Working your game

Had a corker of a roll with adam last night, then watched him as he had another quality roll with Doug afterwards. Adam's way of playing is very much a gameplan stylee, he knows what he has to do to maintain or improve each position and works with that in mind. While frustrating to fight against it's excellent having someone who is so 'methodical' in approach - even if it looks anything but methodical - to train with.

It got us talking about the idea of game rather than techniques and how we go about imposing our game.

Persistant aggression being one major point, not going hell for leather but constantly pushing. Something I am sometimes guilty of neglecting, letting people get too far into a dominant position before fighting them off.

Changing your pace throughout a roll or sparring match. Too many people 'one gear' through their entire careers when this is often the key to their predictability.

Working from positions of strength. Look at the mechanics of the situation, are you strong? Not looking at this in a 'Hulk, smash!' way but from a standpoint of efficiency. Look at making everything work to your full advantage.

Learn to play against game not techniques. This is similar to hitting through someone's punches, rather than getting caught up in the details all the time understand the bigger picture and you are more able to spot the vital changes from the red herrings.

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