How intense is sparring supposed to be?

you can spar just dont snap your punches, focus on what your doing there is no point hitting somone hard for the sake of it, just do that on pads... but if you decide to go hard well you have to go.

 

I agree... please tell us you're a girl or something... even if you are though, theres not a lot of room for that on a boxing forum.

 

He lost an avatar bet, probably over the ODLH / Manny fight.

 

Ohhhh... :yep

 

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it's a moving opponant your agaisnt. your not there to spark him you are there to see what moves work or not.

 

I spar with people as hard as they would like to go.
I'm also not to proud to ask someone to lighten up if they are hitting to hard. That doesn't happen as much now that I've been at this for a while, but speaking up sure comes in handy when you are new.

There's no reason to get injured while training.

 

most my spars are laid back
but 1 person in particular starts out calm ends up a war that can go on 4 a long time

 

As stated by others, it all depends.

You should be using your legs in all punches anyway. You can still pull the punches.

It really depends on who the trainer is running it, and or your gym overall. Right now I am sparring newbs. and being used as a punching bag for them...and it kinda sux. They are throwing, I am all defence..end result, I'm catchin occasional headshots and they are getting comfortable punching and moving.

Now my reg. sparring partner I had for 7-8 months, the running joke was 'technical spar', ended up being code for "all out", after a technical spar got out of hand one day. What should have been a spar with close supervision from a coach, stopping it and pointing out things to work on as we go...began a war. Then it just stuck and became a gym joke. Technical spar always begins with a coy smile now and means "Yee hawww...battle time!"

 

sparring is training not fighting...in theory...but one or two good shots can change everything and what was a training session can become a war...its up to you to decide how far you a ready to take it...I dont usualy back down in sparring and if the other guy brings the heat then its on...but there have been times when ive been sparring guys alot better than me, i managed to tag them with a couple of good shots enough to **** them off and i got spanked pretty badly....happened to me yestyerday i was sparring a swarmer, he was alot shorter than me so had to get in close and use the clinch and knees(i do muay thai) but he kept coming in with his guard open and no head movement, i let him clinch me a few times as this was "technical sparring" but afte the third time he did it and went full out with 3 or 4 full power knees to my ribs i got pissed off, so when he came in to clinch me again thinking i was going to submit i poped him twice with a crisp jab to the nose and that calmed him down...i think the solution when a sparring session gets out of hand is to revert back to basics and just remain cool let the other guy get all angry and tired and just relax, if he hits you hard hit him back just as hard make him think...thats my two cents.

 

mate when you punch you throw our fists and throw your combinations, if you snap your punch ie.e clinch your fist aand snap it your going to seriously ****ing hurt your sparing partner so dont do it, just pick your shots and when it coes time to fight snap your punches.

some advice i can give to you is hit your hand 10 times and then snap a punch so knowing when your snaping and not snaping becomes natural.

 

What?? That is pretty poor advice...he should be learning to snap his punches without worrying about the added effect to his sparring partner. Because that is proper techinique.

 

your not going to snap every punch in a fight or you'll be too tired to fight.....

 

So you're saying not to train to snap your punches because:

1. You will hurt your sparring partner
2. It will tire you out

Makes sense. He should probably just practice throwing pushy punches at the air, that will prepare him better.

Got any more advice?

 

Work of your jab. A good jab will ensure many amatuer victories in the coming future. Dont waste your time being agressive... you will improve none. Concentrate on your balance and position.. retaining focus. Defence and balance are the first step. If the oposition is agressive, just go with it... keep your mind set... relax.. work with it. Concentrate on defence, without it, you wont go anywhere. The rest will come in time. If you've only sparred a few times, be patient mate. Rome wasnt built in a day. Every sparring session, something will be gained from it.... even subliminally.