3 Drills for Dealing with Fear of Being Hit in Boxing

[@Tony_Jeffries]

Do you got any questions or video requests? Comment down below!! Watch next: All Body Punches in Boxing, Explained: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aWK2goeIo5mLY7c

[@BeetleF1]

thank you for this video tony. i have to overcome my fear.

[@Jetnegative]

They say styles make fights. Maybe you could do a video on the pros and cons of each style and how to know which style best suits you?

[@oscarflores7366]

Tell us ur top 5 best things you learn for the Olympics

[@brudbbb1]

How to guess which side to slip? General tips on slipping punches

[@hugdablok6162]

I'm only afraid of getting punched in the nutz😆

[@heyumnew1401]

I mean, trying to evade your father's belt when he's angry is a pretty good training, if you dont get hit

[@ProjectWhooDoo]

Best when he is liquor up.... movement is less predictable!

[@gcsoulsurfer]

Sorry to hear that your Dad was abusive.

[@heyumnew1401]

@@gcsoulsurfer he wasnt, it was just a joke

[@swissmilitischristilxxii3691]

😃😃

[@dropdeadfred8156]

@@heyumnew1401 mine was I found the run and scream technique very affective

[@NickDDDD]

Thank you! Light sparring is LEARNING!

[@fernandodimarco1919]

I'm not into boxing , but you're an excellent teacher.... passionate about what you do. Awesome video

[@Kelvintjju87]

Hi Tony, thanks for the amazing videos! I also have the fear to get hurt, it really bugs me because it affects me in sparring as well mentally in real life. I can't find the courage to spar anymore, also partially to my anxiety, whilst my coach said he really wants to see me more often, because he believes im a knock-out fighter.

[@Ant1quedoll]

this is exactly my fear!

[@preetykadel7685]

I have seen many channels with millions subscribers but at end I found a wonderful, authentic and MOST helpful channel for boxing I really appreciate your work sir.. I want to ask one thing that in second drill can we do dodge or movement instead of defending the punch..? And sir I want to ask that I am getting my eyes close during sparring and I want some exercise for that (I have seen your video on the respected topic ).... Thank you sir 🙏🙏 Eagerly waiting for your answer..

[@bryanchrist8876]

"Light sparring is learning", yes sir, well said.

[@adhnanadhnan8017]

ThankYou for this video👍👍

[@Tony_Jeffries]

Happy to help mate 👊

[@AdamsAndCompan]

Hell yea man, make your money! Love seeing good trainers making good money with sponsors.

[@LasTCursE69]

Love the videos man! Keep it up! In my experience the best way to get rid of this fear is by taking a few hits

[@punasurf4697]

My daughter so needed this video. Thanks!

[@toddsobczyk4564]

you were very realistic approach to starting boxing🥊❤️

[@jasonz7788]

Thank you Mr Jeffrey great work Sir

[@TOPSyndicate]

Dude you're pure gold!!!! I was wondering if you could do a tutorial for countering hooks

[@ngatairiderz2373]

Love the vidz Tony. Big fan from NZ🇳🇿

[@bradpryer]

Thanks Tony!!!

[@filletmignon5221]

To have a good defense you can’t be scared of their punch with a good defense your protected

[@Virginonoblivion]

Cheers Tony. Thank you.

[@nabielsyach2373]

Coach. Please make vid about how to deal with aggressive opponent

[@Tony_Jeffries]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJ6ZZaSff7uniNU check this vid mate

[@nabielsyach2373]

@@Tony_Jeffries ah thank you coach

[@derrellmckelvey4574]

Tony is the best great video

[@calvinbrand3231]

That boxing ring picture on the wall looks very nice, where can I get one?

[@golfkidvedant721]

Does all the things u teach work for UFC fighters?

[@McBaconizer]

Tony really roasting his friend calling those punches 70% of his power. He looks so sad afterwards haha

[@musheopeaus4125]

Top advice for people like me

[@jaywray4834]

Have you ever done any vids on training your neck to better take / withstand punches to the face/head?

