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I had made a post before (and posted a link to the video) about me sparring and what not..and to be blunt about it, it was pretty terrible. Didn't throw many punches, none of them even landed, ect.. and a lot of it had to do with the fact that all the guys I was sparring were heavier than me by at least 1 weight class or more. My coaches have always said that I shouldn't let it make a difference in my performance, the basic concept was "no matter how big the person is even if you get intimidated and freeze up, there comes a point when you get hit enough and just start reacting and putting all your training together" and I admit I doubted that and planned to talk to my coaches about sparring only people close to my weight. Last Tuesday I figured I'd give it one more go with whoever they told me to spar, and I just started boxing, got hit with a light jab in the beginning and it just registered in my head "**** the weight difference, I can box this guy" and I did just that. no it wasn't perfect and I did get hit at times, but I did so much better, landed plenty of clean punches, foot work was good, overall it was just better.
Just wanted to share this I suppose. Everything my coaches had told me before this worked and provided results as training progressed, sometimes you just gotta listen even when you have some doubts.
Just wanted to share this I suppose. Everything my coaches had told me before this worked and provided results as training progressed, sometimes you just gotta listen even when you have some doubts.
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