First time sparring

its normal mate veryone gets a can of whoop ass opened on them the first time

 

just work on it

 

Sounds like a perfectly normal first session to me.

 

Reddragod dude, take note of this, this a genuine first time sparrer.

In response to this post, don't worry everyone sucks at first during sparring.

It's a learning process, it looks so easy but once your in the ring it's a different story.

Only advice is the age old motto of practice makes perfect. You'll learn from each sparring session, don't give up :good

 

youll catch up mate..

im almost 30, been boxing for just under 6 months, had 2 broken hands and a cut, ive just finished 1 month of sparring without any injury and im amazed by how much progress ive made in that month..

To me, boxing is a sport, which ****s with your mind, atleast when u start. Even peewee and his midget friends can do a number on you. The process of learning s painfull, but stick to it, and you will slowly get better and catchup with those who are now beating you.. This i mean from the bottom of my heart, WHEN you do catch up with some of them and return a "beating", its so goddamn enjoyable..

 

I sparred a guy tonight who was in the ring for his second or third time. He kept saying how he sucked for making perfectly normal mistakes like turning away and panicking, but he did well because we all made those mistakes, they are 100% natural.

 

I dont think anyone had a first sparring experience as i did, man it ****ed me up mentally.

I would do all the things you did and got busted up pretty bad, after that for months i kept hesitating to spar and sometimes would make excuses not to,

i dont know what happened after that, i just said to myself why am i being like this, getting hit isn't really hurting and i'm pretty good as punching, since then i had no problems.

 

i remember my first time sparring. i was to use both hands and he was to use just his jab. i go out throw a 1,2. only tapping him lightly with the one getting the two slipped. then all i see is four fast jabs and my head getting snapped back. he was smacking me around with his jab for three rounds.

yellowish green eye afterwords and braces cutting into my mouth but i thought it was great. i looked terrible from what i can remember. even though i was boxing for a good year and a half at that time before sparring.

 

dont even worry about that man. my first time i came out with a black eye and a broken nose. what makes you better is if you shrug it off and keep working.

 

Focusing on the jab for now is a good idea IMO. And of course defense, unless you like eating punches

What he's trying to teach you is to bring the jab back as fast as you can. A punch ends when the guard is back in place, not when the fist reaches its target. Don't be lazy with it, snap it out and return back in place before the counter can land. He probably also sees them coming, so the counter is already on the way when you start jabbing. Try hiding your punches by moving your upper body and by feinting.

 

I switched to southpaw, threw multiple hooks and finished off with a Hamed style corkscrew uppercut:nut