[@DemonHunterX]

Had my first sparring today it was supposed to be technical but mf was profesional light wieght he showed no mercy , trust me full power hook to the chin is all it took and i got scared and qestioned myself and wanted to quit , Man it felt horrible , Got black bruises on all up my face, jaw is hurting prerrt bad,Got humbled , but finished 3 rounds

[@deemc7756]

Thank you

[@Tony_Jeffries]

Happy to hepk mate

[@smokeytot7o840]

I'm not scared to get hit even a little bit. I'm scared that if I punch it will not hurt or my punch hasn't power. Idk why. Only for punching. In other martial arts I'm calm. Edit:I'm scared of getting hit that can make me die

[@pawe596]

That's a really helpful video

[@ibrahimovicselmar]

you the best

[@TxppinJayy]

Amateur Debut coming soon Coach Love the new videos helping a lot in the training sessions Once I Become pro you’ll still be there💪🏽💪🏽

[@masonman_2113]

I do mixed martial arts training and I still dread getting punched in the face more than getting kicked in the ribs or getting chocked.

[@userJ1J123]

I've told you before Tone. It's undefeated, former champion. Not former, undefeated champion. Former, undefeated means that you used to be undefeated but are no longer. Undefeated, former means you remain undefeated.

[@supernovalaw14]

At which age do u start boxing

[@مشكلهبوبجيلايت]

أجرو ترجم لأن العرب يتابعونك كثير 🥰😘

[@RomanesEuntDomus.]

If I bought the gloves you advertise, would I win all my fights and become a better human being? 🤔

[@supernovalaw14]

Can i start boxing at 19

[@prakhardevnani7844]

Everyone with an asian mum . I am 4 parallel universes ahead of you

[@therealmosthated]

Lol I go into black outs I don't think about getting hit

[@adsurkasur]

is tony's friend okay? he looks sad :(

[@manitbora3122]

India

[@jaym7767]

I box big dudes with power a lot

[@szabolcssedivi7514]

I was the one sending you the DM about this one. It turned out i was more afraid of myself after my injury, then getting punched, but this definitely helped, thank you Tony.

[@szabolcssedivi7514]

@Junkee Monkee shoot your meuth

[@brandon7301]

@@szabolcssedivi7514 hahahaha

[@mikeyankee8603]

I sent him the request.

[@joshsolomon4825]

@@mikeyankee8603 I sent the request

[@mikeyankee8603]

@@joshsolomon4825 it's true I was the email.

[@roido6614]

I'm afraid of getting my good looking face ruined!

[@Oscar40694]

The best way to get over the fear of getting punched in the face is to get punched in the face. Spar more often. The double end bag is a great way to train your eyes for something coming at you.

[@watsisbuttndo829]

I'm no fighter, my bag is racing motorcycles and the best practice for racing motorcycles is racing motorcycles. So yes i agree with getting punched in the face is probably the best practice for getting punched in the face.

[@bondjames-bond7664]

Boxers are some of the most fearless people walking on earth

[@skwak3041]

My buddy wrestled at Univ of Md., got into it one night at a bar in College Park with a boxer from the Naval Academy (we found out after the fact). My buddy eventually got the best of him when it went to the ground, but damn he took some shots coming out of the gate!! Said he had never been punched so hard in his life and almost backed off when he realized what he was up against.

[@helterskelter416]

true, it's a lot less painful or scary than people think. not a lot of nerves there, but if you do get hit hard enough for it to have hurt, you just get knocked silly and can't feel it as well anyway. i don't *like* getting hit in the face, but it's definitely not the least pleasant place i've been hit lol

[@Indacut4545]

@@bondjames-bond7664 a bit

[@steezorteez9829]

Just get crazy and spar with a huge sparring partner for a while then all the normal sized guys dont seem so bad.

[@moz5831]

Or be really small and weak because of your genes (like me) and pretty much everybody sparring are always bigger than you. Then when you get somebody your own size it’s just fun and games in comparison.

