no power, what to do?

Join a new gym if I were you, mate. Sounds like the type of coach I wouldn't want to train with if he's telling you that after only a few sessions.

How old are you, how much do you weigh and what type of training do you do outside of the boxing stuff?

 

^ What he said. A few sessions isn't enough at all to gauge your natural talents, and your coach should want to bring out the best in you. With enough dedication, only the most physically inept will fail at a sport. The great thing about boxing is that it's individual and you will develop according to your own stylistic elements, as long as you want it and work damn hard to get it.

What's your gym/coach situation now in terms of payment and the atmosphere, and are there any others available?

 

new gym bro. I was at this one gym and the coach told me I was the worst boxer to ever walk in to his gym. I join this amateur club and the coaches there tell me I can make nationals. lol so join a new gym, and bro I have no power ether, but that may be because I'm very lanky for my weight...

 

after only few weeks you cant learn proper technique to punch with whole power, it takes time. some learn quick, some slow, its only matters how much you repeat that moves.

i think your trainer is a dumbass and that you should join a new gym because trainer needs to be motivator and help you to gain your power, not to encourage you with that shity attitude.

boxing is about speed, and finally power, but some people train really hard for year and more to gain that and use it in their sparrings and matches. watch instructional dvds, do many pushups with claps , all kind of pushups, interval trainings etc.. and power and speed will come!

 

Guess what, most boxing trainers - well guys that think they are boxing trainers know **** all about physiology or sports psychology. Technique and thus power take time to come to fruition and the last thing you want to do as a beginner is start working on doing poor technique fast.

I actually started training someone through eastside and he is one of the least gifted people in terms of motor skills and learning new techniques however he's worked hard and he's actually getting pretty tidy now. I think most gyms would have ****ed him off or left him to his own devices - I reckon he will be able to fight one day

 

Cheers, coach. I quit.

 

ha ha, my point is that the speed of learning is pretty irrelevant. He gets better every time he trains.

 

The guy calling himself a coach is either a clueless moron or a jerk who gets off on humiliating other people, his advice to you ironically is right though, you should not join his gym as he is obviously clueless and training with him would be a waste of your time and money.

If you have went from no physical exercise or sport straight to boxing then you will be a pathetic physical specimen of a man right now that would not surprise anyone but it can be overcome with training, you can become faster and more powerful.

Find a new trainer.

 

Poor guys gonna read that.

 

I told him today and he didn't mind.

 

new trainer/gym.

 

This.

 

I didn't.. until I read it :cry: ha ha ha

Nah I admit myself I was the slowest learner ever. It did my head in though because I'm usually a quick learner with sport. Played decent level of football, in the school rugby team, cricket etc etc and can usually do my sports to a half decent standard quite quick from learning.

Boxing though? COMPLETE opposite. Watched an early training vid the other day and I can't even watch it now. ****ing embarassing.

I think too mechanically with how I box when learning new shots, combinations etc and think the fact that I started late and watch alot of boxing is one of the reasons for that. The other is probably because I'm a thick twat

Thing is though I'm dedicated to it, will commit to it 100% because I love the sport and love the training.

For the original poster.. **** the coach, just find another. In this sport, like many, not every one who's a success in it has natural talent. Alot of the time most people who have the drive and dedication are the people with the most success. If you love it just go to another gym and use the coach who said you were **** as motivation to prove him wrong. Just think of his face when you fight one of his fighters in 18 months time and beat him :yep

 

Talent is over-rated.

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