Video taping your sparring sessions

[Mike Piekarski]

I'm curious how many people do this and if so how often. I video taped my sparring 2 weeks in a row and I felt like I picked up on a lot of mistakes. After picking up on the mistakes it really helped to drive my training for the rest of the week.

 

[Fire of Youth]

I started doing this a few months ago. I found it is a very useful but demoralising process. I would be very upset at first because all I could see was my mistakes. I only started seeing my good things after watching the video quite a few times. After watching it saturation, I have a pretty good idea of what I did well and what I still need to work on.

The biggest problem I have found is finiding someon who is happy to film you whilst sparring/training.

 

[eternaldarkness]

I'm curious how many people do this and if so how often. I video taped my sparring 2 weeks in a row and I felt like I picked up on a lot of mistakes. After picking up on the mistakes it really helped to drive my training for the rest of the week.

it think it is one of the best, most underused training aids available. my mates and i have been filming our practice sessions for years. sometimes its amazing how bad you actually look on film.

 

[eternaldarkness]

it is also great for when someone belts someone. you can sit around and hang shit on each other afterwards. certainly good motivation.

 

[apizur**]

Every opportunity I get I do this. Then I try to watch it in front of other people who have legitimate viewpoints. I'm probably hard on myself but I usually feel like I LOOK like I do worse than I felt fighting.
To me I know they were near misses, but they look and sound like they hit sometimes... it's very insightful if you want to know how you'd look in a judge's eyes.

 

[Paradigm]

it's really a great training tool and most people never see themselves sparring. so many flaws you can pick out when you actually see yourself.

I need to get a GoPro or something...can't always get someone to film for you.

 

[Fire of Youth]

It makes you appreciate how awesome the professionals are when you see how poor you look when you felt great. The professionals look great so they must feel absolutely amazing.

 

[Babba]

this is how i fixed my hook 8 years ago

 

[Sinister]

I video my fighters' sessions, but the more incessantly they ask me to see them, the less I let them see them. Fighters don't watch their own fights happen in the 3rd-person, and it's very important that if you're competing, or training to get better in the ring/cage, to focus on making things better from the first-person perspective. In other words, you can't obsess over yourself too much in the manner of watching yourself.

 

[Centaur]

Just started doing it again and it's really been helping with a few things that I get lazy with.

 

[Frode Falch]

Yeah its a very good tool to use.