To minimize risks of injury during filming of a boxing video, the main actor did warm up and cool down exercises before and after training scenes to prevent muscle strains, and his hands were properly wrapped with boxing tape to support his wrists and protect his knuckles and fingers when using boxing gloves during training with pads, heavy bags, and speed balls.

1. Risk assessment
Knockout

2. It is clear that attempting to make a
sporting video can come with a lot of risks
to those starred in the production. The
following slides show what we did when
recognising a risk, to minimize any injury
happening to the actors, before we started
filming.

3. Muscle strain:
To minimize the risk of any muscle tear or strain to the main character who
is boxing, he did a ‘warm up’ before and ‘cool down’ after each time he
was training. This would loosen his muscles giving him less chance of
straining them, rather than going straight into his training routine.

4. Hand/Wrist injury:
When training with professional boxing pads, heavy bags and speed ball
whilst using boxing gloves, it is very easy for the persons wrists and hands to
be damaged internally and externally. This is why the actors hands were
wrapped properly using correct boxing tape needed. This would support his
wrists when using the boxing gloves and also protect his knuckles and
fingers from being cut or broken.