Applying pressure during sparring

[@gamrage]

Good footwork. Weaving in and out without losing ground. Well played. I'd say work on your follow up combinations. You have a good jab, but it seems like you have trouble connecting follow up punches. 0:32, 1:39, 2:57 - For example, when you stand in south paw and throw a jab, your left body shot leaves your head completely open. 2:37 - Also, although your pressure was good, there were examples of you being weak to pressure as well. Your main tool is the jab to keep your opponent at bay, but once your opponent moves past that and they're in the range where you're at a disadvantage, and you ended up being backed up into the ropes. Looking at this, it appears you do well as an Out-Boxer and your opponent as an In-Fighter. The thing about In-Fighting is that they need to take risks to get in. You just need to keep them out, and wait for that chance to throw that hook or uppercut when they overextend. My other piece of advice would be to watch carefully how your opponent reacts to your jabs. Every reaction gives a read on their strategy, personality, and reflexes. From that, you can always formulate a plan of how to open them up. You can throw feints, time your jabs off rhythm, condition them to block specifically the head to go for body shots, or completely switch up your tactics on them.

[@ghawkb36]

Thanks, for the advice I will make sure to think about it during practice and work on follow ups and feints. Also my guard needs to get a lot better. The kid I was going against was a year or 2 younger than me so I was trying not to accidentally hit him too hard.

[@mawaazahard508]

isnt it bcs his feet are align ?