speed

snicky

does anyone know a good way of getting quicker reflexes and building up speed while being in the house? maybe some simple exercises?without useing a speed ball or a ground to ceiling ball

hey_funboy

Quick reflexes to do what ?
The exercise you are after depends on the sport you are doing.
If you are studying Taekwon-do, you will want quick kicks etc, while for Judo you will want quick footwork & hips etc.

If on the other hand you are after "building up speed while being in the house" for the likes of answering the phone or catching Santa delivering presents, this is a different ball game.

ColinJennings

Tennis balls on a string.

Thread a few strings through a piece of wood and attach tennis balls on to the end. Send them flying and hit them away as they come near you. THe more balls and the difference in lengths of the strings the harder it is.

Millionaire

Shadow boxing/kicking great for speed. of course proper form and balance must be maintained. hands up! visualize fighting someone. get your combos of strikes rockin n rolling with speed.

Roper

The simplest drill I ever learned for quick reactions was with a tennis ball. Basically someone just flings the ball at you and you catch it while you're moving. I don't know if it helped my reactions or not, I remember thinking that it did. Bear in mind this was for gaelic football though but I think its a pretty non-specific drill. If you're on your own you can use a wall. Its supposed to develop hand eye and reflexes.

Khannie

Computer games. No doubt about it. My reflexes (and ability to respond quickly in a way that I'd want to) are second to none.

I play unreal tournament 2004 a lot. It's a very fast paced game. Anything similar would be good for your reflexes / hand eye co-ordination.

Of course, this is a very general way of improving reflexes / hand eye, but I think it answers your question. (or does it?....it definitely wont help your kicking....but it will probably help your blocking / punching).

Roper

Khannie wrote:

Computer games. No doubt about it. My reflexes (and ability to respond quickly in a way that I'd want to) are second to none.

I play unreal tournament 2004 a lot. It's a very fast paced game. Anything similar would be good for your reflexes / hand eye co-ordination.

Of course, this is a very general way of improving reflexes / hand eye, but I think it answers your question. (or does it?....it definitely wont help your kicking....but it will probably help your blocking / punching).

Just, no. Telling your body to move your thumb is a totally different process of the cns than telling your body to do a gross motor movement. If playing computer games was a good developer of hand eye coordination, then the kids I get in whose parents always say "I just want to get him away from the x-box" would be **** hot and pick up new skills easily. They don't,

Khannie

Roper wrote:

Just, no.

In fact, just yes.....

national geographic wrote:

"It is certainly good training for people in situations where they need to detect things in their visual environment at any time in any location, like ground troops going through uncharted territory," said Daphne Bavelier, an associate professor of brain and cognitive sciences at the University of Rochester.

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MSNBC wrote:

Researchers found that doctors who spent at least three hours a week playing video games made about 37 percent fewer mistakes in laparoscopic surgery and performed the task 27 percent faster than their counterparts who did not play video games.

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Roper wrote:

Telling your body to move your thumb is a totally different process of the cns than telling your body to do a gross motor movement.

The movemement in the games I play is actually very complex. Multi-part combinations of movement are absolutely essential and it's not a playstation controller that I use. Pinpoint accuracy with my right hand over a .05M squared area is also essential to playing the game at a high level (which I do).

Honestly, my reflexes and hand eye coordintation are both excellent and there's no doubt in my mind that a lot of it is down to playing video games (of a specific type). I'm not saying that it's the ultimate solution by any stretch but it certainly does help, and the OP asked for things s/he could do indoors.

DAVE_K

for pin point hand-to-eye co-ordination and speed of reflexes - juggling is pretty damn good - whether it's transferrable to MA or not I'm not sure - can't see why not.......

TwoKingMick

Scientists have proven that computer games are good for you.

Scientists have proven that computer games are bad for you.

Scientists have proven that drinking tea is bad for you.

Scientists have proven that drinking tea is good for you.

My point is, for anyone not paying attention, is that scientists can prove whatever it is enough people want them to prove.

Mick Leonard. BSc

Ps. Playing computer games in no way relates to the movements required to be able to throw a fast and accurate punch. Punching helps you to develop a fast and accurate punch.

Roper

read my post again Khannie. MA (for the most part) is gross motor skills, surgery/video games takes fine motor skills. Speed for combat involves movement, on your feet, through your hips, with your arms.

As for things to do indoors, gaming is one of them alright. I think he'd be better off whacking off for hand speed though. Both take place in front of a computer screen these days so....

Khannie

Roper wrote:

read my post again Khannie. MA (for the most part) is gross motor skills, surgery/video games takes fine motor skills. Speed for combat involves movement, on your feet, through your hips, with your arms.

Fair enough. I agree yeah. They are different, very different. I'm pretty sure though that for me, being able to deal with physical situations in a fast and effective manner (even things like avoiding car crashes for example) is something that I've learned from playing computer games, because I'm used to processing information quickly and reacting to it in a controlled way.

Roper wrote:

As for things to do indoors, gaming is one of them alright. I think he'd be better off whacking off for hand speed though. Both take place in front of a computer screen these days so....

Now in high definition.

Pro. F

snicky wrote:

does anyone know a good way of getting quicker reflexes and building up speed while being in the house? maybe some simple exercises?without useing a speed ball or a ground to ceiling ball

From what I've heard, there is a difference between reaction and response. If somebody had great reaction times (like a computer gamer or race driver) but badly trained responses for MA then their actual response to a stimulus wouldn't be the correct one in their MA .
I would say that your time would be better spent using some sort of activity closely linked to your MA in order to improve your response times. Shadow boxing is great - look how much emphasis pro boxers give it.

I used to think that computer games are good for visual information assimilation. Like when you walk into a bar and you want to check out for any problem people quickly (or chicks:D ). But I now think that they may make you a bit tunnel visioned. Peripheral vision is really important.

paddyc

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paddy

Baggio...

Millionaire wrote:

Shadow boxing/kicking great for speed. of course proper form and balance must be maintained.

Aye, shadow boxing is great...

I like speed ball training too, although I always end up getting hit by the stoopid ball. But great for increasing reactions and hand/eye coordination, etc.

Black Swan

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