Does anyone else get....

No... ****, Im invincible. I can beat anyone. If they do beat me in the ring, Ill be outside at their car waiting to shank em.

 

Mate, as long as you get it in training and not before you step in the ring! I know what you're saying though, it helps to have people better than you to push you.

 

When I first started, walked thru the door...I thought I was going to get killed. I was pretty scared and am not afraid to admit it. But made it my goal to get in good shape.

Gaining confidence didn't necessarily come all at once, but was partly a cummulative deal. My first gym...I was there 6 months before I sparred, so gained a bit of confidence weekly until such time it came to sparring. Then again I was scared. But now my goal was to spar.

Sparred for 3 months often getting whooped but gained confidence until it was time for my first fight, and I was nervous...not so much scared. Had a nice win (not that it is important...win or lose I think would have done the same as long as I competed well), and wham! Had a revelation that maybe seeing I didn't get killed or truly suck as I was suspecting/fearing ...I fell in love with it.

Then moved to a new gym, and got a sparring partner who I knew was the best in the area, and one of the best in our country for category etc. Now wasn't scared, but knew I was in for an ass whooping and was a lil nervous. And so it came. First spar of 4 rounds and I never hit him once...except with my face and occasionally my ribs to give my face a rest. But by then I had confidence...so I set my goal on being better then him. We sparred nearly every week often 3 times a week for months on end, and I slowly watched the gap close. He just recently left our club and moved away. We had an in house fight main event as a fundraiser and he beat me...which was humbling in front of friends and so on...but it was pretty close. I may even have won the first round. I think that in time...I would have bested him...but one thing for sure, he gave me a goal and measuring stick for improvement. I learned a ton from him and he helped me gain more confidence.

The point I am trying to convey is, that fear is a part of this sport, but that it must not consume you. And that if you use reasonable, attendable goals in the journey it can be managed. In fact, it might even help fuel you in the form of adrenaline when needed, so long as it isn't mind-numbing. And that when you overcome that fear...the payoff is in fact confidence.

I think having goals and not expecting too much all at once will help overcome fear...and help realize those goals.

 

Heh, I started at a gym in downtown Milwaukee. I was the only white kid. I dribbled a little in my shorts every time I trained there for the first month.

 

ya for the most part, that was what I was trying to say....but instead I wrote a book.

 

i'm gonna go ahead and call this bluff:tired

 

every time I get a match

 

i always think after the first punch in a fight

what the **** am i doing here

but then i start to fight again ignoring that thought as it is just a passing thought

 

My legs go stiff when my name gets read out and real tense but after that im fine

 

when my name gets read out my legs go stiff and i get tense but after that im fine.

 

double post

migraine

 

i had a fight recently, i was **** nervous, but as soon as the other guy hit me with a couple of punches all the fear just turned into concentration and some anger. I won the fight, it was a 4 rounder 2 min each round

 

going up the steps.....hearing your name........looking down at all those faces....magic.you can't beat it !!
then the ref holds the other sods arm up when you know you've won.
good luck to you lads anyway!!