Filming yourself training

[Trrmo]

How many people make videos of themselves sparring, shadowboxing or bagwork. I used to watch my fights over and over and cringe at the mistakes I made and tried to improve, but almost never during training (one sparring video) I filmed myself shadowboxing at home and straight away found some things I was doing wrong, like elbows a little to far out, body a little to square-on, not enough head/trunk movement.
I want to film myself at the gym but donīt want to look like a ****head either.

To what extent do others make use of video cameras to improve their boxing skills? Do you take cameras into the gym? I think it is invaluable, because you donīt always notice some mistakes until you watch yourself on video.

[Danny Gunz]

How many people make videos of themselves sparring, shadowboxing or bagwork. I used to watch my fights over and over and cringe at the mistakes I made and tried to improve, but almost never during training (one sparring video) I film myself shadowboxing at home and straight away found some things I was doing wrong, like elbows a little to far out, body a little to square-on, not enough head/trunk movement.
I want to film myself at the gym but donīt want to look like a ****head either.

To what extent do others make use of video cameras to improve their boxing skills? Do you take cameras into the gym? I think it is invaluable, because you donīt always notice some mistakes until you watch yourself on video.

I have a couple fight videos of myself but my trainer wont let us bring cameras into the gym

[peewee1460]

I want to film myself at the gym but donīt want to look like a ****head either.

Amen to that, karma coming your way.

[ScottDBA]

Unless your gym specifically has a rule about no cameras allowed (which is lame imo), just bring one if you want to. Who cares what other people think. As long as your not posting it up on youtube to showoff how great you think you are, use every tool you can to get better.

[rj_ct]

my trainer video tapes our fights and some of our sparring. we go back and sort of analyze it and talk about stuff while watching tape. i think it helps. i feel like i learned a lot from tapes, but you don't need to record everything, everyday. and you don't need to post that **** on youtube.

[Trrmo]

Not about posting it on you-tube, just to be able to watch it yourself to improve mistakes or get some advice from a coach, or someone whose opinion you respect.
Nothing wrong with beginners posting vids to get advice, but usually there are so many opinions given here they could just end up more confused!

[TheTruthIs]

Is a great tool if used properly. Have every fight I've had on vid. Good for learning. Can be humbling too...seeing your glaring defects. There is quite a bit of disparity I've found in perception between what happened in the ring through your eyes, and through the eyes of a camera. It's helpful to have both.

[Landon S]

I've done it shadowboxing a few times and it is really surprising watching them.

**** it and bring the camera to the gym. Just set it up on a shelf somewhere and let it run and leave it alone till your done. And PS about the ****head comment, nobody wants to look like shawn.