Boxing Evolution

04/09/2026

Children are human animals first — and before we can understand behaviour, we need to understand what is happening underneath it.

Safety. Belonging. Power and control. These primal needs can influence how children respond to boundaries, frustration, conflict and challenge.

But understanding behaviour is only half the job. Parents also need a framework for leadership.

That’s where I believe parenting can learn a lot from good sports coaching. A boxing coach has to build trust, establish boundaries, manage emotion, create appropriate challenge and gradually help a young person develop greater self-control.

The goal isn’t simply to stop difficult behaviour.

It’s to understand what drives it — and then coach the skills the child still needs to develop.

🥊 Stop reacting like a parent. Start guiding like a coach.

24/08/2026

When a child with ADHD knows what they need to do but still cannot begin, it is not necessarily laziness or defiance. Starting a task and changing mental state both place demands on executive function.

Instead of waiting for urgency to create action, help your child build activation and momentum. Try ten minutes of physical activity with simple thinking challenges, then use habit stacking to create a consistent cue. Follow it with the 5-minute rule to make starting feel manageable, and build a momentum stack from one achievable action to the next.

Don’t focus only on making your child finish. Coach them through starting.

Save this post and try the routine before their next homework session.

22/08/2026

Use the experience from coaching 15 years of Boxing, Fitness, Mentoring performance psychology and SEN education to develop emotional regulation and bring positive change to the way you parent your ADHD son.

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20/08/2026

Channel 4’s The Great ADHD Myth? has caused huge controversy — but I think the debate over whether ADHD is “real” risks distracting us from a much more useful conversation.

The documentary showed Mason coming off medication while his screen time, diet, time outdoors and family environment changed. In some ways he appeared to thrive. But when he began struggling at school, frustration returned and he eventually went back onto medication.

For me, there was something important missing from the experiment.

Where was the training?

Changing a child’s environment can help. Medication can help some children. Appropriate support and adjustments can help. But we also need to ask what skills we can actively help children develop.

Emotional regulation. Frustration tolerance. Directing attention. Persistence. Regaining control when things don’t go their way.

These aren’t just things we can talk to children about. They’re things we can practise.

That’s exactly what good sports coaches have been doing for generations: creating manageable challenges, coaching children through frustration and helping them try again.

Maybe the answer isn’t simply to change the child or change the environment.

Maybe we need to support children while developing their ability to navigate the challenges life will inevitably give them.

That’s the thinking behind Training the Storm — my boxing and coaching-based approach to helping parents support children with ADHD.

🥊 Stop reacting like a parent. Start guiding like a coach.

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11/08/2026

Gentle parenting got one thing very right: children need empathy, connection and adults who understand what’s happening underneath behaviour.

But understanding emotions isn’t the same as learning to manage them.

And this is where I think we’ve gone too far.

When frustration leads to the demand disappearing…
When dysregulation means the boundary moves…
When struggling means an adult immediately steps in…
When we constantly regulate the environment instead of developing the child’s ability to cope with it…

We can accidentally remove the very experiences through which resilience develops.

🥊 Think like a boxing coach.

I wouldn’t teach someone to box by throwing them straight into hard sparring.

But I also couldn’t teach them to box while making sure nobody ever punched back.

I would:

Assess → Teach → Challenge → Recover → Progress.

Parenting children with ADHD can work the same way.

Give them the skills.
Introduce manageable frustration.
Let them experience disappointment.
Coach them through the emotional response.
Help them recover.
Then gradually increase what they can handle.

That’s how capacity develops.

The goal isn’t a child who never becomes dysregulated.

It’s a child who increasingly learns:

“This is difficult.”
“I don’t like how this feels.”
“But I know what to do.”

Keep the empathy.
Keep the connection.
Keep listening.

But add coaching. Add expectations. Add challenge.

Because resilience isn’t something we give children.

It’s something we help them train. 🥊

04/08/2026

The government has finally acknowledged something many parents have been saying for years… 👀

SEND and behaviour are not the same thing. But if that’s true… what should parents actually do?

I created a FREE guide explaining what ADHD is, what it isn’t, what can mimic it, and practical strategies you can start using today to help your child.

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04/08/2026

Did you know that emotional regulation is often the biggest challenge for children with ADHD?

Most people think ADHD is mainly about attention and hyperactivity. But for many families, it’s the emotional outbursts, frustration, impulsive reactions and difficulty calming down that have the biggest impact on everyday life.

The good news is that emotional regulation isn’t something children either have or don’t have. It’s a skill that can be developed with the right guidance, practice and coaching.

When we stop simply reacting to behaviour and start teaching the skills behind it, we don’t just reduce meltdowns—we help children build confidence, resilience and self-control that lasts a lifetime.

Stop reacting like a parent. Start guiding like a coach.

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06/07/2026

19/06/2026

ADHD is often talked about as a problem that needs fixing.

I see it differently.

Many children with ADHD have incredible energy, creativity, determination and potential. The challenge isn’t that they’re broken. The challenge is helping them learn how to channel those strengths.

That’s one of the reasons boxing can be so powerful.

It develops emotional regulation, self-control, focus, confidence, resilience and discipline in a way that feels engaging rather than clinical. Instead of constantly being told what’s wrong with them, children get the opportunity to experience success, overcome challenges and build belief in themselves.

ADHD isn’t a weakness.

It’s a powerful engine that needs tuning. 🥊⚡

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