Confidence

[Mickenzie]

Hi guys..ive been boxing a few month and i enjoy it but when i spar i lose all my confidence in throwing ne other punches than my jab really, ive been in fights at skool n out n about etc and getting hit isn't a problem its just in the ring i lose all my confidence in throwing punches...ne help?? many thanks

[Andre]

Where your mind goes, you follow.
If you want to be free, think free first and your body will follow.
Know when someone cant reach you and free up and move in those moments,move out into saftey as they come, use your legs and use what you know works for you (in contact) not out of contact waiting for it to come to you.
Relax first,then face up and control with that jab when its required and free up once again from there or move out again.
ITs easy to get stilted at first and stay in behind what has worked for you,like sitting in behind a jab and just turning .

[Tito BHB]

Where your mind goes, you follow.
If you want to be free, think free first and your body will follow.
Know when someone cant reach you and free up and move in those moments,move out into saftey as they come, use your legs and use what you know works for you (in contact) not out of contact waiting for it to come to you.
Relax first,then face up and control with that jab when its required and free up once again from there or move out again.
ITs easy to get stilted at first and stay in behind what has worked for you,like sitting in behind a jab and just turning .

good advice!!

and i dunno if this will work for you but it worked for me cos when i started boxing i was a bit of a school boy hard lad and when i stepped into the ring i was nothing compared to these really good amatuers but what i did was stayed healthy kept training and i found the more i watched good boxing bouts the more i loved boxing and understood it tactically, i remember one fight i watched was de la hoya -trinidad i thought de la hoya boxed amazing in that fight but apparently he lost??:S lol but since i understood boxing more i enjoy it more and i box better and dicipline myself to bieng a technically sound boxer
hope it helps??

[Mickenzie]

thanx guys il keep that in mind

[hitmanhatton]

u need to be relaxed when u go in to the ring loads of ppl i know tense up when they get in the ring this wont make u punch harder or anythin like tht relaxation allows u to throw better punches
and also ull be less likley to be injured and ur shots should be faster

[Tito BHB]

yeh man like work up a sweat and do some shadow to loosen yourself up, or your just tense and worried