or questions... I'm always looking to give my students the best of the best, but sometimes I feel like I give them very little...and sometime I feel like I give them too much..... what are some of your guys' methods for example, what's a typical day of training for you guys, assuming it's just a regular day and none of your fighters are fighting.... what does the schedule look like for you guys when fights are lined up ? from beginning to end, how does your camp go as the days pass by... do y'all mitt everyday how often do you guys spar etc etc
If you don't know how to train students you shouldn't be teaching boxing. I know, I know, you just want "advice" but if you are training people on boxing you should already be knowledgeable. It is like a math tutor asking, how do I tutor students for math.
It's a weird question, Freddy. The trainers I've worked with all work very differently depending on the level of their fighters. They obviously spend more time and energy with the more experienced and dedicated people, but every day is different. Different focus on technique, intensity of the work, and days off when we just do our own **** independently. I'm no trainer btw
I think it is important to spend time -- perhaps one day a week -- on nothing but fundamentals. We did this a lot when I was training fighters. I mean hands up, chin down, footwork, proper technique for the jab, the right, the hook, the timing of basic 1-2, 2-3 type combos. We would start with slow-motion shadowboxing of these basics in front of the mirror, then move to the bag and do a round at half speed and pick it up, maybe move to the mits and do it the same way -- I see the "walk-through" as a very basic and effective teaching and reinforcement tool in all sports (football and basketball do it, for instance). Sometimes guys with bad habits who couldn't seem to correct them would have a light come on when they saw it and did it in slow motion. We probably spent more time on footwork than any other gym that we competed against. How to move left, right, stepping away at angles, coordinating hands and feet to punch while moving, pivots (inside and outside) to create angles, two short hops back and one hop forward to punch (see Holyfield do it against Tyson for a good example), how to cut off the ring and avoid being cut off, etc. I think far too little time is spent on this aspect in most gyms -- if you control the distance, you control the fight ... and you control the distance with your feet.
Everyone has different training methods. I for one love to work on inside fighting and counter punching. I am not that much of a stamina coach. I find 4 three minute sessions of mitt work are a pretty good cardio workout on their own. I let the other coaches do the all the ab work with the sit ups and crunches and all. We do little or no weight lifting so that is not an issue. I have taken some boxers who otherwise were slow of hand and feet and made them into some pretty damn good inside fighters and counter punchers. Timing beats speed.
Not a good question really maybe you need to be an assistants coach what makes a good coach is being able to make it up as you go along as long as it boxing related and you can make the group understand the reason what the drill is for ,,every individual is different ,there for it as to be interesting for the group your coaching ,,depending on what ages & how many turn up & at what levels there all at tells me how I'm going to take the groupone thing i always do is start with 2min x 3 rounds of skipping the same shadow boxing ,,,this then gives me time to look at what im dealing with