[@ba1732]

Great technique to get brain damage without having actual fights

[@tredwan291]

@@ba1732 that really depends how hard you're sparring

[@Culture_Crash]

For a beginner I’ve never really struggled with being scared of being punched in the face, after my first sparring session I was obviously scared to get punched most people are but after I got hit once I fell in love with the sport and can’t wait to see where I go!

[@rigovalentine]

Facesavers definitely build more confidence

[@xaufo]

No where, you gon be stuck being a punching bag 🤷‍♂️

[@xennray]

how good are you now

[@noahoraporfavor2432]

@@xennray he’s dead.

[@xennray]

@@noahoraporfavor2432 wait actually?

[@whatwelearned]

I thought your man there was asleep until he started throwing punches 😁 top stuff as always Tony

[@kaliss7192]

Almost like learning not to flinch and blink when you're firing a gun.

[@adriangarrow2977]

Hey Tony. thanks for the videos. I just took up boxing (at 54 hahah) and I am using your videos as a guide. Thank you. I have some pain in the palm directly below both thumbs. Is this a strapping issue or technique?

[@mikekeltner4291]

I started at 53. Lol.

[@qdontae6]

Well I feel better cuz I was getting into it n wanna take it serious at 30 lol I thought that was too old

[@dustinwroten353]

@@qdontae6 I'm 30 and just took my first class lol

[@qdontae6]

@@dustinwroten353 how’s it going so far?

[@dustinwroten353]

@@qdontae6 So far so good. I'm the oldest in my group of beginners, but there's a 28 year old too. Most of the people are late teens/early 20s. I probably won't be sparring for another 3-6 months, so no news on getting punched in the face yet haha

[@armandohernandez3106]

Thanks again Tony. We’ve being practicing these 3 drills and the kids are enjoying (some Giggling) and having fun with it. Coach Mando from the Alamo City. 👍🇺🇸🥊

[@brewbeer5569]

Particularly like the second suggestion. I've mainly done this exercise for the jab, but adding three punch combos is a really good idea. Also, like the third suggestion of the tag game.

[@wejustsawmanfly]

Thats why i stopped training actually, not really scared tbh but i just dont like punching guys at the gym who are cool to me (i dont know, maybe im just not wired for it) and hate to get hit over and over in my head, i just dont know how that is any benefit to me, i wouldnt say its fear its more like - dude i value my brain and i dont know why i should abuse it. I loved training and conditiong but sparring made me quit, i fuckin hate it...

[@azazel611]

Very helpful tips, After a long time no sparring, now i’m too scary to getting hits. Guess it’s time to comeback. Thank you, Tony.

[@cluelessgamer9386]

Im not afraid of being punch . Im worried about my face being butchered 😅 but its inevitable to get hit in fighting sport . Being as careless as i am . Can be alot

[@roborichi2307]

Hey I’m a new boxer and I was wondering if you had any boxers that were afraid of hurting the other guy and the process of them getting over that. As always your content is awesome!

[@Catchstrays]

Lol we are the same

[@aisadal2521]

This is the one thing I've always been worried about, since I always flinch and freeze up, which is why I've never done sparring Thanks as always, Tony, and especially for making my Thursday morning wonderful! 👏😁💖

[@Tony_Jeffries]

Hi Aisadal - you should not flinch specially close your eyes mate

[@JD-ir5ql]

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[@kingston2411]

Love watching your videos mate 💯 Love to have you as a trainer

[@Tony_Jeffries]

I appreciate it ma man 👊

[@APAMVs]

I've done some of these when I started a few months ago, including shadow boxing but with the other person. It helped me quite a bit, I don't look away like I used to

[@Niall-q4r]

Love your videos mate thanks for uploading your a great coach , Respect 💪👊🇮🇪

[@Tony_Jeffries]

More to come ma man

[@Niall-q4r]

Great Tony i dont alway comment ,But i do watch your uploads ✌🇮🇪❤💪👊 my dad was a amature boxer and i had about 6 mates growing up were irish all Ireland champs. Never boxed just trained on off for years mate ,to much into my drink and girls lol , but plenty street fights , boxing helped there. 50ies now punch stil throw a punch 😂🤣👊

[@mrnobodyss545]

How not scare punch someone ? Because you do t want hurt anyone ?

