Critique my 4th Sparring session (link to vids)

looking decent mate for your fourth sparring session, do you train in that health club?
if so you want to get yourself to a boxing gym mate.
points to improve
like you said you are quite predictable
also you very rarely counter your opponent
apart from that looking you looking excellent mate:good

 

That's perhaps the wierdest setting for a sparring match ha !

Looks good though, for your 4th sparring session tbh, you're doing well. You look relaxed and have the decent fundamentals to improve on. All that comes with time and practice.
Good thing also is that you know some of the things to improve on, such as the jab. That's really improtant to point out bad things and improve rather than just being blind to it.

Props also for posting a vid of yourself for critique aswell ! nice one.

 

its good mate 1 thing that i notice blaringly is hat you are open to hooks try to keep your right hand nearer your ear to block hookmss

 

totally wrong environment for sparring

 

it would be better,you did both look relaxed though,which is good

 

Like Gpater said you have your hands in front of your face, you are very open to a left hook. I think it looked decent though.

 

yeah try get yourself into a proper boxing gym would be the main problem id have

on the sparring itself

its quite labored and not exactly intense, you should really cut down your rounds and try up the intensity gradually, a real fight is at such a higher pace than you are fighting there you would be in for a huge shock when you did have a real fight or an intense sparring session against someone who wanted to take you out

from the punches i have seen you throwing you do not seem to be throwing them correctly, maybe you know how to properly throw and your holding back but for your power shots your not getting the full range of motion, you are losing out on a lot of power

for example you are throwing your right hand and you are not turning your hip and throwing your sholder forward, the only movement comes from your arm, you want your right shoulder moving forward around a foot and you want to turn your hips in a snapping movement this is where the power comes from

in my gym i would advise you to stop sparring as your bad habits will settle in, there is a general fact that to teach someone a new move and for the subject to learn competantly they should do the move around 300 times in practise, for someone who has developed a bad habit, to correct a bad habit picked up it can take up to 3000 practise runs of the move (this is general in all sports)

imo the sparring is no use for you and i would advise you to stop, the guy is taking it too easy by the looks of it and you would benefit a lot more from padwork and bag work at this stage of your experience, for improving footwork, technique for punches and simple things like bringing your hands back to your face after throwing shots instead of dropping them (especially your right)

the best way to learn how to fully throw shots is pad work, a good trainer shouldnt let someone spar who has so many flaws, you will NOT learn that way, infact you will develop bad habits which as previously stated are a ***** to get rid of

 

ok i just had another look at a few more rounds of your sparring here are some more pointers

at the moment you are holding your hands nice and high and in tight, however you are holding your hands with palms facing each other and you thumbs facing your face, try hold your hands so your palms are facing your face, this is something you should try get use to

this will create a bigger defense as that part of the gloves are wider and when throwing punches you can generate more power as you are turning your fist more, from that position say for a right hand you will turn your fist 180 degrees from the way you are doing in the vids you are only getting a 90 degree turn, that snapping of the wrist creates a lot of power, next time on the pads or bag try it and you will feel the difference

one more thing buddy; you showed some good head movement and then throwing a shot afterwards this is good, however your opponenet is gonna cop on and see that when you bob you are more than likely gonna throw a shot after it, try bobbing from side to side a few times, stop do it again then bang throw a right after a bob to the right or jab with a bob to the left, dont constantly bob once then throw you need to disguise your punches

when moving your head do so in short quick movements not long drawn out ones as they will leave you off balance and a quick fighter will pick you off, aint nothing worse than getting caught with a jab when you are slightly off centre you will get rocked back and you will have to readjust your stance, this will automatically go down as a point on the computer for your opponent

so practise those quick, sharp and short head movements, you need to start recruiting those fast twitch fibres that everyone has, they just need to be called on
same as foot and hand speed, when on the bag after your technique improves for 6 weeks straight just concentrate on hitting the bag with speed, nothing but combos and as fast as you can, your hand speed will come on great

 

yeah i was watching you i seen you throw the up jab twice and just jumped on it, the up jab is good and is good thrown after a straight standard jab,(double jab) straight jab bob down and power up with another harder more powerful jab, this will work for you

yeah im not surprised you guys are told to hold back as a strong punch could send one of you into a threadmill and knock over an old lady who could do out her hip and claim off the fitness club for 40 grand,

dont be holding back if you are wary of being hit, a good shot will put your opponent off balance and will make it hard for him to hit you clean back, if you are wary of counters as you say you are getting caught after you attack you need to throw feints, feint the jab by stepping in with your left foot and pumping the left hand wait for your opponent to react then throw a real jab, this will work for you also

if you are worried about your speed, just practise man, constant practise will help your handspeed and you say your form is better when you shadow box and hit the bag this is down to you being so tight in sparring, from what i seen you are very rigid and aint loose, this would be nerves and anxiety and is a ****, time will help get rid of this but if you try concentrate on being relaxed your form will be way better, you conserve energy and you are looser,

one of the best ways to stay loose in sparring / fighting is to have your arms fully relaxed, get used to only tensing up the arms and shoulders for protecting when you know 100% a punch is coming, most novices are worried about being hit and have their shoulders and arms tensed constantly to have a solid guard

attacking stright after an attack can be dangerous especially if fighting a counter puncher, try practising an attack, defend with a bob right or left or roll under right or left then come back with an attack, this takes time to master but is a step in the right direction, after every attack you should be considering defense

post up a vid of some heavy bag work and i could give you more and better pointers on that if you want

 

+1

You guy are playing with each other, where's the fighting? Rest assured that a real fight will be more severe than that. At the Kronk when people spar they actually hit each other. Trust me, the best way to learn from mistakes, like being lazy with the jab is eating counter shots. I learned not to be lazy with the jab from having a heavyweight hit me with counter right hands.

 

yep kinda like shadow boxing your doing :bbb