Tips needed for improvment

[adidasteve]

Hi guys could anybody give me any training tips or routines of some sort that I can do to improve my flinch reflex. I noticed that is my main problem when getting into exchanges I tend to blink alot or close my eyes which as everyone knows is the fastest way to get knocked out lol. I would really appreciate your help

Thanks

[SpeedKillz]

jus gotta spar alot and with time ur reflexes will get better and u'll learn not to blink REAL fast cuz if ur eyes are closed and u get hit good..... FORGET ABOUT IT!!

practice practice practice!

[DMC]

SpeedKillz is right.
More sparring and more speedball, floor to cealing ball work.

I have slow reflexes as well and I am still not quick but over time I am slowly getting quicker, I know this cos my sparring partners are telling me I am getting quicker.

Work hard and give it time.

DMC

[mightymouse2k]

Sounds like your just lacking some confidence, not a big problem. Try sparring with different intensities i.e half power, half speed, etc. Also remember above all else to stay relaxed, stay poised and try to "watch" the punches come at you and then deal with them accordingly. Hope this helps.

[fraidycat]

I used to FREEZE when someone would swing at me. I mean, I was totally paralyzed with fear. Hence my username, Fraidycat. The first time I took a hard shot to the face I cried so hard I threw up. In the gym. And I was 35. It took me about six months of sparring, and a whole lot of bruises, to get over my fear of getting hit.

And I still start flinching after I take a flurry of really heavy punches, and I have to slow my breathing down and relax when I'm facing a puncher.

Blinking when someone punches you in the face is a perfectly natural reaction and nothing to be ashamed of. If you stick with this sport long enough -- like, a couple of years, in my case -- you will become acclimated to getting punched. Over time, you'll find out that once you remove the psychological and emotional component of getting punched in the face, it's really not that bad. It's a prickling sensation followed by numbness. A bloody nose feels like a runny nose, and you get used to the taste of blood really fast.

But you've got to get hit -- a lot -- to get there. And the guys who posted above are right: you need to get hit. In the face. Hard. Often. You need to get your nose bloodied and your lips busted and your neck wrenched, and get dropped to your knees with a bodyshot a few times, to realize that it won't kill you. The good news is, once you realize how much punishment you can actually take -- I promise you it's a hell of a lot more than you think you can -- you'll be a different man. Your confidence will go through the ceiling and things will start changing for you outside the ring, too.

So don't puss out. It's gonna hurt. Consider it growing pains and man up.

Let us know how it goes.

[Kayo]

Sparring with help. Also a drill we do at our gym is we find a partner and u exchange jabs working on slipping and parrying to help you get used to seeing punches coming at you

[FIGHTING_FLIP]

I used to FREEZE when someone would swing at me. I mean, I was totally paralyzed with fear. Hence my username, Fraidycat. The first time I took a hard shot to the face I cried so hard I threw up. In the gym. And I was 35. It took me about six months of sparring, and a whole lot of bruises, to get over my fear of getting hit.

And I still start flinching after I take a flurry of really heavy punches, and I have to slow my breathing down and relax when I'm facing a puncher.

Blinking when someone punches you in the face is a perfectly natural reaction and nothing to be ashamed of. If you stick with this sport long enough -- like, a couple of years, in my case -- you will become acclimated to getting punched. Over time, you'll find out that once you remove the psychological and emotional component of getting punched in the face, it's really not that bad. It's a prickling sensation followed by numbness. A bloody nose feels like a runny nose, and you get used to the taste of blood really fast.

But you've got to get hit -- a lot -- to get there. And the guys who posted above are right: you need to get hit. In the face. Hard. Often. You need to get your nose bloodied and your lips busted and your neck wrenched, and get dropped to your knees with a bodyshot a few times, to realize that it won't kill you. The good news is, once you realize how much punishment you can actually take -- I promise you it's a hell of a lot more than you think you can -- you'll be a different man. Your confidence will go through the ceiling and things will start changing for you outside the ring, too.

So don't puss out. It's gonna hurt. Consider it growing pains and man up.

Let us know how it goes.

what a beautiful post..i feel like getting my ass kicked now just to get that confidence

[fraidycat]

what a beautiful post..i feel like getting my ass kicked now just to get that confidence

Only a true boxer would consider getting his ass kicked for the spiritual experience.

[kryo]

Most people think they are hard asses.. and then I remind them that most people wouldn't pay 60 dollars a month to get there brains knocked around.

Essentially, we pay to recieve (and deliver) pain.

.. You sadistic ****s.

We are an elite few.

[kamicazze]

lmao at kryo