Newbie needs help

[Douglas]

Hello mate ..... all beginners always want to spar straight away. The trouble is that you need them to learn technique first, so that they apply proper technique and thus sparring is really technique traini9ng (ie not fighting)

If you let beginners spar too much, a) their bad habits and flws become ingrained and they will carry them forver, rather than learning proper technique first and then utlising it and b) they get beaten up, which isn;t the point of sparring.

Still, good luck - can't knock your keenness, but as with any art you need to learn your skills first so you carry them out properly and train your body to do them automatically.

Additionally, lots of people join boxing gyms for all sorts of reasons and good trainers keep them on the outskirts of the sparring for a while to see if they have the dedication to keep turning up regardless.

As a beginner, that'd be the LAST thing I'd want to do. It would be what I'd dread most, until I got a lot better.

[DickDangleberry]

Hey guys.

Just want to say thanks for the encouragement.

Did the sparring with the guy on Thursday and we worked up from real gentle games to light sparring. It's amazing how much effort it takes to get someone into a corner both physically and mentally (it was one of the games we played).

I've met a couple of the guys that do spar and have been giving me tips so I'll keep on working with those guys and see where it goes from there.

I just think the trainers a dick which is fine as I can learn from people that are willing to pass on there advice to people that are keen rather than some douche that doesn't want his time wasted.

Cheers