The other night we were working on bridging.
This seemed more diffucult for my students that I expected. It turned into slapping more than linking.
Any ideas for training this essential part of free sparring?

I used the anaolgy of bridging like the recipe for cooking. You can know the finished dish, and you can know the ingrediants but the recipe is key to the final product.

i.e the solo movements, the expected outcome but to link these together is something that I feel needs more attention.