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AN AMATEUR SUPER HEAVYWEIGHT FARM PROGRAM
MODELED AFTER SUCCESSES IN OTHER SPORTS
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PLANNING THE CAMP CONTEXT - PURPOSE Coaches who say that champions are made, not born, are only partially correct. Actually, champions are born with the "right stuff" (genes) and then trained by good coaches. Finding the extraordinarily gifted super heavyweights who are not only fast but are born with an incredible punch, heart, and chin, and putting them with a good coach is what this program is all about. FACILITIES A private training space will be rented or leased for a six month term with an option to renew. A comfortable, private teaching environment is important for recruiting, testing, and efficient learning. The equipment will consist of standard boxing training equipment plus special inexpensive proprietary items, custom made, which measure and develop acceleration and power-to-weight ratios which are of primary importance in knocking opponents out. THE CAMP TESTS James E. Councilman, Ph.D., a sports research scientist and an extraordinary Olympic swimming coach, died a few years ago. Dr. Councilman had a passion for boxing. For years, he had observed biopsies of muscle fiber on leading athletes and had conducted a variety of performance tests of the world's top boxers with high knockout ratios. He discovered correlations in certain non-boxing performance test results with high knockout records. I read one of his research papers in the 70's and called him. His explanation of these correlations in several telephone conversations over some period of time was pretty convincing. He stressed that they pointed to methods for identifying the large boxers, without having them box, with the genetic factors essential for a high knockout record. We will conduct these tests confidentially. The Sequence Only athletes who score very high in these initial tests will be tested to see if they are able to take a punch and have the heart for boxing. Every coach knows how to test for a strong chin and heart. Two other important characteristics will then be determined: (1) his mental attitude and learning curve and, (2) the improvement rate and potential of his neuromuscular system to respond to the training to improve strength, speed, and conditioning. Some athletes learn athletic skills quicker and their explosiveness and conditioning will improve at different rates. These evaluations require accurate baselines and periodic testing over a period of eight to twelve weeks. Improvement Gradient The best prospects can't always be determined even after power curve evaluations and tests of their chin and heart. After the initial evaluations, one may appear to be the best prospect, or two heavyweights may appear to be equally gifted. After training with identical routines, one may turn out to have another important genetic advantage the other doesn't have -- his physical response to the training. His improvement curve in conditioning, boxing skills, and power may be dramatically better. After a few months, some athletes will show a greater improvement in boxing ability, strength and anaerobic potential for producing power, recovery rates, and conditioning necessary to sustain the intensity of applying maximum pressure over several work-rest periods required in boxing. Anaerobic power and recovery rate potential is largely genetic and an improvement gradient can only be established after a few months of training. A good coach will then be able to identify with more certainty the potential world champions who can be moved quickly in the amateur and pro ranks. |
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