doesnt directly help footwork so much, since your not actually moving around . however it builds up your calves though so you can stay on your toes and move around, changing angles often without tiring out your calves as easily. it can also help you get harder kicks for mt. i think it would help more with endurance than explosiveness since you arent doing anything explosive, your just just jumping in one place continually.

how long you jump rope depends on you. i usually just use it to get my heart rate up and warmup before i start training. i also use it to build up my calves. like ill jump rope on one leg for a while until its totally tired, then ill switch to the other one. or sometimes i will bring my knees up high while im jumping, so it like im pretty much just running in place.

i recommend just skip for like 10 min as a part of a bigger workout. get a sweat going, then go do some bagwork, drills, or sparring.