Coaching Development of the War Dogs:

[Sinister]

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[zapataxiv]

Hey guys, I appreciate anyone and everyone who has subscribed recently, still need 76 more to join the "YouTube Partners" program. Right now I'm re-calibrating my approach as long-format videos have a much harder time getting views. Shorts get the traffic first so I'll be doing much more of those. But again thanks so much for the support more content to come:

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GL man
making as a coach is hard but having to fall back on yt is also a long road
ill see if anybody else on my FB wants to sub

 

[Sinister]

GL man
making as a coach is hard but having to fall back on yt is also a long road
ill see if anybody else on my FB wants to sub

Much appreciated. As a Coach you definitely have to have your finger in more than one pie.

 

[The Don]

Hey guys, I appreciate anyone and everyone who has subscribed recently, still need 76 more to join the "YouTube Partners" program. Right now I'm re-calibrating my approach as long-format videos have a much harder time getting views. Shorts get the traffic first so I'll be doing much more of those. But again thanks so much for the support more content to come:

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I feel like doing quick shorts talking about certain, very eye catching styles of boxing might help out? Like the cross arm, the Philly shell, etc.. I had a blast looking at your explanation between the difference of the crab and the shell. I go back to that video every now and then.

 

[Sinister]

I feel like doing quick shorts talking about certain, very eye catching styles of boxing might help out? Like the cross arm, the Philly shell, etc.. I had a blast looking at your explanation between the difference of the crab and the shell. I go back to that video every now and then.

Duly noted

 

[Sinister]

Marcos won his first fight today, bigly:

 

[DoctorTaco]

Marcos won his first fight today, bigly:

Ayyyy! Congrats coach

 

[Sinister]

There we go

 

[StopDucking]

Hey guys, I appreciate anyone and everyone who has subscribed recently, still need 76 more to join the "YouTube Partners" program. Right now I'm re-calibrating my approach as long-format videos have a much harder time getting views. Shorts get the traffic first so I'll be doing much more of those. But again thanks so much for the support more content to come:

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I've always been under the impression you couldn't care less about subscribers but if you've changed your mind, further changes are in order. You could have hit at least 100k subscribers had you tried.

Right now you're basically filming whatever on a whim and post it from your phone. Video and audio quality is horrendous. There's no directing, no editing, no quality control (inclusing choosing what to post or not to post), no thumbnails, no catchy intros, no clickbait titles, no commentary, no posting schedule, etc. I bet your keyword tags game is also nonexistent. Releasing informative content is only one among a dozen conditions required to succeed on YouTube.

 

[Sinister]

I've always been under the impression you couldn't care less about subscribers but if you've changed your mind, further changes are in order. You could have hit at least 100k subscribers had you tried.

Right now you're basically filming whatever on a whim and post it from your phone. Video and audio quality is horrendous. There's no directing, no editing, no quality control (inclusing choosing what to post or not to post), no thumbnails, no catchy intros, no clickbait titles, no commentary, no posting schedule, etc. I bet your keyword tags game is also nonexistent. Releasing informative content is only one among a dozen conditions required to succeed on YouTube.

It's still going to be rustic for a while, because I cant really afford all the things necessary for TV quality production. Also Im noticing that even with clickbait Titles, thumbnails, and keywords (I've done some experimenting with my kids' channels without trying to get everyone I know to subscribe to them)...right now the algorithm just favors shorts. I posted 3 shorts on Sal's channel and in one week it got 9 more subscribers and 6k views. The longer format stuff is more thought out and doesnt get nearly as much traffic

 

[Sinister]

Here's a throwback, since we are trying to organize to go back to Gene Lewis this year. We missed last year since my youngest Son had just been born and we didnt have the funds.

This is when MarcAnthony fought Angel Young, I'm not sure what rank Angel is right now but when we met him on a visit to Vegas he was the #1 ranked youth Amateur at SHW. He moved up to Elite and was top 5 for this fight.



Sub-plot, his Coach told me to my face he didnt agree with this decision.

 

[Sinister]

Cristian getting in some international work with this dude from Australia:

 

[Sinister]

Afterthoughts on Marcos' win:

 

[The Don]

Afterthoughts on Marcos' win:

Sinister, you remind me so much about my coach. Not just some of the training methods that we've talked about before, regarding mitts but how you take care of your fighters and how you talk to them. They're in good hands!

 

[The Don]

Why do we see less cross guards and hand trapping like Foreman used to do @Sinister And would you encourage or discourage students if they ever wanted to take a more old school boxing approach? Is it something that needs to be taught by someone in that lineage? Is it something you could possibly study to help your boxers if ever they want to mimic that style specifically?

 

[Sinister]

Sinister, you remind me so much about my coach. Not just some of the training methods that we've talked about before, regarding mitts but how you take care of your fighters and how you talk to them. They're in good hands!

Very much appreciated. I take that as the utmost compliment.

