At the Boxing Championship of the nationwide strong teams 2022, Thethao.vn Recognizing most of the fighters of the delegations participating in the tournament are local. Only a few delegations such as Hanoi, Da Nang, Binh Duong, Ho Chi Minh City, Ninh Binh … use athletes from the province to play for their localities.
Do Thi Mai boxer (Hai Phong) is a typical example of a young athlete discovered and trained in the locality. At the age of 24, Mai has more than 10 years of forging with Boxing. She was held by coach Nguyen Dinh Cuong from a local item organized by Vinh Bao district in late 2011.
Unlike Hai Phong, a coach of the Hanoi delegation said they selected athletes in some suburban districts and neighboring provinces in the northern region. The new national champion of the 71kg weight of Nguyen Duc Ngoc was recruited in his hometown Ung Hoa, Hanoi; The young boxer Ngo Ngoc Linh Chi was born and raised in Hung Yen.
“Previously, we selected athletes aged 13-14, then trained for 1 to 2 years, they could be able to play in national youth tournaments aged 15-16. But when young boxing tournaments organize items for boxers aged 13-14, we have to recruit children from 11-12 years old,” the coach shared.
When choosing a child to pursue the boxing career, the coaches will have to consider physical criteria such as height, weight … In addition, one thing that the recruiting world is interested in is the eye. A coach said he paid attention to the young boxer with bright eyes “like beast”, because they were the qualities of excellent athletes.
However, when the athletes' age is lowered to keep up with the young awards, another problem arises is the speed of physical development of the athletes. Some children developed very early, taller than their peers when they were selected but then slowed down. So how to screen and choose the right person? The above coach revealed a very interesting thing.
“When coming to a child's family to persuade their parents to practice boxing, we also observe their parents. To assess that they have the potential to develop good physical development in the future or not, we look at the mother.
Another source of selection of the boxing coach is to ask for athletes from other subjects they feel the quality of boxing practice. Ha Minh Tuan boxer (Hanoi), the runner-up of the national strong teams of 2022 ages 17-18, nicknamed Tuan “Ta” because he was the athlete in the weightlifting team. Ahead of the tournament, Tuan has only practiced Boxing about half a year but has had very good achievements.