My take on the above.
There is no such thing as free information; it’s paid for one way or another. With forums you make an investment as a response to what you have learnt or in the expectation you’ll eventually gain something in return. Not swapping on a one-on-one basis but multiple pooling and individual sifting.
There are two types of knowledge - earned and learned, earned it’s owned and gained on the coalface. Leaned is hearsay until earned and only then it becomes valuable.
When you make an investment earned information is coin of the realm. Regardless of its simplicity or complexity you have the right to expect to learn about what other people have earned - fair exchange.
On a level playing field bartering is cool but what about when the field is skewed, for example recreational gain on one hand material gain on the other? Would you sell your information for the same price if you knew it was going to be exploited commercially rather than recreationally?
What about learned information? It can be nothing more than a cut and paste, having it passing it off as ‘owned’ amounts to nothing more than counterfeiting. Does it happen; is the playing field as level as it should be? Let common sense be your guide and bear in mind those who cry they’ve been cut to the quick often have the most to hide.
Should that stop your bartering? That a personal call but made with your eyes open the decision is easier to make.
Now learn this because it’s been well earned
There has been some talk about the strike, techniques and in passing - reaction. The latter bears some scrutiny if reaction speed equates to hooked fish. So what’s quicker, a barra implosion or the reactive strike? One is measured in 100ths of a second, the other in 10ths. Not much of a comparison but we’re not the one with an 8/0 in our mouth.
It's like the starting blocks at the Olympics, they are set to go off as a false start if the deemed fastest possible human reaction time is broken, i think it's around .015 or .15 of a second, i don't have time to look it up but i think everyone will acknowledge that the guys in the 100m final at the Olympics will react very quickly compared to a person who hasn't trained his reflexes or has a sedentary job. Simple facts of life, no way to make the above sentence feel any better sorry if i've offended anyone.
Where are our reactions right now? Self judge in own time.
If we lined up against Usain Bolt people would be saying gee those fellas are slow aren't they, it would be plainly obvious. Knowing what is possible is a line i use to keep me thinking.
e.g. with Bolt in the field of the 100 m everyone can plainly see that a close to 9.50 second 100m is now possible, yet for most of history to date people wouldn't have dreamed that being possible, now one person has shown it is, i see this when guides post on here, we learn thousands of things that we never thought possible.
After this race with Bolt our reflexes would be measured, we would be measured from 1-10. Only then do we know what we need to do to improve. So the ball goes back to the individuals court, we all have the opportunity to improve our reflexes if we are not involved in reflex work, hobbies we would be a bit slower off the mark and some way off the mark. A simple rod & reel change could be a start, then position and so on, we can all do that. Even kids.
The interesting thing is if everything thinks they have fast reflexes when self judged. So now we don't need to improve which could result in a level 2 game (strike%) being sent out to fight a level 10 opposition e.g. barra really touchy and using only a tenth of a second to get rid of your plastic or lure.
The only other way to explain this is to do it bluntly. If you went in to a ring and got knocked out more times than you were happy with e.g. losing fish and not happy. How many times do you need to be knocked out to stat looking at change and then actually make the changes that are needed?
All the info is on the net for free to now do so.
Wouldn't some training in spotted weaker areas or some changes be a good idea? How many knockouts, (e.g. lost fish that we should have caught) do we need to have for the message to be thought of as a good idea? Are simple facts of movement only good ideas if your mate says they are? Or are they good if someone takes the time to print them on here.
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At times i dont think we can react quicker than the barra can We at times lose by coming up against a better opposition on the day. But this can't be a line used to make excuses for our game all the time to resist change.
How many can say they have been just as surprised at the fact they struck as they were at the hit, meaning both happened before the brain comprehended what was happening. I’d suggest that most would be nodding at the fact it’s happened to them, if not regularly, at least once or twice. What were the circumstances, awake, asleep, on edge or on drugs? Maintaining that level of preparedness over a sustained period does not come naturally, you train must for it.
Now if you think lifting bevies and back slapping at the end of the day is training enough you have the wrong muscle type in your sights. It’s the fast twitch fibres you need to be working on and that means speed and resistance training and lot of reps. The more prone your body it to reacting at the subconscious (instinctive) level the more you can relax, the longer your body can maintain a state of readiness.
What sorts of exercises are relevant? Others here have greater knowledge and may wish to add but boxing may be one, not so much the strike but bringing the hand back into a defensive position. There would be a number of options available on a sporting or purely training level that utilise rapid muscle contraction of the arms/hands/wrists. Be warned at the very least you’ll earn a sweat.