I'm looking at it from a coaching point of view. I have beginners at my boxing gym who don't do so well in sparring mainly because they lack the confidence to let their hands go. I took one aside and had a chat with him, ramping him up. letting him know he had good hands etc. When he went into the next round he let his hands go and did a hell of a lot better than his last sparring session. I feel it is the coaches job to build the confidence of his client so that he tries things he may otherwise be to gun shy to try. |