Hi everyone
I'm a yellow belt and recently had my first tournament sparring match (ITF). I'm in a remote area so the tournament wasn't that big. There were only 2 weight divisions for females and they put all coloured belts together. This meant that I ended up sparring a couple of girls who were a lot taller and heavier than me.
My 1st match was against another yellow belt several inches taller than me. She started landing turning kicks to the body right away. With her longer reach, I couldn't get close enough to kick back. After about half a minute I figured out she was ONLY using turning kick. I started baiting her turning kick by coming close, then as soon as she went for it I slid in front of the kick and punched to the face and chest. A couple of times I had time to land a kick too. So that was all fine and I won the first match.
Next, I'm up against a red belt probably 5-6 inches taller and a LOT heavier. I figured I'd go for the bait and counter strategy that worked against the yellow belt. Unfortunately, this girl was doing a strong side kick. I couldn't slide in front of the side kick like I could with the turning kick and I ended up getting totally hammered. She pushed me to the edges of the ring and then kicked or punched, forcing me to step out. I ended up spending most of the match skipping round the edge of the ring while this girl forced me into the corners, I couldn't get any space as she would just drive me back again. (she also kicked really hard and got 2 fouls for excessive contact, so I was a total mess by the end of it!!!!)
My question is: what do you do in the situation that they're longer reach and heavier? Baiting worked with the yellow belt who only had a couple of attacks to use, but I couldn't get anywhere near the red belt. Any advice is appreciated!!!!!

My 1st match was against another yellow belt several inches taller than me. She started landing turning kicks to the body right away. With her longer reach, I couldn't get close enough to kick back. After about half a minute I figured out she was ONLY using turning kick. I started baiting her turning kick by coming close, then as soon as she went for it I slid in front of the kick and punched to the face and chest. A couple of times I had time to land a kick too. So that was all fine and I won the first match.
Next, I'm up against a red belt probably 5-6 inches taller and a LOT heavier. I figured I'd go for the bait and counter strategy that worked against the yellow belt. Unfortunately, this girl was doing a strong side kick. I couldn't slide in front of the side kick like I could with the turning kick and I ended up getting totally hammered. She pushed me to the edges of the ring and then kicked or punched, forcing me to step out. I ended up spending most of the match skipping round the edge of the ring while this girl forced me into the corners, I couldn't get any space as she would just drive me back again. (she also kicked really hard and got 2 fouls for excessive contact, so I was a total mess by the end of it!!!!)
My question is: what do you do in the situation that they're longer reach and heavier? Baiting worked with the yellow belt who only had a couple of attacks to use, but I couldn't get anywhere near the red belt. Any advice is appreciated!!!!!