looks like i'm fudged!

it sounds like from the post we have alot of people who are not that serious about boxing. if you are serious, and it sounds like your trainer is, missing training should not happen frequently or at all even. your trainer seems like an old school guy who experienced a time when boxers were boxers and not people looking for a good workout. if you are in the sport to box, he is right and missing is not an option. if you are in it for fun or a workout, you should find a new gym.

 

Wow you're a big man for beating up a beginner who just wanted a go, as i said, what a man.

Anyways what's with the admiration for 'old school' trainers? Most people here i assume are Am boxers so what you want is a guy who shows you technique and is scientific and logical about the sort of conditioning you need. You don't need an emotional guy who has you running 15 miles asking you to show heart and teaching you shoulder rolls, most old school coaches are egomaniacs who are just in it for themselves.

 

Yikes,,,mental note to self for when I join a gym. LOL

 

Wow Bill, you're a *****. You beat up a new guy because he actually wanted to spar against someone? We get new people all the time at my class, yeah they get the odd punch or kick in the head but we don't just beat the **** out of them for no good reason.

 

I would go to my gym whenever I could make it, cause I travel alot/work alot. I wouldnt go to the gym if I wouldnt be in the country, or if I couldnt make enough time to dedicate myself to training due to working long hours and now I cant get back to the gym due to a car accident. When I could devote myself then I went into the gym, and have never had a problem but since I wont be able to train for a long time it gets painful thinking about all the work Ive put in, the time and effort, and when I pass by the gym it really hits me hard.

If you like the gym the keep going, if you have more "dislikes" then "likes" then find another gym that fits you. ****ing taxis

 

I suppose the bottom line is that you should just let your coach know if you are busy and won't be there for a while, just so he knows that you aren't a flake and that you really are dedicated but just busy.

 

If you don't like him go to another gym, he might be a good coach but there is no need to be a wanker.

 

Just let him know before hand from now on how often you can't or can come. I only go to my gym 2 days a week, but that's because I'm in college and it's 45 min away (closest gym around before you ask). I told my coach that I wouldn't be in every day, and he completely understood. You can't always help it that you can't go in every day...

 

well relentless it seems like he is a great coach, but also set in his ways and not about to change. just realize he is going to be himself and expect it. if you don't want your family around foul language don't take them there. i think you have a pretty good deal though: the coach is knowledgable, he obviously cares about boxing excellence, and he doesn't charge you much if any money. the only question is can you deal with the way he acts? that is a question for you to answer.

 

That sentence says why you won't progress with boxing. Kids these days and their education, I tell you. If it's a hobby you really enjoy, than suck it up and go to the juniors class and deal with it; if not, then stop wasting his time; because if he's turned out that many national champions he's being extremely charitable training someone who treats boxing as a hobby.

 

You know, I can reply to that entire statement with two words - Valery Popenchenko. He won the olympics while doing his pHD, was a genius mathematician and made a contribution to Soviet submarine technology. Graduated his Suvorov school with a gold medal, and was a star student at the prestigious Soviet naval academy in St. Petersburg. I can list a few others if you want. However, they were all freaks of nature and the type of men I think people should aspire to rather than the thug morons a lot of kids seem to admire these days.

 

In general though, very few people can pull it off. But then, nothing wrong with doing some amateur matches and becoming a reasonably successful amateur - and nothing wrong with a coach putting in the time to train such people... If he only wants to train champs, he should just open an elite gym and head-hunt people from other gyms or something.