[@gcsoulsurfer]

I have practiced 3 different styles of Martial Arts. And the most important thing I have learned, is that boxing is one of the best " martial arts" to learn. If I could live my life over, I would learn boxing at 5 years old.

[@aymenesabry8421]

Same

[@victorglaviano]

Exactly why every time you see a MMA, karate or whatever and general tough guys fight boxers in a boxing ring they always lose! Because boxers learn and practice punching, rolling, sliding and countering. Boxing is as strategic as it is trying to knock someone out in 2 minutes. Boxers wear them out with jabs, rolling, defending and footwork. Then the other guys who are always trying to knock you out in 2 minutes and then they're wore out by the 3rd round and then it's time to pounce, go in and slash, open them up and good night!

[@BogZillaX]

@@victorglaviano brother any MMA guy would kill a boxer in a real fight.

[@kaykayaustin145]

Thank you this video helped with my fear of punches thank you

[@sparagnino]

I've the opposite problem: I have to deal with fear of hitting someone in the face. So every sparring sessions ends with me punching only the body and getting a lot of punches in the face because I am quite aggressive: searching only for body shots in an aggressive way leave me too often uncovered :D (no problem for my face, but it's frustrating). Any drills for that?!

[@Tony_Jeffries]

Why don't you want to hit someone in the face mate? - I personally recommend light or should body sparring only

[@Milkra]

Hard sparred for the first time and got the shit beaten out of me by middle aged dudes and high school freshmen alike. Not as scared of getting punched anymore 😂

[@armandohernandez3106]

Good deal Tony. I’ll start implementing these drills in my practice. 👍🥊🇺🇸Coach Mando from the Alamo City.

[@Tony_Jeffries]

Let me know how it goes mate

[@tayasirsaleban2413]

Coach I am a quick learner powerfull and I really love boxind and would love to go pro, can you tell me what does it take to become not just pro but a champion.❤🥊 would love you to reply.

[@Tony_Jeffries]

Were you able to watch my video - Pros and cons of being a pro mate? kzbin.infovideos

[@yggdrasil523]

Pisses me tf off that I'm "scared" of getting hit. Whenever I get hit I don't feel shit. But it still fuckings makes me wanna keep moving backwards instead of taking the hits and dishing them back out. I don't know I just wanna be the best and the fact my mind can't accept a simple concept and just learn that YOUR GONNA GET HIT is FUCKING MIND DRIVING ANNOYING

[@joserojas8691]

I’m planing to trained only 30 day my vacation in the Philippines. I’m seriously scared because never my life done this my age range, how can you become successful? The reason why want to join learn how to defend my self.

[@Allfaaaa]

Overcome fear of being dhnched

[@tenpercentfordabigguy8550]

I use the speed bag a lot as a way to get used to leather coming quickly at my face. I also put on my head hear, grab a glove and lightly hit myself in the face with it. I would be interested to know if anyone else uses either of these.

[@Tony_Jeffries]

Thanks for sharing mate

[@tenpercentfordabigguy8550]

@@Tony_Jeffries No worries mate. Thanks for all the tips. Love ya work.

[@INFERNALBOXING]

yo i get scared when i’m face to face and we both have our hands on idk what do i’m trying to get into boxing i need tips

[@implantdepar-romania5924]

this guy is kind of spiritual+NLP when explaining how to deal with fear (anxiety) - nice advices keep doing that . Thank you

[@victorglaviano]

Understanding the concept of "light hands" is a lost concept for young guys. Until you counter with a real punch!

[@aisadal2521]

I don't know how viable it is, but maybe a POV sparring video might help out with this and other future lessons

[@Tony_Jeffries]

Hi AIsadal - Thanks for the suggestion!

[@Nautilus1972]

Growing up in Dublin, I can assure the uninitiated that getting punched in the face doesn’t hurt. You get numbed by the shock.

