ok guys so my coaching is going part time, its a side gig for me, 2 days a week, we have an average of about 10 guys that show up for the class regularly, same group of guys more or less, some days more some days less.
Anyways, the way I have generally been running classes, is to partner everyone up roughly by same skill level and size and have them to partner drills, I then rotate guys on the pads with me back and forth or also add bagwork into the rotation. Somedays I dont hold pads and rather just monitor each pair of guys and give them correction, some days I gear up and work around with them too.
I then quickly feel the guys out on the pads, and just work on whatever I feel needs improvement or I can "fix" at the moment.
i only have 1 hour, its the last class of the day before gym closes, and owner is usually eager to close up shop and go home. But I regularly go over by about 15 minutes max, just because I have a hard time being able to give everyone the attention they need in that 1 hour but I am still getting it done more or less in the time frame needed.
a few things that frustrate me is how alot of these guys show up to class, and they dont even have a pair of gloves, let alone shinpads, or they do have gloves, but no shinpads. So how the hell am I supposed to have you guys learn to kick or do kick partner drills with no shinpads? The way I see it, if you dont even have the gear to train, you are not very serious about it. I understand expenses etc, but you can only show up to play "golf" without your own golf clubs so many times before its like wtf?
What do you guys think of the way I am running class? any suggestions?
Other situation I am having is I have 2 guys that say they want to fight, which is great I am happy for that. One is not in a rush and wants to learn and get there when he gets there. On the other hand I have another guy who is very eager to rush in and fight, which is great that his heart is in the right place. But the guy is definitely not ready to fight, and needs alot of work as I am not going to send him out there unprepared. He wants to fight in like 2 months, and thinking to myself dude, you need about 6 months of serious dedicated training and then well see where your at. Obviously I didnt say that to him, but I did explain to him I would like him to be at a certain skill level before he goes and fights, so he is not unprepared and able to defend himself. I explained well start working to get him ready, we will next have him start getting some hard sparring in. His response to hard sparring is he doesnt want to get injured before a fight. Well fight is a long way out dude. He also seems to think that his skill level doesnt matter because when he fights hes gonna get in there and go crazy. I explained to him that how he performs in sparring, is going to be much better than fighting etc. He is seeming to take my words the wrong way, as if I am putting him down or not believing in him. How would you guys suggest dealing with him? I am thinking some hard sparring (head gear etc.) is going to be the best way to evaluate him, and slap a little reality into him that he simply is not ready to fight. I mean I am all for this guy fighting and willing to put in the work to get him ready for his first fight but he is really pushing to do it now and he simply is not there yet and wont be for quite some time.
next question, how do you deal with someone, who has poor technique, but still has power, thinks they are above what they are, and are not willing to take instruction because of this. For example, you have a guy who kicks "wrong" but lots of power. so because of this, he thinks you cannot tell him how to kick.