Interesting

[Youngblood]

That makes a lot of sense Scrap.

[Chris Nagel]

Heh, this reminds me of guys who depend to much on blocking punches, or what Atlas calls, "ear muffs".
They rely so much on using their gloves as a shield that they hardly can react to punches coming their way.

[Sharla]

So partnerwork with pads is not good then! Seems so logical but it never occured to me!

[Scrap]

Ive just realised something, its taken the penny long enougth to drop. Ive been argueing this with people more qualified than myself for years. So I never questioned it, but it kept coming back cant sleep now very excited Fucking Hell about Time Feels Good.

[Scrap]

Chris that doesnt even come close to it. Give me a couple of days Ill pm you, cant stop smiling at the moment Buzzing. This has taken a few years.

[Scrap]

Hi Sharla youve been missed

[Andre]

Sub conscious memory stopping the brain neurons from firing sequentially for an instant fight or flight reflex?
I know why you are excited; you are thinking the reverse now, if it can have adverse effects, then logically something can produce the complete reverse.

[Sharla]

Hi Sharla youve been missed

Thankyou Scrap

I am still checking in sometimes to garner your wisdom. I guess I just have fewer Qs to pester people with now I'm not boxing but I still appreciate the best forum members like you and other Ask The Trainer people!

I do want to slap myself over the face now for not realizing doing padwork with a partner was not actually helping!

So for old times sake I'll hazard a guess about what was stealing my brain cells when I was training that way -

Partly because you train yourself to balance to catch the punch?

I think I would lean slightly forward into the punch and push a bit off of the back foot but tend to remain flat footed on the front foot when doing pads. Wouldn't have my weight evenly distributed on both balls of my feet at all. I think that's where I'd like to start if I wanted to slip or sidestep something.

Secondly it's because you're waiting to see the end of the punch and hesitate before moving the pad because your arm doesn't move as far as theirs. I think ideally you'd want to register and act at the first sign of the punch coming with movement of the shoulder or elbow.

Close at all?