Rhythm

hi can someone help me with this my understanding of rhytym is really poor and at my stage i really need to improve. what i have trouble with is flowing through rythyms. instead i seem to anticipate what comes next instead of playing them as they come. i struggle deciphering rhytmys when hear to especially 16th notes. can anyone help me without directing me to a page on this site.

One of the practice routines that helped me a lot for rhythm was to play over drum loops.

Metronome is great to learn how to play on beat but drum loops are the next best thing to playing with a band.

I'm sure if you google drum loops you can find some free ones on the net.

Just put on a drum loops and try to play a chord on each snare hit, then every bass drum hit. Then play every other hit. Have fun with the loops and you'll actually end up working up a pretty good exercise.

When I want to write some new riffs I do that exact same exercise. I start with the good old E5 and add others as i go.

Hopefully that gives you one more exercise to work on rhythm.

cheers in that case i may go even further and make my own jam tracks with and without guitars. some with lead and without ryhtym and vice versa.

You just have to work on it metronome is your best bet

If you have the opportunity, learn to play the drums. The biggest improvement in my rhythm playing and understanding occurred when I started playing (with) the drums. I'm still not a good drummer, but at least I can accompany someone playing another instrument, or explain my drummer what I want him to play.
Think of something that seems difficult, nail it and gradually speed it up. I like playing bass drum on 1 and hi-hat on 3 (pedals only) in 4/4 rhythm and trying to add a 3/4 or 5/4 beat (sticks only) on top of that.
Another thing, learn to tap your foot while playing.