Anybody here train others?

Welcome to the world of boxing. If I had a dollar for every person that's showed up at my gym all gung-ho and quit two weeks later....I'd have a pretty good weekend out. People think boxing is 'cool' and 'fun' and 'a great way to get in shape'. There are very few people who actually like boxing...or better yet love boxing. And you have to love boxing to be dedicated.

I would love it if my coach only accepted people in the gym who were going to compete and I'd love if he'd demand a minimum attendance for competitors. But our club needs dues for those of us who do compete, so we have to put up with a lot of people going through the revolving door.

The unfortunate thing is that you don't want to get negative and possibly turn off the next great boxer for your club but at the same time it gets a little old wasting time on people who don't take it serious.

 

I can imagine 90% of the people I know whose lives are officially over. I dont think the problem just exists in boxing... dedication to a sport/hobby is a personal thing. Dedication is for those who can persist through the inevitable loneliness of it.

 

I'm helping out with training, and I've found out that it is just a waste of time to put any real effort into training them before they show that they want to learn anything. Almost everyone that shows up at the gym gives up after a couple of weeks. Many think boxing is an easy sport, and yeah... they get shocked.

 

I shall return stronger than I did after this xmas break!

 

Who isn't?

 

My past COUPLE gyms have been that way. People will come thinking they're all bad ass cause they're goin to a boxing gym, and then realize they either have to work, or are getting their ass whooped and leave. Dedication is a big issue. Making weight, eating right, having a regular work out routine. (Me for example I do two a days when off of each semester, then when in school and do longer one a days)

The fight team that Im currently with, I will compete for the first time with in February. Some of the guys I love and we'll work out before and after fight practices and meet for sparring regularly. Where some of the others just show up for practice and are huffin and puffin by the end, leave and go get Michaelangelos pizza.

I strongly beleive, that boxing (if you wanna be any good at it) is a life style. Most just put in the bare minimum, if that.

 

I agree 100%.
My coach has started telling people that the club only accepts new members every three months. That has helped a lot. Most people call and talk all big like they want to do it and he gives them the 3-month spiel and we never hear from them again. For the rare few who do show up my coach makes us do his hardest workout. (He basically tries to get all the new people to puke.) We have two right now that he didn't do that with and he kind of babied in the beginning and they are such a waste of time and space in the gym. They do the bare minimum.

I agree with you on boxing being a lifestyle for anyone who is competing on a higher level. I basically have no life anymore. But if I did socialize a ton, go out with my buddies and all that. I wouldn't be where I am in the sport today. No where near.

 

wish the gym im at could do that but they need the cash

you get a heap of 12 year old kid sthinking there hard talking big and pissing me off cause they dont train and act hard and star asking why they aint fighting

this pisses me off as i came to the gym trained hard and was asked to start fighting as one of the coaches saw potential in me

now these guys expect it. it pisses me off big time

 

Alas, it has been my ultimate dream in life to become a great trainer of boxing champions, but so far I have had a hard time making this dream into a reality. I live in Washington State (people aren't very big on boxing here), and in a VERY rural part of it, so it is hard to find others in the boxing industry to teach me the ways of the trainer. I was working with a girl that went to the same college as me. Tough farm girl with a mean overhand right, but she didn't want to committ to it.:-(

 

Charles I'm saving up all my money to go to the U.S for a year and drift in and out of different gyms in about 2 years time so if you have a gym there ill definitly go along

 

:good Sounds good mate. We will see.

 

i train people and love it. you do get some ignorant and very passive people but its all worth it wen one of your lads succeed

i also enjoy working the corners more than fighting

 

I always get so nervous when I'm helping out in the corner. Don't understand why. I love being in the ring myself.

 

i was a bit like that as first tym i did it i was by myself the person i was doing it with didnt turn up
the *******
but i handled it well nice and calm
it was an unlicensed fight so i got away with it
no 1 was willing to help we were the only scousers ther