Why do we see less cross guards and hand trapping like Foreman used to do @Sinister And would you encourage or discourage students if they ever wanted to take a more old school boxing approach? Is it something that needs to be taught by someone in that lineage? Is it something you could possibly study to help your boxers if ever they want to mimic that style specifically?

Good question, and yes it's a problem of the Masters of those Arts having died without passing on how to teach such techniques. Instructors like myself and others can dig for the Historical uses, and even surmise the exact philosophy behind them in order to preserve their use, but that's a tough task which takes a lot of time. Time we dont get compensated for. We have to do this on our personal time.

In an ideal World the pay structures for Coaches would be different. The Russians and Cubans were able to do so much in so little time because of subsidization. In other words they didnt need to worry much about marketing themselves or what happens if only 8 students a day show up, their salaries were guaranteed. So their job, if no student showed up, could be to research and come up with innovative ideas for their Sport.

Most Coaches in the US cannot do this because they work full time jobs and Coach on the side. And I'm not making an argument for outright communism, what I'm saying is that when people get paid a living wage to do something they're passionate about, that's when you get the best results. One of my goals is to change the normal pay structures for Coaches in boxing, and to get people who want to put money in the Sport to put it in the right places. If that happens you'll definitely see a revival of lost techniques, because we have the time and security to venture to find them.

I can teach certain unorthodox styles, but nowadays my main concern is comfort and safety in the ring before I give a fighter specific uniqueness. So it takes longer. I used to give the uniqueness up front, but that didnt do a ton to alleviate performance anxiety.

 

[The Don]

Very much appreciated. I take that as the utmost compliment.



Good question, and yes it's a problem of the Masters of those Arts having died without passing on how to teach such techniques. Instructors like myself and others can dig for the Historical uses, and even surmise the exact philosophy behind them in order to preserve their use, but that's a tough task which takes a lot of time. Time we dont get compensated for. We have to do this on our personal time.

In an ideal World the pay structures for Coaches would be different. The Russians and Cubans were able to do so much in so little time because of subsidization. In other words they didnt need to worry much about marketing themselves or what happens if only 8 students a day show up, their salaries were guaranteed. So their job, if no student showed up, could be to research and come up with innovative ideas for their Sport.

Most Coaches in the US cannot do this because they work full time jobs and Coach on the side. And I'm not making an argument for outright communism, what I'm saying is that when people get paid a living wage to do something they're passionate about, that's when you get the best results. One of my goals is to change the normal pay structures for Coaches in boxing, and to get people who want to put money in the Sport to put it in the right places. If that happens you'll definitely see a revival of lost techniques, because we have the time and security to venture to find them.

I can teach certain unorthodox styles, but nowadays my main concern is comfort and safety in the ring before I give a fighter specific uniqueness. So it takes longer. I used to give the uniqueness up front, but that didnt do a ton to alleviate performance anxiety.

A more consistent and stable pay structure for coaching would seem mutually beneficial to both boxers and coaching, considering, like you've mentioned, it gives coaches more time and incentive to refine and even add to their arsenal.

I would think having a gym that specializes, or at the very least be able to teach such techniques to its boxers would have a considerate amount of advantage going up against other stables, considering they wouldn't be as prepared in countering or figuring out the different looks being employed? Or do you think boxing has out grown the majority of the older techniques? Because outside of the Shoulder Roll, it seems like long lost techniques and/or guards have become just that, lost and not really taught as much or used as much.

 

[Sinister]

A more consistent and stable pay structure for coaching would seem mutually beneficial to both boxers and coaching, considering, like you've mentioned, it gives coaches more time and incentive to refine and even add to their arsenal.

I would think having a gym that specializes, or at the very least be able to teach such techniques to its boxers would have a considerate amount of advantage going up against other stables, considering they wouldn't be as prepared in countering or figuring out the different looks being employed? Or do you think boxing has out grown the majority of the older techniques? Because outside of the Shoulder Roll, it seems like long lost techniques and/or guards have become just that, lost and not really taught as much or used as much.

My goal, as of the moment, is to open such a facility. But raising capital for it isnt easy. Well, unless you have a wealthy benefactor, or a few of them.

 

[The Don]

My goal, as of the moment, is to open such a facility. But raising capital for it isnt easy. Well, unless you have a wealthy benefactor, or a few of them.

Only takes an opportunity or two for things to snowball.

I wish you all the best Sinister! Coaches would absolutely flock at that gym. The next challenge would be weeding out hundreds of applicants!

 

[Sinister]

Only takes an opportunity or two for things to snowball.

I wish you all the best Sinister! Coaches would absolutely flock at that gym. The next challenge would be weeding out hundreds of applicants!

Man, I only want like 3 or 4 Coaches who agree on how to operate. Not necessarily on what style they teach, but how they teach. Right now even this gym is sharky af for no reason. There's a Coach who avoids having his guys spar with mine...but if I have guest sparring he's always trying to get the guest Coach to put their guys with his. Its embarrassing. Whenever he does allow his guys to spar with mine, he ends up berating them.

I'd not allow that guy to train in my facility.