A product of my Life of Flow

About CCBall

I wanted to be the greatest fighter of all time

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FOUNDER

ABOUT JOSHUA GOMEZ

I built CCBall because I wanted a better way to train alone.

CCBall started while I was at university, when I was looking for a practical way to practise striking at home because a heavy bag was not suitable. I kept training with early versions for several years, changing the setup as my own training developed.

During that time, I became increasingly interested in how fighters actually acquire skill, and began reading more deeply into motor learning, practice, feedback, attention, automaticity and performance.

After a period of time in which I focused seriously on martial arts, I decided to turn something I had originally built for myself into a product for other people.

TRAINING & RESEARCH

CCBALL

THE IDEAS BEHIND CCBALL

The more I learned about skill, the more my idea of training changed.

I became absorbed in questions around practice, feedback, repetition, automaticity, perception, decision-making and how skills are retained. I wanted to understand not just how to perform techniques, but how practice could help them become more natural, adaptable and usable under changing conditions.

That research shapes how I train and what I want CCBall to become. It gave me a much more deliberate way of thinking about the problems the product should try to solve.

THE JOURNEY

I am a Coordination Combination Fighter

A CONTRIBUTION TO MARTIAL ARTS

Martial arts became one of the most formative parts of my life. I spent years training, competing, travelling, experimenting and studying ideas about how skill develops.

CCBall reflects that period. Whatever direction my own competitive journey takes, I wanted to leave something useful behind from the time I spent immersed in martial arts: a training tool shaped by the problems I encountered, the methods I tried and the ideas I spent years trying to understand.

Podcast Appearance

PAUL COFFEY · KEEP KICKING PODCAST

Joshua Gomez | The Science of Becoming a Fighter

An extended conversation about the period when I stepped away from legal training to focus seriously on martial arts, including time spent training in Thailand, competition, setbacks and the ideas that shaped how I approached learning. We discuss fight IQ, deliberate practice, perfectionism, progress and the thinking that later fed into the development of CCBall.

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Article

The story so Far

The Cost of Enough

A personal account of the period when I stepped away from legal training to pursue martial arts seriously, what I learned through training and competition, and how years of experimentation, study and reflection eventually contributed to the development of CCBall.

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01 For Coaches

A note on what CCBall is designed to train.

Why I Built CCBall

I developed CCBall because I wanted something I could train with at home that was more interactive than a static target and could continue to challenge me as I improved. I have now trained with different prototypes for more than three years.

What I Want It to Become

My ambition is to establish CCBall as a recognised piece of boxing and striking equipment for the home: something a beginner can start with, but that still offers meaningful training possibilities as their ability develops.

How It Can Be Used

The moving, returning target can be used to work on accuracy, range, balance, timing, combinations, positioning, defensive movement and response. As the user improves, practice can become increasingly open-ended, with the striker reading the return, moving around it and allowing the exchange to develop rather than following a fixed sequence.

CCBall provides the interaction. The fighter still has to perceive, decide and move.

External information Something to read instead of pre-planning everything

Movement + timing Range, balance and response inside an exchange

A supplement Designed to sit alongside coached and live training

Joshua Gomez Founder, CCBall

02 For Retailers & Buyers

An open letter from the founder.

At its simplest, CCBall is a striking target for the home. Commercially, I believe its opportunity is broader than introducing another training accessory.

People already spend money on punch bags, reflex trainers, floor-to-ceiling balls and other equipment because they want to practise striking outside the gym. CCBall enters that established market with a different training experience: the target returns into the exchange, creating something the user has to perceive, move around and respond to.

The commercial product is now being developed towards its first production batch. I am speaking directly with specialist retailers because I believe CCBall should be evaluated as serious home striking equipment within the market you already serve.

A different kind of returning target Unlike a heavy bag, CCBall returns into the exchange, creating open-ended striking practice that develops range, accuracy, balance, movement and response across all major striking arts.

Built for an Existing Customer CCBall is designed to fit into purchase decisions customers already make, whether they are buying their first gloves, looking for a punch-bag alternative, or wanting a more interactive way to train at home. It competes for a place within the broader decision: “I want to learn and practise striking.”

Training That Develops With the User CCBall can start with simple feedback around accuracy, range, balance and control, then progress into combinations, movement, positioning, reactions and more open-ended solo sparring as the user improves.

Joshua Gomez Founder, CCBall

THE CCBALL JOURNEY

CCBALL IS LEAVING THE ROOM.

For years, CCBall mainly existed inside my own training.

Now I’m taking it to fighters, coaches, gyms and retailers and asking them to judge it for themselves.

Some people see the potential immediately. Some need more explanation. Some do not see the value at all.

This is the record of CCBall meeting the world.

THE JOURNEY SO FAR

FROM ONE ROOM OUTWARDS.

The numbers grow with the journey. The stories explain what those numbers actually mean.

0Coaches

0Fighters

0Retailers / buyers

0Locations

WHAT CCBALL IS MEETING

NOT EVERY REACTION IS THE SAME.

The useful part is not collecting praise. It is seeing where the idea clicks, where it does not, and what changes when CCBall is explained properly.

THE CHRONICLE

THE PEOPLE, PLACES AND MOMENTS.

A growing record of real encounters with CCBall. Each entry carries its own date, place and context so the page itself never goes stale.

THE RECORD STARTS HERE.

Select Journey stories in this section to begin building the public record.

FROM ONE ROOM OUTWARDS

THE ENVIRONMENT IS GETTING BIGGER.

CCBall began as something I built to solve my own training problem. Every new gym, fighter, coach, buyer and city adds another environment in which the idea has to make sense.

EARNING ITS PLACE

ACCEPTANCE HAS TO BE EARNED.

CCBall does not become established because I say it should.

It has to survive contact with the people who train, coach, sell and use striking equipment. Scepticism, rejection and misunderstanding are part of that process. So are the moments when someone sees the distinction, changes their mind or decides to stay involved.

01Unfamiliar product

02Scepticism

03Understanding

04Earned support

THE AMBITION

WE’RE COMING FOR THE HEAVY BAG.

Not to replace every heavy bag. The goal is to make CCBall a staple piece of boxing and striking equipment. Something people recognise, understand and genuinely want to train with.