CounterPunch uses boxing-inspired movement and performance psychology to develop the person behind the athlete.
FREE TRAINING FOR GYM OWNERS & SPORTS COACHES
When a Young Athlete Reacts Before They Think... Help Them Find The Gap.
In this free 5-minute training, discover a practical CounterPunch coaching tool that uses boxing-inspired movement and reflection to help young people recognise the space between what happens to them and what they choose to do next.
In this free training you will see:
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What The Gap is, and why most young people never find it.
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How we use movement so they feel it, not just hear about it.
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The questions that turn it into self-awareness you can coach.
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"I'm not a counsellor. I'm not a psychologist. I am a combat sports coach."
Damien, Head Coach, Dogfight Combat Club
Coaches, you've seen this kid.
You've seen it.
The athlete who shuts down after a correction.
The young person who reacts to frustration before they can think.
The kid who loses confidence the moment pressure increases.
Often, they know what they should have done afterwards.
The challenge is recognising that choice while the moment is happening.
CounterPunch calls this The Gap.
In this free training, you'll discover how The Gap fits into our movement-based approach to developing the person behind the athlete.
WHO THIS IS FROM
I'm Merc.
I run CounterPunch out of Mt Barker in the Adelaide Hills. CounterPunch is a youth development and performance psychology program that uses boxing-inspired movement to help young people build confidence, emotional control and resilience. We train coaches to use the Method with the young people they already work with, whether that's in a boxing gym, martial arts club or another sporting environment.
We don't sit young people down for another talk. We use movement, pressure and the relationship they already have with their coach.
What it looks like when it lands.
They take the correction and ask what to fix, instead of firing back.
They breathe and stay in the round, instead of freezing.
They start putting feelings into words, instead of acting them out.
They carry it outside the gym.
The ones who stick with it start helping the younger kids do the same.
Some kids get there quickly. Others take longer. That's why we build opportunities for growth into every session, rather than leaving it to chance.
The Gap is not CounterPunch. It is one tool inside a Method.
As coaches we are dealing with confidence, behaviour, pressure, emotional regulation, communication and identity. None of it appears in the coaching manual. That is why we built CounterPunch, to give coaches a Method for the human side of coaching.
CONNECT
We build the environment and the relationship first. Nothing else works without it.
RELATE
We help young people better understand themselves, their behaviour, their reactions, their choices and what they can actually control. The Gap is one example of that.
COMMUNICATE
We give them the language and the practice to carry it outside the gym.
INSIDE COUNTERPUNCH
This is the work.
Real coaches, real sessions, in real gyms.
Get The Gap training Free.
Watch The Gap nowFree 5-minute training for coaches working with young people. It plays straight away, and we'll email you a copy too. No obligation to apply for Facilitator training.