How much experience should a coach have?

Joel Diaz is considered a top trainer today. When his sons Julio and Antonio wanted to box, he decided to teach them despite having no boxing experience himself. They both ended up fighting for world titles and having very solid careers.

It depends on the individual. There are people that have no experience that are naturals; there are many more that have been doing it for years and haven't improved.

 

For a teacher/trainer pedagogy is as important as experience/knowledge. To be able to communicate it.

For newcomers I doubt you need much own experience. Of course you should master the fundamentals (at least in theory) and constantly remind your protegés to hold their guards up, in-out, jab etc. etc. Knowing how competitions works might be a bonus but here I'd say commitment is more important.

For a match coach I'd say you'd need experience of competing, to know how a tournament work. How to make weight, how to top the form etc. etc. And also to be able to guide your boxers through every step from travelling to the competition to home. Except for being able to teach more advanced techniques and tactics of course, but this I imagine you could do without having competing yourself.

I don't necessarily believe there's a correlation between knowledge and being able to perform something. Therefore I wouldn't say that a coach per se need to have been competing. The ability to see and correct is more important than being able to perform it, for a coach.

 

That is a third son. I forgot about him

 

cus d`amato and angelo dundee had no records of boxing fights and they were great coaches