Capa for boxing: how to choose, types, instructions for training

Parents who are going to give their children "to fight", or people who intend to do sports on their own, do not forget about the much needed device, like boxing for boxing. Despite a very short history (for the first time the kapa was used in combat in 1980), it is so popular that athletes are not allowed to enter the ring without it.

What is a protective plate for?

General delusion: people believe that the kapa for boxing is needed solely, so as not to knock out teeth. Undoubtedly, this is one of the tasks it performs, but it is by no means the only one. In addition to it, the overlay implements a number of other functions.

1. Prevention of laceration in soft tissues. Strangely enough, with the inserted lip, the lips suffer much less even with a direct stroke.
2. Reducing the likelihood of getting a concussion - a good drop for boxing damages well.
3. Significantly reduces the possibility of damage and even displacement of the cervical vertebrae.
4. Practically, cerebral hemorrhages are excluded.
5. It becomes impossible to perforate the trachea with shards of teeth (if they are still broken).

In addition to all this, the box cap removes constant tension from several muscle groups at once and helps to take a more balanced fighting post.

Kinds of Cap

Protection pads are divided into several groups at once on several grounds. First of all - in the place of attachment. They are one-sided, fixed on the upper jaw, and two-sided, protecting both. It seems to be safer than the second type, but it is more cumbersome and significantly hinders breathing, for which a rather small opening is provided. So, from this point of view, a single-drop cap for boxing is preferable.

The next parameter is the method of obtaining a groove in which the dentition "hides". Here the sports industry offers 2 options:

1. Standard kapy: plates are formed during production; When buying immediately ready for use.
2. Thermoplastic - a kind of workpiece, which under the influence of temperature is able to take the individual form of the jaw.

The first type is suitable only for people with perfect teeth and a standard jaw structure. Professional boxers prefer the thermoplastic cap for boxing, even if it requires preliminary preparation.

Capa for boxing: how to choose

In addition to certainty with the type of lining, it is necessary to take into account a number of requirements that are imposed on the device.

1. Kapa for boxing (photo above) should not be red. Apparently, this is necessary to ensure that the referee or medic can determine in time the severity of the injuries inflicted on the boxer. Manufacturers of sports equipment avoid producing color kapy, but for spectacular, staged battles are made and such.
2. Kapa should not have any smell and taste. They irritate and distract, in addition, over time, can cause allergies.
3. "Adjusted" kapa for boxing should not be something that causes painful sensations, but even be felt by an extraneous object in the mouth. It should not interfere with speech, let alone breathing.
4. The lining is bought in accordance with the sport. For example, Under Armor is suitable mainly for hockey players, a boxer with her will only suffer, and she will not fulfill her task. Do not forget that there are man's kapits, and there are women's.

Do not economize on health and buy products of dubious brands. Generations of boxers checked kapy, produced by companies Everlast, Venum, Bad boy, Tapout, Title Boxing, Shock Doctor. But the overlays from the well-known company Adidas did not live up to expectations, so that it is not necessary to lead the brand.

"Varka" protective lining

If you chose a thermoplastic cap for boxing, the instruction will explain in detail how it should be adjusted to fit your teeth. But, in principle, they are all treated in the same way.

1. The water boils sufficiently to allow the plate to fit freely there.
2. Kapa is pawned in boiling water for a maximum of half a minute.
3. When the removed cover cools down so as not to leave burns, but has not yet cooled completely, it is inserted into the place of the future "work" and tightly clamped. The outer edge rolls over the gums with comfort for the person who wears the cap.

There's only 20 seconds for everything. If the manipulations are done deftly, and the box cap is of high quality, then when the teeth are released, it will not fall down.