Quote Originally Posted by Chris N.
I think that a good experienced trainer or even a teacher for that matter gives their pupil all the tools that they'll need and much of the know how that comes with it. I like the idea of a discussion between the trainer and boxer. If you go back to Athens and take a look at great Greek Philosophers such as Plato, Aristotle and Socrates and it wasn't just them preaching. It was interactive, it was engaging as the students were encourages to ask questions, and more importantly asking the right questions. How to think, creativity, or coming up with the answers on your own should be interactive in itself. In regards to boxing everything there is, including the training, the learning process should become as interactive as possible and this should beyond just a good student/teacher relationship. Teaching them what they need to know, how to observe or what to look for and most importantly how to think on their own, the fighter can then grow. When training on the the various apparatus, and in the ring the fighters should be able observe themselves, their movements, their own thought process's and be able to make their own inferences and adjustments.

So even if God forbid something bad happens to the trainer, the fighter has everything that they need to keep growing. You could say this about a teacher, and even a good parent.
good post