[@idkguy1986]

When Tony said if you weren't afraid and never been in face before your lil screw, that got me laughing I think I am lil bit off to be honest

[@dillondonnelly1108]

Basically, don’t be sacred, get experience getting hit in the face, and practice exposure. And take alphabrain 😂

[@TheScorpion615]

Being punched in the face definitely sucks no matter how you look at it but being punched in the sternum or liver hurts 10× worst

[@dariotorrigiani8053]

Tony I have a fight in a month and I'm afraid of losing, could you do a video about this topic?

[@kaidenward7926]

He has already done a video on this

[@adhnanadhnan8017]

My only problem when I fight I close my eyes automatically when enemy punch🥲

[@Tony_Jeffries]

You should check my video - how to keep your eyes open mate

[@KeaganStRose]

Nice, can't wait for my daddy to try this with me he just said that he's gonna run to the store to get milk but will be right back! Can't wait!

[@Allfaaaa]

Thanks tony😍😍😃😃 i from🇰🇿

[@shortylovespooky]

If only I seen this earlier I had my first sparring match and I was nervous I kept backing up and away

[@letsgojake.4078]

Every day, walk into the cold shower without blinking or ducking your head.

[@craigcajuelan7864]

Mr. Jeffries, can you create a video on how Ali creates his footwork while evading punches? Thanks!

[@Pavel.ptkv.]

bro i am scared of being punched but when someone punches me im totally fine and i start laughing lol

[@raiden4613]

These do work but the alternative also works and it’s called getting punched in the face

[@mikeellement5250]

Learn to get punched in face . You have to be able to get punched and fight back on street fight you will get hit .

[@ericmoorejr8033]

See like when I be in the ring sparring I always resort to keeping my hands up and throw jabs and nothing else and it's only because of how uncomfortable I am and I feel like with the amount of times you get hit without trying to be I feel like you have to develop heart and chin and stop caring so much about winning or losing and challenge yourself to see how determined aggressive and relentless you can be to win regardless if you lose or not

[@Tony_Jeffries]

Thanks for sharing mate

[@ericmoorejr8033]

@@Tony_Jeffries you're welcome 🙏🏾

[@thehighcommunity247]

It's the nose for me man. Got my nose busted open twice in my life. Second time was really bad. I felt like it shattered. Your eyes water, you can't concentrate, and it ruins your breathing.

[@roelhoremans5887]

Same. I can take a lick on the head or chin, but being punched in the nose just sucks so incredibly hard. 😂

[@thehighcommunity247]

@@roelhoremans5887 Straight up man!! Fuccin' Aye.

[@isaaclim8645]

Your timing is impeccable.. i was just thinking about this and you immediately posted a video on it This has happened on multiple occasions

[@33jere]

or maybe you know he wont hit you because you told him not to hit you? like what

[@v1ncent702]

Can you make a video on reasons why you think people throw up or have problems with gagging through out sparring or high intensity drills (Besides the obvious one and that’s what you ate and when)? I had a few problems when I first started boxing and I’ve seen other people struggle with it as well. Also let these beginners know that’s it’s okay to push your body to that limit.

[@Tony_Jeffries]

I’ll do a video on this, turn your notifications on so you don’t miss it

[@v1ncent702]

@@Tony_Jeffries thank you so much 🙏🏻

[@mrthomas7511]

Do you have any advice for shoulder injury?

[@R33CE]

Tony mate, thanks a bunch for uploading these videos, they are very helpful and well created!

[@Tony_Jeffries]

Happy to help ma man 👊

[@R33CE]

@@Tony_Jeffries happy to be apart of your community mate!

[@stevenecheverria5032]

This channel has changed my life i lost 7 pounds so far and joined a gym 2 weeks ago you gave me the confidence to go for it and to get in shape with a useful sport

[@g.fazo2x568]

Don’t have fear of getting hit or taking them i just need better defense

[@ashemleibakngambamoirangch5416]

Awesome one coach 🔥🔥🔥

[@Tony_Jeffries]

Glad you like it mate 👊

[@vithyakumari3880]

Can you explain about Thomas hearns in the next video