For fitness enthusiasts, not many workouts can beat a fight training regime, as this can offer you many mental and physical health benefits. To put it simply, fighting sports such as boxing and/or MMA can ultimately offer you a great form of aerobic exercise, which not only gets your heart pumping and helps to lower the risk of high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and diabetes, but it can also strengthen your bones and muscles, as well as help to burn more calories, and even lift your mood. Now, one of the most common tools used for practicing any sort of fighting training are boxing bags. The down-side to boxing bags is that they require a dedicated space for their installation, and they’re large size makes it near-impossible to carry them from one training place to another. Additionally, there are also speed balls and shadowboxing. Still, there haven’t existed any fight fitness training tools on the market that can truly simulate the movement, mixed strikes, and feel of a typical MMA fight, that is… until now. Meet the OODA Ball, an innovative fight training tool that promises to completely change the way you work out.
The OODA Ball is a portable free-weight punching ball that forces you to observe, orient, decide and act (OODA) during your workouts with it.
Designed with focus on a brand-new fitness training category called Functional Interactive Training, the OODA Ball works based on a 4-step tactical decision-making process called the OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide and Act) Loop, which is basically the human instinctive process of fast-paced decision making.
This unique non-stop decision making process is at the heart of every sport you know and love, and is exactly what makes them so fun and exciting to compete on or even watch.
What’s even better about the OODA Ball is that unlike traditional fight training methods like using boxing bags and speed balls, or even when working out with another fight partner, the OODA Ball can completely deliver the thrill of a sparring match without the concern of you getting punched in the face.
Now, let’s have a more detailed look at the OODA Ball and talk about its design and the technology behind it to understand what makes it so special.
DESIGN & SPECS
Starting with the OODA Ball’s size, this ultra-portable free-weight punching ball comes at a fairly compact size, measuring just 8 inches in diameter and only weighing 1.5 lbs.
That said, its portability ultimately makes this free-weight punching ball ideal for working out anywhere and at any time.
Moving on to the OODA Ball’s design. For its construction, the OODA Ball is built based on a patented multi-layer “rhythm design” that aims to optizime weight, speed, and density in order to achieve a controlled rhythm when working out with it.
In other words, the ball’s innovative multi-layer “rhythm design” ultimately allows anyone – regardless of their age or physical ability – to work out with it from anywhere and at any time.
Now, note that the OODA Ball’s internal structure consists of 4 different layers of polyurethane (PU) gel and foams of varied densities, while the ball’s outer layer / external shell is made of an eco-friendly PU Leather.
To be a little more specific, the ball’s first (Inner) and second (Outer) Core-layers are made of a polyurethane (PU) gel with different densities, while the ball’s central Mantle is made with composite bounded foam.
Finally, the ball’s external layer is slightly looser than these first three (x3) internal layers (Inner Core, Outer Core, and Mantle), for which each layer features a precise density and a specific Coefficient of Restitution (COR).
This is what ultimately allows the ball as a whole to bounce around as a moving target.
POTENTIAL USES
When it comes to using the OODA Ball for working out, it’s also worth mentioning that the ball’s design is also based on a patented R.T.H.M. (Reactive Target Hyper-kinetic Motion) technology, which helps its users to develop proper fighting form during each and every workout.
With it, you’ll be able to enhance your overall speed, explosiveness, reaction time, hand-eye coordination, hand speed, punch precision / accuracy, punching strength, and also your overall cardio-endurance.
As such, working out with portable free-weight punching ball can help you burn fat and build muscle, all while forcing you to continuously engage your core from every angle.
On top of that, there’s literally no setup required when practicing / working out with the OODA Ball, as it comes out-of-the-bag completely ready-to-rumble.
All that basically makes this portable free-weight punching ball the ultimate fight-fitness training tool, making it perfect for anyone who enjoys Boxing, Kickboxing, Thai Boxing, and also MMA.
Thanks to the OODA Ball’s functionality and versatility, you can basically use it as an untethered punching bag against the wall, on the floor, or even as a fitness ball.
In sum, you can throw punches, elbows, knees, kicks, hammer fists, ground-and-pound, or ultimately throw multiple strikes at the OODA Ball with endless combinations.
THE SMARTPHONE COMPANION APP – The OODA Ball Boxing App
Last but not least, the OODA Ball can also be used with its dedicated Smartphone Companion App (called the OODA Ball Boxing App), which will soon be available to download for free for both iOS and Android devices.
The OODA Ball Boxing App gives all users full-access to an encouraging fitness community, and provides all users with several different training guides and fight-training routines.
In short, the App comes with over a hundred full body functional exercises, such as Ball Out Squats, Figure Eight Lunges, and Drop Ball Burpees, and those are just a few examples between the many different training guide sand routines offered by the OODA Ball Boxing App.
INCLUDED ACCESSORIES
In addition to ball itself, you also get a durable Carrying Bag (called the OODA Bag), which is made of a high-quality Oxford Fiber, ultimately making its dedicated Carrying Bag both tear-resistant and water-resistant.
Furthermore, each package also comes with a pair of 36-inches wrist-strap gloves (called the OODA Gloves) that are extremely comfortable to wear, even for the most demanding workouts, as these gloves are made of 100% polyester (for their main body), while their wrist-wrap part is made of 50% cotton and 50% nylon.
FINAL THOUGHTS
The OODA Ball is a portable free-weight punching ball that forces you to observe, orient, decide and act (OODA) during your workouts with it.
Working based on a 4-step tactical decision-making process called the OODA (Observe, Orient, Decide and Act) Loop, the OODA Ball is the perfect training tool for boxers, martial artists, or anyone else who wants to exercise to get fit and lose weight, all while having fun during each and every workout.
All in all, this portable free-weight punching ball is both functional and interactive, as it offers all fitness lovers a great and super-reliable alternative to traditional fighting training tools that ultimately allows you to get a killer workout anywhere. With it, you can be assured that you’ll never get tired of working out.
If you’re looking to pre-order the Ball, all you have to do is to pledge just $78 (or more for extra rewards) to the OODA Ball Team’s Kickstarter Crowdfunding Campaign.
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