I was the first fight of the card and I lost. My opponent was pretty good and was crafty. He would slip my jab inside and then counter with a left uppercut. I don't think anyone has ever even tried to throw a left uppercut at me let alone land one and then he might follow it up with an overhand right. Just unusual punches that aren't that common from different angles. He hit pretty hard too. Even when I blocked the punch I could feel it. After round 1 I went back to the corner and my trainer had this "Oh ****, were ****ed" look across his face. I started thinking I might get knocked out. I didn't. I lost on points. Considering how I was the best fighter at the gym fighting and the other fighters didn't have my experience I might have set a bad tone. The next 3 fighters got stopped. A couple people in the crowd were yelling that our gym sucked. Looking at the fight I fought bad and didn't throw my jab nearly enough. I think I got a little caught up in the fight in round 1 and his slips and counters might have made me lose confidence. I could have maybe tried to feint or double jab to offset his head movement though. When we got back in the car to go back to our gym that we met up at the trainer said that he trained us perfectly and that was on us. Well, I didn't fight well, but come on. 2 of the guys haven't been training long and you were as a silent as someone at a funeral in the corner and you wanna play scapegoats.
You have to look at it as a learning experience. I know you're already doing that for yourself, because you're already reflecting on what you could have done better. But it's a learning experience for everyone. From what everyone could've done better individually to having the mental fortitude to not be discouraged if other people from gym the are losing. You could also reflect on what you could've done different to give your team mates encouragement instead of possibly setting a negative tone before their matches. Something along the lines of telling them that just because you didn't get the win this time doesn't mean they won't either. As for the coach putting all the responsibility on you guys... it looks bad for him. I don't know the details, but if someone wasn't ready to fight he shouldn't have let them fight and that's on him. If he thought you were all ready to fight he should specify in which area you guys fell short, what ardas need improvement or just admit the opponents were too advanced for you guys and that with more experience and work in the gym you guys will get to where you need to get. Don't let this get you down. I know there's always gym pride, so use the opportunity to bounce back stronger than before and catch people by surprise next time.
I've had fights before. The other 3 were in their first fight. One of them has been doing it for a while and he makes it tough on me in sparring. Another kid shows up like a few times per month. Another has been in the gym about a month.
He is. You think a lot of teenagers or amateurs are gonna stand up to a 210 lb former pro though? And he knows it, so what he says goes
It's nothing to do with 'standing up to', in a proper coach-athlete relationship there is meant to be positive communication, working together and taking joint responsibility for whatever happens. What you have isn't a proper coach.
It sounds as though you were all over matched / under prepared. Your coach should accept responsibility.
What can the coach do about overmatched? Don't the people running it t just match you with whoever? Edit. Oh ya. Another fight card in a month. Everyone is fighting.
He can pair you up with someone of your level. If he pairs you all the time with guys who have much more experience he is not doing you favors by it. You are gonna burn out> And yea, what you have is a ****. Not a coach.
they usually tell you info about the other guy before the coach accepts the fight. Like age, # of fights
He may know how to fight but that doesn't mean he knows how to coach.. Seems like a pretty poor way to motivate your fighters after they all lost, 'You all ****ed up, not me.' If that was the case, like others had said.. he shouldn't have felt comfortable letting you in the ring in the first place.
