What is the point of "light sparring" as a consistent training method?

I don't believe in light sparring cause in competition there are no light punches so I don't see the point. I assume that the sparring is done by fighters of similar weight or close.
also doing rounds focusing in jabbing for example I think is great

 

Theres more harm done Sparring Hard, than it achieves. Sparring is there to learn and understand Skills, and how to appropriate, movement. Yes Sparring can be Hard, but not to often. Over years it leaves its mark, seen to much of it. Good Sparring is when both guys are learning, if not, nobody is, simple.

 

experiencing gym wars constantly of course is useless , but for not very experienced fighters , sometimes is better go as hard in sparring as in a fight so they don't get impressed when they get hit.

 

I've been in plenty of gyms where sparring is usually a fight, and most of their fighters are ****. I've most improved with my trainer back in Texas, everything was a drill..just jabs, just body, just offense, just defense. Speed covers up mistakes

 

At my gym we spar light because 1.we have no headguards 2.you have guys wearing 12-14 OZ gloves

I'm glad we do so because going home with a headache sucks and it makes combining education and boxing together nearly impossible.

 

How are you supposed to work on techniques/ try out new techniques if you are going 100 %?

I wouldn't be able to focus on practicing my footwork or attempting new counters if my opponent is trying to knock me the **** out :yep

When going @ 100 % I revert to techniques that I am already good at. It feel that consistent heavy sparring would seriously hinder growth not to mention turn your brain to mulch. :!:

 

Getting hit with a punch should always hurt. There is no other way to learn from your mistakes. There is a difference between wobbling/hurting someone for making a mistake and almost Ko'ing them.

 

This is a good point. When you're scared or put under a lot of pressure (like 100% "sparring") you'll naturally revert to techniques already ingrained into your brain.

Not the best way to learn new techniques.

 

If you hit as hard in sparring as you do in an actual match you're no longer sparring by definition.

 

It also means, when you stun your partner then, you got to wait for him to pull himself together and go all over again. Also, when you try new things we normally don't hit at all. BTW, we spar with 12 oz gloves and most times without headgear.

Against smaller guys/noobs, what you said is an universal unsaid rule. Not just in you gym. Haven't you heard "pick on someone your own size" :good

 

Even when I brought Sparring in, it was instilled into my Fighter not to go Heavy. Reason was simple, we needed them in the next Day to work with, the Sparring partners realized it, felt comfortable so we got the Best out of them. Plus they always came back.

 

12 oz and no headgear?

Is your gym the kobra kai of boxing gyms?

 

I'm not aware of a gym where they use a 16oz gloves. I've not seen a gym where they use headgear for sparring. That's how it is in my place.. at least in my city.

 

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