Originally Posted by
visceral
You guys do a very good job at maintaining proper spacing. I've recently gotten back into sparring, and this has been a hiccup for me - I'm not sure if it's on poor communication or lack of situational awareness. But this was clean, and definitely something I aspire to.
I'm glad that this replay has served something, it's always good that you have some inspiration to improve some aspect of your replays.
About controlling the space between you and your partner/opponent, it's more of an individual thing in my opinion, during most of the spar me and Flash barely communicate about the spar itself. With time and practice you eventually will get used to maintain the space neutral at all times, independently of the other player's choices.
By the way, I don't mean that I'm actually good at it, Flash did most of the spar, but I do think you should focus more on your execution rather than on your communication. Personally I'd argue that communication is not even a big deal in sparring but I know many would disagree.
All that said, feel free to ask me for a spar, I would love to practice with you