I go too hard when sparring

[DangerDan]

When I'm sparring I have a problem of starting out slow, but then going faster and faster until I'm almost hitting full force and trying to destroy the other person. I can't stand when I feel like someone is getting a lot of punches on me so I start going faster and faster.

Anyone else have this problem? What can I do to not be like that?

 

[Sinister]

Get a hold of yourself and calm it down, or just wait on the inevitable beating coming your way that'll put you in your place.

Sparring ain't fighting, but sooner or later someone will oblige you and hurt you bad. It just sounds like you're not used to being hit and panic. Chill out, no one's out to get you.

 

[Happnin' Mojo]

If you feel bad about it then just calm down, apologize and do your best to focus on not hitting full force.

Or you could just challenge the hardest hitter in the gym/class, that usually straightens people out...

 

[Kpro86]

Sparring will always elevate to more intense fight but when u feel that u gotta just stop even tell ur partner maybe u guys should slow down

 

[Sinister]

Sparring will always elevate to more intense fight

Only if it's two jackasses in there.

 

[Phil Lao]

It's pretty normal for me, I get the adrenaline rush.

 

[ド YakusA オ]

Get a hold of yourself and calm it down, or just wait on the inevitable beating coming your way that'll put you in your place.

Sparring ain't fighting, but sooner or later someone will oblige you and hurt you bad. It just sounds like you're not used to being hit and panic. Chill out, no one's out to get you.

lol thats wat usually happens to somone if they spar to hard at my gym, especially the noobs... I think they get to comfortable and think "hey this is easier then it looks" and go all out.. the thing they dont realize is that if the other more experienced dood goes hard, then in most cases then not, its lights out...

 

[WCLegend90]

Dan....Barrera?

 

[ame206350]

Only if it's two jackasses in there.

Exactly.

 

[Gargamel]

1) think of it as a game where you have to out-wit the person without too much brawn.
2) Use 100% technique, stop relying on force.
3) I am sure you wouldn't want people to go out 100% on you, so stop doing it to other people.

 

[strangerhhh]

Its all about technique..sparring is about learning no winners or losers. If someone is landing to many punches just adjust i.e use angles, never spaz you waste to much energy.

 

[Happnin' Mojo]

Sparring will always elevate to more intense fight

What the fu....no. Unless the two people have some beef with each other or are just immature twats then no it should not become a real fight.

Usually the best people in the gym focus on technique, not slugging it out and hate having to put jerks in line because it doesn't do anything for them.


Look TS, you're brother wasn't paralyzed by the guy you're sparring nor has he taken your best friends Harley Davidson headband so there's no reason to go balls out. Just take things slow and relax enough so that you don't feel you have to knock the guys block off...

 

[boxer steve]

I used to spar my older brother a lot he was way more talented than me so I got to go a lot harder than I normaly would. I have already posted this in another thread but when he got tired of it he just took me out with a liver shot.

The morale is is you want to go hard then you have to go with people that can hand you your butt at any moment. I t is also a must to explain what you want to do or you can get hurt real bad.

If I was having a bad day and went to hard with a new guy my coach/dad would make sure I got to spar with the big guys. yeah lots of love in my history. Really though it made me a better fighter. I never got hit in the ring harder than I did sparring. That makes a guy fearless. Find someone who will let you go hard and just accept the lumps.

 

[Curtis Gibbs]

Think of it this way.

If you're getting hit to much, find ways to stop that. Learn how to counter what is pissing you off, let you're technique grow, that is what sparing is for. Spring isn't for a pair of nit wits just getting in the ring just for the hell of it and slug it out, its to build onto your basic knowledge. Its much more productive

 

[devante]

Get a hold of yourself and calm it down, or just wait on the inevitable beating coming your way that'll put you in your place.

Sparring ain't fighting, but sooner or later someone will oblige you and hurt you bad. It just sounds like you're not used to being hit and panic. Chill out, no one's out to get you.

the truth has been spoken thread closed

 

[Boxer123]

Man no offense but there is nothing worse than this type of sparring partner.. you ruin it for the rest of the guys and no one will want to spar with you unless it's to teach you a serious lesson, and that guy will step up if you don't learn to control yourself.. it's just immaturity. Think of sparring as a game, my old trainer (great trainer btw, Mark Brackenbury) didn't even call it sparring, he called it "playing".. really set my partner and I in the right mood for a nice calm technical sparring session. If you are constantly brawling you won't learn anything besides how to gas yourself and throw crazy looping punches which WILL get countered, you won't go anywhere in fighting if you keep that up. It's all a learning session, so stay calm and focus on what you're doing and how to counter what and have some fun.


edit: it's good that you actual recognize that you are going too hard, that's a good first step.

 

[VN Soldier]

When I'm sparring I have a problem of starting out slow, but then going faster and faster until I'm almost hitting full force and trying to destroy the other person. I can't stand when I feel like someone is getting a lot of punches on me so I start going faster and faster.

Anyone else have this problem? What can I do to not be like that?

quit trying to show off

 

[Gavin Smith]

TS you need to learn to calm it down, going too hard in sparring not only pisses people off it also hampers the learning of you and your sparring partner.
You need to stop thinking of sparring as two people fighting each other and start thinking about it as TWO PEOPLE HELPING EACH OTHER TO LEARN.
If you feel yourself loosing control then take a time out and calm down, alternatively spare with one the the best fighters there and get the shit beaten out of you, aka learning the hard way

 

[fightdreamer28]

Maybe he has a trainer that cultivates that environment. I used to have a boxing coach that liked it when sparring matches became brutal wars. I quit sparring after I got in a war where the coach was cheering us on. I thought to myself, "I should be getting paid for this." We were both going 100% and the only thing the coach was doing was telling us what combos to use. Usually when it was sparring day we all stopped to watch and there were a couple of KO's. I just decided to quit sparring, and my respect for Chute Box went through the roof. I don't know how those guys go 100% all the time.

 

[Brent Schermerhorn]

I do think people get caught in the moment..i've done it and most people do it. HOWEVER (i believe) its just that..A MOMENT..i have hit people harder than i meant to and just stopped and apologized and the same has happened to me.
The problem comes in where you start sparring harder and obviously you DONT care or you would back off....so take into consideration you're in the gym to make each other better and go places...not hold each other back and injur each other. IF you dont learn that soon you maybe headed towards and unwanted ENlightenment!!!