The first fight night of this year, saw us travel to Wales to take on the ADMA. Majority of my night was coaching our fighters as Craig was comparing and Matt was reffing. Being at another venue and surrounded by the Welsh supporters i have to admit it was slightly more uncomfortable than usual. After half the fights Craig came and spoke to me and explained how i could better coach of fighters. Not to say that i was making a bad job of it but clearly he thought i could have done better. Coaching a fighter in a competition is pretty tricky, there are ways to coach but i have never really been taught i have simply used the benefit of my experiance. Again an area i need to work on, although i reckon time will have alot to say on this.
The evening also saw my dusting off my competitive gloves for the first time since August. The fight seemed to last a matter of seconds, The entire fight was evenly matched, but in the end i slipped up and couldnt seem to find my form. Matt was my coach and although i could hear him i just couldnt put what he was saying into practice and fought my own fight. Eventually loosing by 4 points. I was angry at myself in the end for letting it slip away from me, it was clear to me that i could have easily taken the fight had i listened to Matt and been more aggressive. In addition my confidence in my basic techniques meant i wasnt throwing them with conviction. I hyper analysed my performace for about an hour afterwards, as usual with me, feeling sick to my stomach having lost a bout i should have taken.
It has however given me the drive to get better and before the return leg in a few weeks i intened to start back on the path to the best sparring of my carreer.
fingers crossed
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