Enter With a Plan

Today kids class was all about sparring combinations.  We threw punch combinations and kick combinations.  We mixed punches and kicks together.  We threw combinations with a focus on changing up targets.  We threw combinations with just the lead hand.  We threw combinations with just the rear hand.  We threw two strike, three strike and four strike combinations.

You get the idea.

Watching kids (and adults) spar, it is very common to see students throw single strikes at a time.  It sometimes scores but with more experienced students, that first (and only) attempt rarely makes it through.  One great solution: combinations.  (Another one is to fake.)