Advanced Skills Test Paper – Boxercise Courses

Welcome To The Boxercise Advanced Skills Test Paper

This test paper will contribute 30% towards you Boxercise Advanced skills mark. The other 70% will be made up from your Practical assessment, done on the day of the course or via the video assessment.

You will have a total of 30mins to complete this test paper. Please ensure you have adequate time set aside before commencing.

All of the question are from ether the Boxercise Instructor or Boxercise Advanced Skills Courses.

Please begin by providing your full name, email address and a contact telephone number.

If you have any question please contact head office.

Full Name

Email Address

Phone No.

Section 1: ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE (6 marks)

Q1
When taking a Boxercise stance, is your body weight?

A) all on the front foot

B) evenly distributed between front and back feet

C) all weight on the back foot

None

Q2
Should the thumb be inside or outside the hand when punching?

A) inside

B) outside

None

Q3
When teaching a total beginner the hook punches, does the palm of the hand face?

A) down towards the floor

B) in towards the body

C) out away from the body

None

Q4
When throwing a punch from the back hand does the heel of the back foot?

A) stay on the floor

B) lift off the floor

C) lift off the floor with the ball of the foot remaining on the floor

None

Q5
When holding the focus pads should you hold the pads?

A) at the punchers shoulder height

B) at your own shoulder height

C) any where you like

None

Q6
When punching should you hit with?

A) all four knuckles

B) fingertips

C) first two knuckles

None

Section 2: INJURIES (5 marks)

Q7
Name two potential areas of injury from poorly thrown punches or inadequate technique. (2 marks)

Briefly explain how these injuries can be avoided. (2 marks)

Q8
Name the bone, at the base of the thumb, so commonly broken by boxers that it is known as the ‘boxers break’

Section 3: COACHING (11 marks)

Q9
A puncher leaves their elbows too low when throwing a head hook; describe specifically how you would use the following methods of feedback to correct them.

Visual Feedback:

Verbal/Auditory Feedback:

Kinaesthetic Feedback:

Q10
Describe how you would coach a client to perform the duck (2 marks)

Q11
What position should the focus pad be in when your client is ducking as it passes over their head?

A) 45 degrees

B) flat

None

Q12
Name 5 factors to consider when holding the pads for a beginner? I.e. same stance (1 mark each)

Section 4: ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE (8 Marks)

Q13
Why might you use a mirror when coaching a client finding difficulty with a technique (1 mark)

Q14
A client is learning punches 1,2,3,4 onto 45 degree pads- the first advanced drill you learned today. They are having difficulty stepping in at the right time and are moving in too slowly because they move with the wrong foot first. This client is a non-verbal learner - describe how you would teach them to initiate the movement from the correct foot (2 marks)

Q15
Why will the same coaching keyword not work for every person? (1 mark)

Q16
How can you tell when a beginner is ready to move from beginners pad positions to 45 degree angled pads when doing punch combination 1, 2, 3, 4? (1 mark)

Q17
When using rotational footwork. Moving to the lead foot; will a combination work best if it ends with the lead hand or back hand (1 mark)

A) lead Hand

B) back Hand

None

Q18
Explain why it will work best to finish with the lead or the back hand?