What To Do After A Bad Sparring Session in Boxing

I speak a little bit about what you should consider after a bad sparring session.

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[Frank-sstp]

As your footwork improves and you shift your body weight in the proper direction defensively and offensively you’ll be able to better measure your opponent’s punches. You’ll still get hit but because you are positioned Properly it allows you take some of the power off the shoot by parrying, blocking or positioning yourself where the shot loses some power, even better you can check hook or over hand counter from a better position as they throw theirs and they try to invade your space. After a while the headaches, buzzing brain feeling stops because you are learning how to fight properly and calculate damage (this applies if you are actually under some kinda guidance on your weak points. The important thing is someone had to see you even if it is once a month and say “hey this needs to change or improve” then you spend months working on that small improvement). Eventually you Improve so much even people who over looked you start to throw in little pieces of knowledge, you filter what works for you and make minor adjustments within your style. Watch videos on the fundamentals, most importantly your footwork and stance.

Being afraid to spar is also normal, I got a black eye last week for the first time and I am 33 and been boxing for 3-4 years. I am almost always the oldest guy wrapping up and throwing on my war armor. That alone is something to be proud of. I am realistic about who and when I spar. Some people are just above my level and that ok. Maybe one day I can last a few rounds with them, but in my current reality I know my limitation and that important in keeping yourself sparring and getting better to reach the next level. I also understand that some people want to do this for a living and I am just doing it to learn a life skill and be within the top % of males who actually know how to fight and are not afraid of it.
Find a “reason” for the ass whoppings and learning experiences, and the fear minimizes as you condition your body. Fear never goes away because it’s needed to improve, but it helps you dream about the errors and make adjustments, fear keeps you shadow boxing, running, doing strength and conditioning work. Enjoy it and keep working.

[mrboomer]

Had my first sparring yesterday. Got my ass beat. Still feeling headache and scared to spar again.

[shaygiven]

Great video. We all experience the same issues in sparring. No matter what, you just have to learn from it and keep going.

[andrewtanczyk]

Protect yourself at all times.

Including sparring or avoiding sparring someone who’s at a higher level than you are.

[SilkyElwyn]

This was very informative although I'm still fairly new in boxing and had several sparring sessions with different people and all of them go way too hard which results to me not knowing what to do

[shanedeeprose]

I entered a karate tournament I was a red belt first belt everyone else because of my weight class were black belts I lost all my fights that day but I also learned a lot that’s what it is all about

[TR-zhev]

Lmao had this happen about 2 weeks ago. Just got back into boxing. Just quit smoking at the time. Figured I'd use my defense. Anyway, couldn't throw much of anything was too tired. And eating punches. But I been running 4-6 miles a day since and preparing for my next spar. Should do a lot better next time. If coach puts me in. He might think I'm just a noob but really I was just out of shape! Lol

[edwardl.s]

I had my first sparring match in quite a while, we only had one head gear and the other guy (about 80kg) used it. Myself, who didn't use headgear, took quite a lot of hard blows to the head, as he was throwing mostly badly-aimed hooks. After walking out of the gym i felt a tiny sensation of coordination loss for a short period of time. It has been 4 hours and I have a pretty bad head-ache but no other symptoms, and i'm starting to freak out a bit after reading all these posts on google saying that you'll get severe brain injuries when getting older (i'm 17). Any advice on how to think? Do you guys think there'll be a permanent effect? I'm quite worried, and won't be sparring anytime soon.