Hello to any anyone reading,
About may time last year i went down to my local boxing club for a number of reasons, the main one being ive always had an itch to try boxing. Im 16 coming up to 17 and am in my first year of sixth form, my parents were always against it when i was young but i decided i finally wanted to give it a go. I did it for a few weeks but then had to stop for exams and came back in late september time and since then apart from a few weeks at christmas, ive been going once a week to the fitness/beginners class.
Ive sparred 3 times however it was against a guy thats heavier than me who really just wanted to have a fight so this obviously wasnt very helpful however it meant that i knew being punched wasnt going to put me off and ive decided id love to try to fight and get into the competitive side of the sport. However i dont see how i can do this. I know it takes time to build up enough skill and fitness to do this however even if i get fitter the coach doesnt seem to focus that much on technique. I have spoken to him and said i want to box and id love to give it a go however he doesnt seem to say much except to keep on coming and working on everything. There are sessions on three other week days that the fighters go to, the coach was talking to a few of us and he was saying that the fitness was on another level and was much harder and that there more sparring and they're all very good. However i think he'd allow me to go along if id like.
Fitness isnt a huge problem, ive competed at a very high level in a lot of sports, including, tennis, cross country and athletics, i also play a lot of football and rugby. Im 60kg, quite stocky and i have 7% fat so i think my builds quite good.
However i know my technique isnt great and theres lots of work to do, obviously because ive only just started. Ive just bought a double end bag and a heavy bag with a stand with a speedball attached. I have a skipping rope and a few other bits as well.
However after all this i have two questions, how should i go about getting into the club because it just feels like im too late? should i simply ask to go along on one of the other days and try it, even though ill probably look like a bit of a muppet? and the other question is what would i be best working on with the kit ive got? Id be preparred to train everyday as its all in my garage.
Thanks for any help!
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