We have a kid at the gym who is a very talented boxer, very composed combined with heavy hands and good movement, however this lad is very inconsistent with his training, how would you try and have him attend more regularly? ps by talented i mean he competes in sparring with lads who have been boxing for 8yrs plus not the next floyd mayweather
You can't force a kid to care about a sport. All you can really do is give him a pep talk and let him know that you think he's got a lot of potential and that you hope he takes it a bit more serious. ...and then hope that the switch turns on for him.
ye thats true maybe he will realise he has some ability and decide to take it more serious. Ye i na i just think its a shame that someone with talent wastes it.
Very sound advice. Like Amy said, let the kid know that you think he has a great future. If he truely wants to be in the sport, that should be enough to motivate him and get him training regularly. If he still doesn't attend regularly, it's obvious that really his he doesn't care much for the sport and his heart isn't in it. Like Amy said you can't force somebody to like the sport.
force him to train lock him in the gym kell his family make him have nothing else to live for. Make him poor show him that video you see on movies of people dying and bombs going off. Keep him in a cage and make him fight and train to get fed.
Stick with him/her, regardless of boxing. He or she may never see what you see, that is a damn shame, it is. You saw enough to want to help and show, dont leave them now, regardless of there ambition. It may only be a a month or a year that it takes them to see what they "may" have. It may never happen. Plenty coaches have seen plenty amazing fighters come through the doors and leave just as quick. If you have belief in them, you will stick with them, regardless. They obviously need it.
Yeah, that is the way it is. Judging from my observations the kids that train the most have the least amount of talent. Kids with talent can go a long way with very little effort. Hardly seems fair, but who said life was fair?
