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The Brocking Project
One great thing about boxing is the camaraderie and connection between athletes and coaches. I have long respected athlete and coach, Ann-Marie Saccurato....
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Embracing Community
I’ve been experiencing a new sense of connection to people lately. I attribute this to all the outdoor boxing sessions I’ve been doing with gym members over the past couple of months. Three days a...
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Sharing other blogs
Sometimes it is best to listen to others…..This is a great blog post, please take the time to read: http://tinybuddha.com/blog/9-insights-on-dealing-with-change-challenges-pain/
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Looking at what is going right
I like to read a lot and get information from many sources. Technology has made it easy to receive e-mails, facebook posts, blogs and access to all kinds of perspectives. One source I like is called...
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Learning is paramount
If I stop learning, please just bury me. Don’t even check for a pulse, just dig a hole, dump me in and cover me up. Learning is passion and passion is learning to me. I have committed my entire life...
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ART AND BOXING TO COLLIDE AT ARCARO!
ART AND BOXING COLLIDE! There are many reasons each of us walk thruogh these doors and put on the gloves. Whatever our goals and motivations, intentions, hopes, each of us is fighting for something....
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Coach Interview
I’ve enjoyed working with Elsa as an intern. One of my favorite things is the types of questions she asks. They are thought provoking, sincere and engaging. Below are the interview questions Elsa...
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2015
I’ve heard it said many times that one must crawl before they can walk. Or, that you have to be 13 before you can be 25. To get to this point I had to experience 2013 and 2014. To say I enjoyed it...
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Embracing the positive and the negative
There is nothing wrong with absorbing uplifting information, but there is another side of the coin that needs to be addressed if we wish to actually grow and change in the world- Alec Cope...
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Community- YWCA- The Central Area Food Bank
For awhile I would walk to work and pass by the YWCA on East Cherry Street. On Wednesdays I watched a line form down and around the block. Each Wednesday this branch hands out food to those in need....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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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