One of the things I tell every person, student, or potential fighter is never let a coach manipulate you in a bad way and force you into fighting if you don't want to. That's just putting you in a no-win situation like what you have now and its you taking the shots and punishment-not them. At the same time you have the benefit of your age here and are only 15 years old. Take your dad, an older uncle, or some older adult friend with you when you go in and fess up. That will go a long way in tempering any actions if your coach is one of those non understanding and non caring types. At 15 we all made a lot of mistakes or were at times faced with situations that we were not equipped with to handle yet. This for you is one such situation I think so try to handle it correctly even if your coach and others are not able to by being honest and upfront and if they can't accept that and respect you for doing that then move on and find a new gym where there is a place for people to train and learn who don't have to be fighters.
A coach who just wants to create you in his own image without bothering to find out what YOUR objectives are is reason enough to get out.
Have you even attempted to tell your coach what you are looking for in MMA?
Could be that he is a right enough guy who will help you to attain your objectives ONCE HE KNOWS WHAT THEY ARE!
Leave the gym and train somewhere else it doesn't matter what anyone else thinks it is your decision. Go find your self a good traditional martial art where they teach respect. Of course all these fears may be just in your head.
you can't do mma until your 17 or 18 depending on what state you live in. If you feel like your pressured to compete find another gym.
Tell him what you want. Communicate, no one will listen to you if you don't.
I am 15 and I do mma and im scared and well im not sure what im scared of. I think im mostly scared of my coach or maybe im scared of fighting or maybe of letting people down. I got it in as a hobby not to actually be a pro MMA fighter and well now I cant get out because im afraid that theyre gonna think I was just a p***y and that I was too scared too fight. My friends at the gym will look at me like a coward then my cousins will also because my friends at the gym know my cousins and im just also afraid of looking like a coward. But I need out because im always just so worried about it. Im always thinking about what will happen and the day is almost here when I have to go back to the gym and sometimes I cant even sleep because of not knowing what will happen but I don't know what to do I mean I also NEED ti loose some weight but I cant handle the stress any more and being out of there will take a great weight off my back so advice?
