I'm in a great position at the minute with my old club asking me to help in and around the gym, train the kids, teens, etc. I'm ok on the pads at the minute, always improving. Would like to know if anyone else is in a similar position, or has actually been coaching for a while. Any tips, etc. I want to keep learning, and the only way I am going to learn is by listening to more advanced and better coaches. Any websites, links, comments would be appreciated. :good
When giving mitts, always make sure you don't let them get away with any bad habits. However your technique was taught to you, make sure you are constantly planting that into your kid's heads. If you are just letting them hit the mitts willy nilly, you might as well just get a job at Bally's doing boxercise classes.
Definitely, a lot of the kids seem to have no defense...and resort to going back in straight lines to the ropes. I've got them getting their hands right back after they have thrown a shot, got them throwing from and creating angles...and having them turn and hitting instead of going back in a straight line. I guess I'll pick more up with experience, and with advise like you have contributed, I can only get better. :good
Just about this, make sure after they have thrown a shot that they step backwards THEN to a different angle, cause I had a bad habit of stepping sideways before stepping backwards and walking myself into punches
One thing I notice about coaches not very good on the pads is their hand positioning. They hold the pads too wide apart or too low in a way that doesn't reflect the opponent's target area, and this leads to their boxers developing bad habits. Good coaches I've had held the pads right at face level in a way that maximally simulates reality.
Get the fundamentals right- I've seen a ton of kids ****ed up by simply not been shown to throw punches correctly. Once they are ruined its very hard to get them back to correct technique.
Anyone ever hits pads with someone who doesnt hold them tightly like u hit the pad and it just flops back, limp wristed f**** lol, ON A SERIOUS NOTE, JUST HOLD THE PADS NICE AND FIRM
I know yeah, unless I am making them duck under and turning off at the same time...I make them create the distant, make me miss with my punch, create the angle, whilst always staying in or just outside of punching range so they can mount their next attack. This annoys me, and did annoy me when I was boxing. Coaches who hold the pads at pretty much arm length, and then still feel the need to press forward whilst the boxer throws the punch. Very unrealistic. I've been watching Roach a fair bit on the pads, he keeps the pads still and lets the boxer create/generate the power, just like they would have to do in the ring...and not rely on the coach pushing the pads towards you to help with power and connection. I took a kid on the pads yesterday, about 12-13 he was. He said he had been training in another gym for about a month. I ask him to throw a simple 1-2 just so I can check to see if he is throwing it correctly. He doesn't turn his jab over, and his backhand was pretty much...well, a backhand. I don't know who was training him, or if he was lying about having previous experience...but I spent 3 rounds correcting his punching, he could not turn his punches over, and was pretty much slapping the pads with the back of his hand. :good
i think the main thing is being patient i've seen coaches try teach beginners who haven't even got their 1-2's together how to do more advanced moves.
i think the whole mayweather pad fad has hit a lot of coaches, they dont know how to do it correctly and use it on novices/beginners.
I've seen a coach who has them doing one-twos, hooks - rolling feignting, blocking all in their first one hour session- every single one of them completely incorrect. Relentless your absolutely right you need to make sure that every movement is understood and executed correctly,
You have to be meticulous with newbies... gotta get the muscle memory down but also make sure they understand the purpose and intent behind everything they learn. I was lucky to have a really good amateur fighter as one of my trainers starting out, and he corrected a lot of my bad habits just through constant explanation and repetition.
