Venum Reflex Boxing Ball

Product detailed description

Ten minutes before pad work, or in the hallway at home when the gym is closed: strap the band on, clip a ball to it and start tapping it away with straight punches. The ball comes back at a slightly different angle every time, so your eyes, hands and footwork have to react rather than follow a pattern. Miss, and it taps you on the nose. Few drills give feedback that honest.

This is the drill Vasyl Lomachenko made famous and Jiří Procházka added to his own routine. In the box you get two rubber balls with different resistance, an elastic polyester cord and an adjustable headband with a self-gripping closure. A metal clip joins cord and band, so you switch balls in seconds and the cord does not work loose mid-round.

Because the Venum Reflex Boxing Ball needs no stand, hook or partner, it lives in a side pocket of your gym bag and comes out wherever there is two metres of clear space.

Key benefits

• Two resistance levels – the softer ball for learning the rhythm, the livelier one once your timing sharpens.
• Adjustable headband – self-gripping closure fits over short hair, a cap or a beanie.
• Metal clip – quick ball changes and no plastic hook to snap.
• Elastic polyester cord – consistent rebound, shrugs off sweat.
• Measurable progress – count clean hits per minute and watch reaction time and accuracy improve week to week.
• Travel size – band, cord and two balls weigh next to nothing and fit in a jacket pocket.

Materials and specifications

How to use

Fit the headband snug and level just above the eyebrows, clip on the ball that comes back slower and start with jabs only, at a rhythm you can hold for a full minute. Add the rear hand, then hooks, then lateral steps as your hit rate climbs. Three to five rounds of two or three minutes is plenty as a warm-up; switch to the faster ball when you string together thirty clean hits.

Care

Wipe the balls and clip with a damp cloth after use and hand wash the headband in cool water when it gets sweaty. Let the elastic dry away from radiators and direct sun, and store the set uncoiled so the cord keeps its stretch.