ENTRY 9
Saturday...This Saturday, is a really important day for me for many reasons.
- It will be my very first time in a major tournament.
- It will be my first time representing Team Xtreme and Coach Billy.
- It will be my first time competing since returning to Boxing Ontario.
- It will be my first time back in the ring since last December (9 months).
I think it had not really chimed in until the schedule was posted yesterday.
Seeing my name for the first time on a tournamenet schedule kind of made me think.
I went from almost giving up and retiring from the sport, to being entered into the Silver Gloves.
This Saturday September 30 at the Don Valley Hotel during the 7 PM session, I will once again be in the ring to test and display what I have learned and worked on for so many months in the gym.
This month marks the fifth month training at Xtreme Couture Toronto with Coach Billy.
Five months that went really fast.
My coach registered me for this tournament without me having to ask. That means he sees some potential in me.
He believes that all his athletes should go to tournaments every year.
There is one more this year. The Golden Gloves are in December.
Then, in February, the Brampton Cup.
I, like many athletes, make sacrifices for the sport I represent. Lots of time away from family and friends and doing things you would like to do instead of being in the gym. I have heard of athletes quitting their jobs so they can spend more time training.
Being an athlete is hard, but being a coach is harder.
Coaching is a kind of teaching, but it is not like teaching math to fifth-graders.
Athletes sometimes need a butt-kicking.
My coach got pissed off with me during yesterday's conditioning session because it apperaed that I was screwing around. I wasn't, but I was just not doing what the coach was expecting me to be doing, which I guess is another way of saying that I was screwing around.
Athletes can be lazy. If a coach just told his athletes, "Do what you want', you know damn-well that nothing will happen. They will do the absolute bare minimum for about 20 minutes, then call it a day.
It's true.
Athletes need to be pushed to their full potential, and in some cases, beyond.
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Behind every good athlete is a good coach, but sometimes we forget that.
It happens in professional sports all the time. When a team does crappy, the coach gets blamed, but if the team does well, it is because it is a good team. Nobody mentions the good coach behind the good team.
This Saturday is my time to once again shine in the ring.
I am not going to lie, I am very nervous about it. However, so are all the other boxers.
For me, my greatest fear is going in there and looking like shit.
Boxing is just as much a glamour sport as it is anything else.
Nothing else matters. If you go in there and you have great technique, great defense, and you stay in there and not keep retreating, you have a good chance of winning a decision. It is just a matter of which boxer does so more.
Plus, losing a decision you can blame on the judges.
If you go in there and look like shit you will probably not win, and you can not blame anyone except yourself.
I am with a great team with a great coach, and I don't want to spoil it by losing because I looked like shit in the ring.
Coach Billy has pointed out a few flaws in my boxing, and he is a tough coach.
Some people might see him coaching and think he is an asshole, but that is what a good coach does. Kicking athlete's asses.
He is strict with his boxers, because he cares about his boxers.
For those who are not aware, this week is National Coach's Week in Canada.
If you are an athlete, take some time to say 'thank you' to your coach.
Your coach works very hard to make you the best you can be.
--The Brick
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It had to happen eventually. My favorite vlogger of all time "The Daily Woo" has retired from vlogging.
His reason is that he just wants to go back to living a normal life.
He has been producing a video every day for over five years. 1911 days without stopping.
I can't imagine what it must be like living every day with a camera in your face. Every move you make documented for the world to see.
I can understand his decision.
I vlog sometimes, but not everyday. Just when I want to document something special.
His vlogs were very interesting as he would travel to different places, such as filming locations and roadside attractions.
Now, that will be no more.
To 'The Daily Woo' I say "thank you".
You have done well and introduced me to many interesting places that I never knew existed.
You have eared this well-deserved retirement.
Rest well, my friend.
If you have time, check out 'The Daily Woo' HERE.
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