How hard should you go on your opponent in sparring?

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My rule is I go as hard as they go at me.

 

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But don't forget that your trying to learn in sparring ..Its never a good thing to try to kill each other if your trying to learn ..

 

Agree to go at 10% and then knock them out. It's the only way you'll learn.

 

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most sparring should be 60 to 70% for learning & 30 to 40% should be hard going like a real competition gum shield in head guard on

 

You should pull back on your punches most of the time but throw a hard punch now and again, also if they are hurt give them time to recover . . . . . unless of course they hit you in the balls when your working on the mitts with them . . . . then its pretty simple what you do

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Depends on the situation.. At the gym I go 80% of the time we aren't going all out unless the coaches tell us too. Sometimes when sparring beginners they ask you to get rough with them to see where they're at.

 

Go hard... It depends on what you want to get from the session. You have on 16 once gloves and head gear. If you half ass during sparring your going half ass during your fights...

 

Depends.

When I spar I go in with a goal or objective.

Either to test my pacing & cardio (see what pace works for me)

To test out defensive moves

practice counters (which includes outthinking timing and slipping the opponent)


since I like to practice counters and defense alot and like to understand how my opponent works they normally set the pace and I don't end up giving it my all...But they overwork themselves and end up getting countered

Never go full ****** on your opponent. (all out) that's not what sparring is about and won't really help you (I feel)

Alot of the time you work with each other...

One guys defends while one attacks then you switch over. at the end talk about improvements with each other

 

You just need to tell them or vice versa before hand. There's controlled sparring where you work to perfect skills and once you want to put them to the test you may go "all out" or "full contact" sparring. If a guy is trying furiously to knock your block off and you dictating fight with lateral movement by not being a target and planting his face with jabs knowing you can land at will your getting yours and his timing down your doing a great job. But if you can't even get the basics down and your getting pummeled by a guy off the street your just wasting your time going full contact your never going to advance.

 

Light sparring unless the coaches tell you to or until comes at me hard..then its ****ing ON!!!