Some boxers think they are committed. But, what does commitment really look like?

Some boxers live the life style, sacrifice and train hard, but are they really committing in the moment to actually be successful in the long term?

Today, I have a mind dump around what I call, ‘micro commitments’ what they are and how they feed in to what makes a committed boxer.

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Calm

Clean

Chat

Check

enCourage

A simple framework to help cater for your boxer in between rounds in the GOLDEN minute.

A few ideas for coaches to consider when cornering their boxer.

How do you corner? What's different?

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and why not try our new padwork course?

A brief mind dump on shark tank sparring including how and when we can use this approach to develop our boxers at any point of the training cycle.

We consider variability, challenge point and representative learning design.

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2 cracking coaches and dandy blokes, Steve Cranston and Elliot Dillon.

Steve is an England Boxing coach educator as is Elliot.

Steve is a Level 4 coach, Elliott is a level 3 and Team GB coach.

There is a massive wealth of knowledge here as they both talk about their experiences and knowledge of padwork.

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Recently we scheduled a bout for one of our Muslim boxer during Ramadan. I realised I didn't know as much i'd liked to help and support him.

We have interviewed England Boxing Dr, and former amateur boxer, Doctor Ali Shaladi, Guildford coach Abdul Tahid, Kickboxing Cambridge graduate Adam Choudhury and Professional boxer, Sher Khan, all sharing their experience with how boxers can excel through Ramadan.

The views on this episode are solely those of the guest.

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Following the social media posts on our Instagram and Facebook pages here, I thought it would be a good idea to empty my brain on the questions, 'Is it cool to ask the matchmaker to get them on early on a show?'

What do you think? Is it ok or should we not ask?

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'They're here to enjoy it so why make it worse?'

A great chat with referee and coach Simon Mullan about his journey from the boxing as school boy to being a Physical Training Instructor in the British Army to becoming one of the country's top referees.

We also talk about Lewis Richardson and their coach/athlete relationship.

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Thank you to;

Steve Strong

Sam Newton

Giuni Ligabue

Casey Nachman

for their odes to the coaches that inspired them to be the people they are today and the reason why they are in the sport, too.

If you would like to pay a tribute to a great coach too, please contact us.

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Some boxers have great stability and poor mobility. Some have great mobility and poor stability. But some, the greats, often find the balance between both.

Following the incredible rematch between Bivol and Beterbiev, we drop a brain dump on the adjustments Bivol made between the first fight and the second, focussing on the mobility vs stability dynamic.

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Tobias Horn is the striking coach at La Familia Fight Club in Erfurt, Germany. He also holds a masters degree in philosophy.

Today, we had a really good conversation around many things.

Here's a few;

• What are the invariant features (things that must happen) Tobias uses when coaching.

• Ecological Dymanics and the CLA - how this informs his coaching.
• How does Tobias coach using games to reinforce invariants as well as develop skill with them as the foundation.
• Padwork - how effective does he feel it is.
• A few other tangents!




Tobias' 3 invariant features are;

1. Centre of Gravity
2. Stable Structure
3. Impacting Small Spaces




These 3 areas are fascinating when considering what 'fundamentals' really are.

You can reach Tobias on Instgram at Philosophy of Fighting