Latest / Between The Rounds Official / Inside Camp —Controlled Reps, Fast Hands
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- Sarah: Halfway through camp, I had to trust that slow reps build fast hands. I'm five weeks in and the body wants to race ahead. And the coaches rightly so keep pulling the reins back. And there's a reason. Amateur boxing is a sprint, but learning to box is a marathon. And slow reps build fast hands. But halfway through camp, patience feels like standing still. The urge to prove you're getting it? That urge is real. It's also a trap. The real lesson this week? Feel it in your body before you speed it up. Speed without accurate technique means you cut corners. You abandon the full delivery of the combination. You throw a three punch combination fast. It looks busy. but the second shot barely lands and the third has no weight behind it. That's not speed, that's just noise. When you slow down, you feel where your feet are. You feel the rotation, you feel the full extension before the hands come back. That's when the combination actually connects. Speeding up doesn't mean you're improving. Sometimes it means you're neglecting the detail. When you rush, you fall in on your shots, you crowd yourself, but patience keeps shape and shape keeps you focused. midweek, coaches changed the drill. A full round stance. For me, that meant going Southpaw. The default reaction wasn't excitement. It was challenge mode. Minds jumped straight to how will I handle this? Not curiosity, not necessarily willingness, a flash of resistance. The first instinct wasn't let's go. that tells you everything about where growth actually starts. Nobody was being asked to master the opposite stance by Friday. They were being asked to try. But that negative flash, that flinch, it shows you something. Your brain flags new territory. that's not necessarily danger. That's an edge waiting to be sharpened. Stay switched on. It means more than keeping your hands up. It means staying mentally present every second, every exchange. You drift off for a half a second, two things happen. You lose shape on your exits and you miss what's coming back at you. The shot you didn't see was the one you could have countered. The opening you missed was there for a fraction of a second. Switching off doesn't just cost you defense, it costs you opportunity. discipline isn't just physical, it's mental. and focus fades faster than your engine in the middle of a fight. So what shifted this week? Small things, taking more risk, disguise your intent, push forward with the attacks instead of waiting for permission. None of this is breakthrough, but it's little improvements every single day. Week five has taught me that patience isn't passive. It's the most deliberate, conscious, disciplined choice you can make in camp. Five weeks down, five weeks to go. This is InsideCamp. Thank you all for joining this mini episode on Between the Rounds. I'll see you all next week.