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Ever wonder WHY your trainer keeps putting YOU in with newbies? As long as you can't handle the new guy in the gym, maybe he reckons you have no business sparring anybody else...
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I do have fighting experience I've sparred over a 80 times with amateur boxers and I've had an exhibition fight with a much heavier and experienced fighter. But I never think I'm better than everybody else in fact I know that I am the least skilled amateur in my gym right now.Comment
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Is sparring really that deep that people have to analyis it? I'm not even the *****. i'm a Palooka right now.
*****, my coach doesn't ask if i wanna spar. It's not even an option for me to sit out. He just tells me i'm working with so and so. I'm only 152 pounds and i'm sparring with 170, 140, 150, 200 pound fcukers. Everyone and anyone. I ain't even trippin. I'm always down to squab.
Of course, my coach says take it easy, and don't do anything crazy.
Basically my rule of thumb is this: When i'm sparring my fellow training partners, first round go light. Easy, warm up. Work your jab, get the blood flowing. As the rounds keep going, then you pick it up a notch, and then another notch. That way both of you are getting something out of it.
If i'm sparring guests from other gyms, i start of at medium and establish myself. See what they got. Then pick it waaay up...let em know who's house they're in. But then talk to them aftewards and exchange ideas.Comment
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Work harder untill your coach notices your improvement. Then you'll get to spar with the more experienced guys.Comment
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Yes it is, abso****inglutely. I can't even believe you asked that question...Originally posted by Squabbles94806 View PostComment
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I do spar with experienced guy I do that most of the time but occasionally when a first timer wants to spar he usuaully puts him against me.Comment
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I'm not referring to tactic, technique, skill yadda yadda...Originally posted by PunchDrunk View Post
i was talking about the fear or nervouness of sparring.Comment
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truth. just get in there and do your your thing. end of story.Originally posted by Squabbles94806 View Post
to the original poster: you're going to fight some guys who are wild/rough/dirty, and all of them will be trying to knock you out. maybe your coach uses you as "that guy" for a reason...Comment
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im a newbie who's just started training and we were doing some light sparring and i found it great, everyone has been very helpful and no-one has gone hard, if anyone did go hard on me the coach would hammer them as what's the point in going hard on a newbie? (unless he's getting ****y etc.) might aswell just hit a punch bag.
there was one lol moment when our coach told me to go in there and throw jabs while the other person had to slip them anyways i didn't realise you had to touch gloves and i went there and jabbed him pretty hard while he reached out to touch gloves lol, he laughed it off thankfully!Comment
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