🏋️ Coaches & clubs

Keep the official result sheet, the published result link and an organiser contact for every bout your fighters take. Help them complete the application, but the application is made by the athlete and verified by the national branch and KBN World HQ. How to document a fight record.

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Clubs registered with a KBN branch appear on the branch page, and where the clubs module is enabled, in the club directory and club rankings. Ask your national branch to add your club.

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Club rankings, where enabled, are built from the verified records of a club's fighters. They never create or change individual fighters' points, which come only from verified bouts.

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Where the coach and club accounts module is enabled, coaches can manage member fighters and submit bout records for them, which enter as pending like any other submission. Otherwise the fighter submits from their own portal.

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For ranking purposes, events with a KBN level count, from National (×1.0) to World Championship (×3.0). Check the events page for levels, and choose bouts on safety and development first. Event multipliers explained.

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Encourage competing near natural weight, gradual weight management with qualified professionals, and moving up a class if cuts become extreme. Never let children cut weight, and never use dehydration methods or diuretics. Weight cutting safely.

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Agree the intensity, require full protective equipment, match partners sensibly, supervise every session and keep most sparring light and technical. Limit hard sparring to occasional, supervised sessions. Sparring etiquette and safety.

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Bring your fighter's documents, follow the rules meeting, stay in the permitted corner area, respect officials and stop the bout if your fighter is in danger. A corner retirement is recorded as a TKO and protects your athlete.

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Yes, especially if you coach under-18s. Have a written policy, a named welfare officer, appropriate checks for coaches and clear reporting routes. Safeguarding for clubs.

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No. Consent for an athlete under 18 must come from a parent or legal guardian, uploaded with the application. Safeguarding & minors policy.

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Open the opponent's KBN profile to see their verified record, points breakdown and ranking, and check their licence status on the verify page. Only verified results appear.

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Support personnel can face consequences for involvement in anti-doping violations under the applicable rules. Never supply supplements or medicines without professional advice. Anti-doping basics.

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Whatever the event rules require: typically mouthguard, groin guard, wraps, and discipline-specific protection such as shin guards in amateur kicking events. Check glove rules in advance. Equipment guide.

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Plan backwards from the event: build, specific, sharpen and taper phases, with hard sparring ending well before fight week and weight coming down gradually. How to structure a fight camp.

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Yes. A verified ranking, licence and certificate are independent credentials anyone can check. Sponsorship never affects ranking points in return. Sponsors and integrity.

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Make sure the ringside doctor examines them, follow any medical suspension, watch for red-flag symptoms and plan a graded return only after medical clearance. Concussion awareness.

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