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I'm the one with the yellow gear. This is me sparring for the second time from an 8 month lay off due to jaw surgery. Please give any thoughts and comments. what can i improve on, what was my strengths and weakness, etc. Thank you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5KAtE5dtCk
You did some good things. You have a good left hook, your have a good jab and you double it well, you have good feet, you move your head and your shell is pretty solid.
1 The biggest thing I see is that you have a tendency to keep your shoulders too open towards your opponent. That makes you easier to hit and give you nothing to turn with when you throw the right hand (you are already 50% around). Close your upper body more towards your opponent and pull the left should back when you fire the right hand. With your kind of body you need torque to generate power. The open shoulder probably helps you turn on the lead hook but that's not the greatest punch anyway.
2.Don't back straight up, you have to pivot out of trouble.
3. When he punches; move or punch, don't wait, you're taking too long to return fire and if you run in to a big puncher that's a problem. Catch and counter or move, don't take 4 or 5 punch combos in a shell, a seasoned fighter will find holes.
4. He was shorter than you, throw more upper cuts from the inside and you could have dictated the range better.
5. I know you guys were monitoring your pace but don't flick the right hand and don't loop it.
First time back after 8 months? You look fit you kept your cardio up. Like our mate who fancies the old girls ;D above says; square shouldered is ok, if you can get onto the angles where you can use it like two fists against one then 'more control to you'. Other than that you are giving away reach by being square and you have a great reach so to utilize that more and have a more controlling jab and have intention on it would probably serve you very well, make people pay with it and use it to set up everything else off their reaction to you.
Going straight back gets you nowhere but on the ropes and if you drop slightly and widen your stance in expectation that you are to defend, then you are setting yourself in stone and an easier target and you wont get out of there as easy as you may of.
Thats an old move you did sitting into the ropes, but you were already there so it just trapped you further. That works well if they are head hunting and are determined to finish you with head shots, you pull your front foot backwards to the rear and sit down like you did, but you give yourself more room and the angle to go under their last head shot and take off out to the side under their shot with your new front foot and you help yourself under their shot with your new lead arm. That way it works because you do it before the ropes touch your back (ring sense, know where they are). and dont run stick to their outside, turn your shoulders and you are back in your original stance and catch them as they turn for you (thats where you can be a touch more square shouldered dealing with them inside and outside of their arm with your two arms.
Noticed a couple of times that when you flick a jab out you do go into a full front stance from being square and your rear arm goes out at the same time, a more advanced opponent could fake you into that again and go on an angle and left hook through your center line and take you clean off balance.
You move pretty good, and there are a number of things that you do well. Here's three you might want to change:
First, a lot of the times when you jab, especially when you seem to be really coming of the back foot to jab, your right glove moves out and away from your face. A guy that is paying attention will jab when you jab, and you'll eat a lot of stiff, straight left hands that way. Also, it doesn't make your right hand harder, faster or anything else to throw it from out there. Just shhot it, don't cock it like that.
Second, many times, when you throw the right hand, you finish by bringing your right foot forward, so that you are squared up. Like a pitcher in baseball. That will get you timed and countered, real hard, with right hands. I think maybe that your feet are too far apart and this is a balance issue. Shorten your stance and you can slide your right foot a couple inches to the right, to throw the hook, or slide it way right and shift your weight over that foot to 'weave' you out of the way.
Third, the way you lean forward in close makes you a target for uppercuts. He hit you with a couple early in the video, then didn't go back to it until the end, but he landed most all of them he threw. Turn your left shoulder into him and he can't hit you with those.
Dunno if anyone has mentioned this but when you throw your jab you throw your right hand the other way
Everyone has different phylosophies i know but in our gym its drilled into you to keep your hands up
Yours are down a lot, not that thats wrong tho you just wouldnt be allowed to do it at our gym
Great stuff noted as per usual.Quote:
Originally Posted by greynotsoold
Maybe it is just me, but i don´t like where your weight is. Thats why you stay square, your right is not good and you loose your reach advantage. On top of this you are left only with the counter left hook wich is good when you are pushed back and you go not intentionaly on your back foot where you are supposed to be at the begining... Examples 1:11 good hook after you are pushed back and you are on your back leg. 1:39 bad hook you are on your front leg. If this is your only wapon it is easy to expect it...
The smallest problem with the jab is that you are going to eat counter jabs. they won't KO you.
For me there are two oder problems
1. you go, squared with your head in the center(because of the weight :) ), to your left while jabing and dropping the hand which is crying for right crosses
2. When you pull the right hand you are opend for counter left hooks and uppercuts
What do you want to accomplish with this movement on the ropes? You are too squared and your weight is too much infront thats why you can't use the left side for protection. Your left sholder is too far away and is evan lower than your right sholder... I see that you try to move yourself with the shots, but you don't try to clinch or to counter or to smuder him. If he finds his range and stays there your are in trouble.
But on oder hand you have nice condition. Keep it up :)