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Trusting your training
“Trust your training” is a common saying in boxing. It’s meant to illicit confidence, to bolster a boxer’s spirit as he/she approaches match time. Running, repetitive skills, strength and...
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Boxers know, footwork is our foundation. It doesn’t matter what you do if you do it with a faulty foundation. Your connection to the ground will dictate your flexibility, your force, your spacial...
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About 5 years ago I had a realization that I was a decent coach, but not really all THAT good…. The reason I came to this conclusion is because I realized I was stagnant in my learning. I wasn’t...
View ArticleA little something about the source
The source of a lot of unhappiness is our insistence that others change. When I first started coaching, I would get frustrated or impatient and mad at the boxer I was training because I thought they...
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Accountability
Being a coach is a fine balance between being accountable to oneself and holding others accountable. I’ve referenced before how often others don’t see coaches as human beings with...
View ArticleSaturday Morning
I’m sitting on my couch, looking at the misty rain settling on the trees outside. My quiet alone time is always full of reflection and questions. I’m plodding through this book “Silence” by Robert...
View ArticleIn the flow
The flow- the zone- whatever you call it is something that athletes view as the end all be all state to be in. It seems to be elusive and something that happens versus something we create. I want to...
View ArticleBoxing community
Boxing has been the catalyst for my complete healing. I came to the sport still not being accountable, not taking responsibility. I came to the sport living in my past and crying in my soup about...
View Articleconnection
In our current culture, we are connected to stuff. We are consumers from morning til night. We are closest to our things- our monetary or status pursuits. We are most aligned with our hopes,...
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Every man is a moon and has a side which he turns toward nobody- Mark Twain I ran across this quote on a #coachesdowntime walk. Walking through our lives we bump into and against many people. Most of...
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