Can someone without any proper fighting experience make a decent coach?

You seem a sensible type who enjoys doing it give it a go. If not sure dont be afraid to ask the right people.

 

What makes a decent coach? In order of what I think is most important to the least

A passion for helping people
Ability to explain what you mean in a way that gets through to the athletes
Flexibility
Knowledge

Even though knowledge is a must have and you need a good bit of it, all the others are ESSENTIAL to being a good coach. Remember that while coaching youll pick up on things you normally never would have, so youd be gaining even more knowledge.

 

Sure you can, don't get me wrong fighting experience would help you get an understanding of your fighters. But that's not the only thing that makes a good coach

 

I personally, wouldn't want a coach without fight experience. Fighting is why you train. (why I train anyways) Thats like having a swim instructor who's never swam.

 

As long as you know what you're talking about, then there should be no problem.

 

how can he know what he's talking about though if he's never worn the shoes himself?

 

Cu D'Amato had just one amateur fight I believe. And he lost, yet he trained numerous champions.

Russ Anber hasn't had any fights to my knowledge and has trained numerous amateur champions and trained successful Professional fighters as well.

Enzo Calzaghe trained his son and he was a Jazz Musician.

If you know the techniques and have a mind for strategy, an ability for dealing with different personality types, and care about your fighters then yes you can coach.

Now while the aforementioned trainers lack experience, they know what works and what doesn't based on history. They study and are scholars of boxing. They have a sufficient knowledge of theory and know the techniques and so while they can't speak from personal experience, they can point to boxing history to make their point.

 

Good post.

 

Plus, having been a fighter isn't necessarily a prerequisite for being a good coach or trainer. You have to be a good communicator. Not every fighter has the ability to convey what they intend to teach. Teaching is a science in and of itself.

 

Studying and observing. If you watch alot of boxing, football, or any other sport. You begin to grow knowledge of it correct? So you technically don't need to actually practice the sport to know what to do and what not to do.

 

Absolutely, its always better to be a fighter but if you have an unusual understanding of the sports hows and whys, copibg with confrontation is only a tiny percent of boxing.

 

I say go for it, you wouldn't be schooling champions unless you had something special but I can see an intelligent person teaching kids, walk ins, group workout sessions and generally helping out the full on experts with pads, drills and what not.

It looks great on your resume, it's community related social work and beneficial to your society. Good way to meet girls aswell, some of the amatuers here are paired up with the shitload of women who want to learn the basics.

Roland Deschain had good points up there aswell.

As for HOW you get into it? Well you'll need to prove your worth to the gym, by volunteer work experience, you need to be a gym rat and study the science to know what you're talking about. Unfortauntely theres little certification for this so thats why fight experience is credible. I noticed with US amatuer boxing that they have ' US OLYMPIC CERTIFIED LEVEL X ', I would find out about that if you wanted to actually train a genuine prospect.

If you wanted to be a conditioner, then you have to study fitness training related courses aswell. Cutman is a specific thing, but i would imagine some research into nursing/first aid courses would be the good start into that while volunteering at amatuer fight nights.

Basically, it's certainly possible it just takes will and a selfless attitude (which is what being a teach is all about I suppose)

 

Enzo Calzaghe. 'Nuff said.

 

Angelo Dundee has never fought...regarded by many as one of the greatest trainers of all time. In soccer/football Alex Ferguson has never played football(pro), regarded by many as one of the greatest coaches of all time.

Yes.