USA Boxing

The BRONZE Level clinic is a 16-hour in-person workshop (two days each for eight (8) hours; Saturday and Sunday, 8 am to 5 pm daily, with a one-hour lunch). 

The USA Boxing Bronze Clinic is designed to introduce high-performance boxing concepts and practices to boxing coaches. This is a 16-hour course (Saturday and Sunday 8 am – 5 pm with a one-hour lunch) with participants spending 85% of the time out of their seats and on the floor performing drills, exercises, and role-playing with their colleagues. Some topics will include:

• Importance of a dynamic warm-up
• Coordination drills
• Introduction to the universal boxer
• Teaching lessons using EDIP
• Basic offenses and defenses
• Three (3) stages of sparring
• How to use coach mitts
• How to work a corner 
• Introduction to the American Development Model

A current Green level certification is required to register for this course. Find the free Green certification course here: https://www.teamusa.org/USA-Boxing/Features/2019/September/05/Green-Coaching-Certification

• Green
  • Entry-level coaches working with new boxers
  • Online certification and test
• Bronze
  • Entry-level to intermediate coaches
  • Coaching novice and club boxers
• Silver
  • Intermediate to advanced coaches
  • Coaching developing athletes who are preparing for and competing at regional and national tournaments
• Gold
  • Advanced and international competition coaches
  • Coaching high-performance athletes that are on the national team or eligible for the national talent pool