sourpuss's training log

[sourpuss]

Well, he knows I need different sparring. The problem is that I'm the smallest in our club and the only other girl is so new and slow that it's not helping me. The nearest gym from us is an hour and a half drive so we make the trip when we can. (they have a few 13 yr old boys that I spar with) But it's a big inconvenience for my coach and I think he's a bit burnt out on the whole boxing thing so I don't want to push it too much.

I'll mention again that I need to get up there to spar and see how he feels about it.

[Sharla]

Tricky situation!

Do you have to car pool with your coach and have him present when you spar. I know it is better to have someone there who can give you feedback and tips on strategy as you go and that's ideal.

Having said that i didn't have my coaches there for most of my interclub sparring and while some of the sessions were frustrating they were still better than nothing in my opinion.

Do you think he'd let you drive there alone sometimes when he can't make it?

Damn the beginning to be over boxing thing is rough. I really don't know what to do about that but i guess with some people it will just be a phase so hopefully he is reinvigorated soon!

[sourpuss]

Yeah, his father-in-law just died so he's been under a lot of stress.

I've been to the other gym before with my coach and without. Just depends on the circumstances. I'd rather he be there, but we know the other coach and boxers well, they are friends of ours so it's not a huge deal if I go alone. I'm going to mention it again at the end of next week after he's had some time to relax and all.

[Sharla]

How are things going?

[sourpuss]

Well, we just had Thanksgiving so I've been out of town for a few days.
All I could do when I was gone was run, but that's ok.
My coach is working on getting me a match for the 13th of December. If he does, I'm going to insist that he take me up to the other club to spar with some of the younger boys there. (the opponent that we're trying to get is about 5' tall and I'm 5'6" and the shortest in my club) so I need to spar with some shorter kids.

[Sharla]

Well, we just had Thanksgiving so I've been out of town for a few days.
All I could do when I was gone was run, but that's ok.
My coach is working on getting me a match for the 13th of December. If he does, I'm going to insist that he take me up to the other club to spar with some of the younger boys there. (the opponent that we're trying to get is about 5' tall and I'm 5'6" and the shortest in my club) so I need to spar with some shorter kids.

Sounds good

Have fun with the shorties (people not too disimmilar to myself )

[Trainer Monkey]

Well, we just had Thanksgiving so I've been out of town for a few days.
All I could do when I was gone was run, but that's ok.
My coach is working on getting me a match for the 13th of December. If he does, I'm going to insist that he take me up to the other club to spar with some of the younger boys there. (the opponent that we're trying to get is about 5' tall and I'm 5'6" and the shortest in my club) so I need to spar with some shorter kids.

Feur runs in to an allmost similar problem,she ends up sparring with everyone,but her height makes it almost prohibitive to judge the results,she's 6 even so she destroys everyone shorter then her,and I dont get enough guys in here who are bigger then her. Ive given her her worst problems sparring,and since Ive officially retired now,I hate sparring,my goal is to get old and fat and let other people lift weights while I complain about my arthritis.

[sourpuss]

Erg! Fight in one week and no chance of any other sparring. Boooo I watched my last match against this girl as a refresher for what I need to be working on and I realized that I've stopped doing all the things that worked against her. The girl that I mostly spar with in the gym is a bleeder and has a sensitive nose so I stopped throwing uppercuts all together. This is really frustrating, every time there is a newbie, I get stuck with them for 3 months and then I have to spend the next three months getting back to where I was when they started. No wonder I'm not getting any better. This is really frustrating.

I'm going to focus mostly on conditioning early this week and just hope for the best. I can't change a whole lot at this point. I feel like last spring (the last time I fought this gal) I was much better than I am now. I can't un-do all the bad habits I've formed trying to help this new girl out in just 5 days either. So I think if I just focus on conditioning and the basics it's better than nothing.