i do all the right things im polite, i stay humble, i practice on the things they tell me to work on, i train hard, im consistant, i have lots of friends in my gym, but my coach does not even remember my name, it makes me feel like im not good enough and i do feel that way all the time
Its very possible that it has nothing to do with you.. just be a very busy or popular gym. I used to train at a gym that had a large social media following and I met a lot of fighters there and the Coach has a large amateur team. There are always so many new people coming in and I recently had a chat with one of the fighters I met when I saw that he switched gyms and we agreed that gym gets away with a lot of things because of its popularity, and kind of neglects most of the fighters that arent really in their inner circle, plus they have loads of talent coming in. My suggestion is to look at the gyms or trainers around u, a lot of the time the lesser known people provide the best service because they spend less time marketing and more time giving quality instruction and taking care of their fighters training
This, at the end of the day it’s a combat sport, so it’s expected that coaches only care about guys who have something to offer. Being polite and respectful is great, keep that attitude, but also show that you’re willing to train hard and can hang in sparring. Im at this new gym and no one gave a **** about me until I started regularly sparring the amateurs there.
Tell us more: how many days a week you go, what kind of workout you do, how often you spar, whether you’ve had a fight or not yet, etc. I’d also maybe ask one of the others who you feel are getting more attention than you are if they have any idea why that is. Tell them to be honest and tell the truth — of course that’s making yourself vulnerable to maybe hearing something you don’t want to hear, but as they say, the truth will set you free. Or maybe ask the coach.
