Progression in teaching

[Howlin Mad Missy]

After reading all of these posts I just feel very silly/stupid/dumbstruck.
Maybe this is just me being a kickboxer so my training's a bit different but we never work by one skill but try to hone all in at once by a great deal of practicing specific combinations while simulating real ring time; we each practice for three minutes, we're free to move, block, dodge or take whatever action is deemed appropriate (like moving in on a high kick to keep it's force under check or re-directing a knee strick while clinching), of course all of this is true so long as the trainer doesn't tell us otherwise, sometimes he puts limitations such as you must redirect the blow or you must prevent him from finishing his combo by doing this or not doing that.
And to finish off we do around five three minutes rounds of free sparing ,kickboxers can do whatever they want so long as it's within the rules but are limited to hands only when fighting a boxer, though most of us take boxing lessons just to improve our hand/footwork and to compliment some other skills such as bobing & weathing and dodging blows.
I'd like to say we have good trainers as they have both the titles and the trainees to prove their worth (to the best of my knowledge nearly every pupil under my trainer that had entered a contest has won or taken second place) but you guys make them sound like they have no clue as to what they're doing.

I'm guessing that wasn't all on your first day?

[Boxy]

acctually that's what every day looks like.
I posted a thread about what a regular day at my gym looks like, but everybody seems to be to shy as to tell how does a day at their gym look like, so I have very little to compare myself to.
here's a link:
http://www.saddoboxing.com/boxingfor...ooks-like.html

Scrap
I guess what I'm saying is, does it sound any good to you that my trainer does things so differently than the way you guys do it? Doing everything at once rather than going at them one at a time. (somehow this reminds me of trying to read a book, a page of every chapter at a time rather than reading them in order)

[Howlin Mad Missy]

No. You first need to learn that it's a book and what that means, you need to learn the alphabet, the structure of language, punctuation, the meaning of the words, that in our language you read from left to right etc.

You get the point? You don't throw a copy of Great Expectations at a baby and expect it to understand.

As for your gym/trainer they may be right they may be wrong, successful gyms or those with good publicity will draw attention & students to it, maybe they're sucessful just because lots of people train there and they can pick out the talent.

[Scrap]

Boxy, do lots of strange things, for progression. For the person watching its sometimes strange and the connection is missed a lot. I work on the Biomechanics of exercise, Training Nuerons to adapt. By different methods to attain neuromuscular excellence. Whether it be by a kind of plyometrics Ive developed or proprerecetive techniques which are novel. Also do extensive work with elastic and woodys, plus fitballs all different shapes and sizes. I always say I teach the Kids, but more importantly the Kids are Teaching Me.

[Youngblood]

God I love Scraps humility. He's only now getting around to be able to write on the internet and be clearly understood, but to those of us who know him, he has more knowledge in his pinky finger then most of the rest of all of us put together.


You the best Scrap.

[badr_hari]

God I love Scraps humility. He's only now getting around to be able to write on the internet and be clearly understood, but to those of us who know him, he has more knowledge in his pinky finger then most of the rest of all of us put together.


You the best Scrap.

Totally agree. I don't even know who he is, but his posts are always great helpful informations. We should open a thread for Scrap's boxing tips, so when he has free time he can give us one.

[Youngblood]

God I love Scraps humility. He's only now getting around to be able to write on the internet and be clearly understood, but to those of us who know him, he has more knowledge in his pinky finger then most of the rest of all of us put together.


You the best Scrap.

Totally agree. I don't even know who he is, but his posts are always great helpful informations. We should open a thread for Scrap's boxing tips, so when he has free time he can give us one.

While I agree it is a good idea, what I have learned to do, is to just pay attention to anything he says. And if it isn't at first clear, then ask and you can be sure he'll try to better explain. And when you do get it, you'll realize it is something as always that is well worth learning.

As for one specific thread, I just consider the entire of this training section his area.