Newbies in sparring

[orriray59]

Don't you just fucking hate these cunts!

I'm here, just having an easy fucking touch, sparring this guy. I've battered him properly last week, so tonight I was going to let him go to work on me while I go through the movements. You know, just a little workout.

But anyway, he decides to ignorantly begin shuffling forward like a tit. He's throwing hard fucking punches, and I'm just letting him bang away on me. Most of them aren't landing anyway. But then he catches me right on the chin with a big 'un. I'm just looking at him now, pissed right off. I decide to jab a little bit, and then I jump on him unleashing shots. Going for broke.

After my little burst, I resume to moving and jabbing. But he keeps going forward in straight lines with this weird foot movement. I honestly don't know what the fuck to do here. I just decide to counter him and let him hit me a bit, but for fuck's sake, can they not just CALM down?
Why are they all bent on trying to maim their sparring partner? It's only going to get them crushed.

Post your stories.

[billy boy balbo]

alot of noobs try to do that like they have something to prove or just inexperienced enough to know how to pull their punches, swift bodyshot works wonders in keeping them in their place

[orriray59]

Originally Posted by billy boy balbo

alot of noobs try to do that like they have something to prove or just inexperienced enough to know how to pull their punches, swift bodyshot works wonders in keeping them in their place

Yep. I just felt like going full force and start actually hitting him properly, but I'd just feel like a cunt.

[biglemon]

Well when I was a noob sparring, I went in with a younger chap pretty new himself and it was pretty easy but he was fat and 2 3 years younger, but once they realised that was not very close sparring, they put me in with guys with a year or twos experience and everytime i landed shots the trainer would say TAKE THE STING OUT THE PUNCHES to me but they would bombs away back at me lol, Ive never sparred a noob personally.

[billy boy balbo]

dont go full force head shots with a noob

[biglemon]

My second time sparring! I was sparring a lad my age and size, it wasa bit of a mess really and he clocked me round the back with the hardest rabbit shot imagineable it was shocking lol

[captain hook]

you need to show them respect if you want them to respect you.. he is noob, but you have to focus on your sparring, dont showboat or something.

[orriray59]

Originally Posted by captain hook

you need to show them respect if you want them to respect you.. he is noob, but you have to focus on your sparring, dont showboat or something.

I'd never have the audacity to showboat in sparring. I'm not that kind of fighter. I'm not energetic or charismatic in the ring, if you know what I mean.
I give this guy plenty of respect, it's just natural to them I guess. I had a friend from school over there also and he did the exact same thing. Shuffling forward oddly winging hard shots.

It bugs me.

[Ulioness]

Lol

[r1p00pk]

there noobs, i was like that too when i started. Always tried to "win" sparring sessions, eventually they'll find out that working and practicing your technique, calmness in the ring makes you much bettter than trying to "win" sparring sessions. The guys who try to really kill you usually will give you many chances to counter quite easily. Staying calm and just trying to tag the guy really helps with practicing against these types of guys. You'll occassionally take a big shot.

[jof]

When I started I found it really hard to pull my punches - it just didnt have the control to through fast punches but to take the power out. So that's excuse 1...

Excuse 2 - newbies are probably petrified and its just a response to that.

I think its a great exercise for the more experienced boxer to let newbies go for it whilst you remain calm and control and focus on movement, keep good body shape etc. You shouldn't get hit if you know what you are doing.

[Brand NOOBian]

When I first started sparring the coach put me against more experienced guys who would purposely go extra slow to give me a chance to practice blocking/reacting to different punches. Learned a lot sparring with guys like that.

Whenever I spar guys who are newer than me, I try to do the same thing. But I also dont get a chance to land much sparring with the more experienced guys, so I'll also practice combos on the newer guys. I never hit them hard unless I notice they're starting to throw with more power on consecutive shots. That's when I figure it's not an issue of them not being able to pull their punches but rather they're trying to hit me hard, so I'll hit them with a few harder shots trying to match their power and then go back to punching lightly to prove my point. They usually ease up after that.

[Speechless]

Aw don't judge em'. I believe it's because people who try out sparring for the first time don't know how to separate the emotional aspect of fighting yet. Their only reference to fighting is probably from some street fight or schoolyard scrap from years ago. So most newbies come in pretty intimidated, fight scared, and go way too hard. The coach should be telling them to hold back a bit if that's the case.

I also have a problem with this, because I am one of the smaller guys in my gym, and i'm pretty decent, but far from amazing. So i'm usually a prime target for newer guys who want to prove themselves. And when they hard, I only know one way to defend myself and that's to go harder. In the end I feel like a prick a little bit cuz they usually take a beating.

But it's hard to ease off, when my gym is not accustomed to going soft, and a lot of these guys have a size advantage and try to take my head off.

It also doesn't help when I ask my coach if I should have taken it easier on the guy, and he says "fuck no!!!"

Maybe when I work up greater confidence and skill, i'll take it easy.

[KiD Caiman]

Never sparred someone who didn't have a basic 'understanding' of boxing. My pet peeve is an experienced boxer throwing hayemakers and ignoring technique. I like sparring guys who are technically sound and think in the ring.

[FloydPatterson]

I'll be having my first full sparing session sometime this week, but I'll be up against my trainer