BORETS
In this guide
Your child trains in your city, with their coach, their partners and their mat. That does not change, and it should not. What we add from Kropyvnytskyi is a second set of experienced eyes: coaches who have taken children from a first class to black belts and adult finals, and who can answer the questions a busy local coach does not always have time for. This article explains which questions those are, how to describe your child's task so the answer is useful, how to request a video, and exactly what stays with your club.
Which questions we can answer
Most parent questions are not about technique; they are about reading a situation. How do I know my nine-year-old is progressing when the belt has not changed in a year? How do I talk to the local coach about my child being paired with much bigger kids? How should the week look if my child does jiu-jitsu twice and swims twice? What do I do after a loss that ended in tears? Which detail of the armbar should I ask the coach to check? Is this competition sensible for my child's age? What can we safely do at home? Parents in our own club have asked all of these for years.
What stays with the local club
Your child's local club provides partners, supervised practice and the coach who sees them regularly. BORETS adds another place to ask questions and work through a specific difficulty. Discuss new technical ideas with the local coach before the child tries them in live training. Promotions remain a matter for the academy responsible for their training. If a question concerns pain, injury or an unsafe practice, address it with the appropriate professional rather than treating an online technical answer as the solution.
How to describe a task so the answer is useful
A good question has five parts. Age and years of training. Sessions per week and which disciplines. The exact situation, in plain words: my daughter is ten, trains twice a week, gets flattened in side control by a bigger boy and freezes until the round ends. What the coach has already said. What you have already tried. If your club allows filming, a short clip of the moment helps, but ask the coach first and never film other people's children without permission. Then say what you want back: a reading of the situation, a plan for the month, or one technical detail to raise with the coach. Vague questions get vague answers; this one gets a real one.
How to request a video on a specific topic
Choose your coach and describe the exact situation in the member area. A question such as how a ten-year-old can recognize a safe frame from side control gives the team a clear starting point. We can answer in writing and record a video when showing the movement would make the explanation more useful. Include what the child already practices, and say which part is unclear. The aim is an answer your family can understand and take back to supervised training.
Choose the coach for your question
Choose Yaroslav Blazhko for the children's programme, Mykola Chaban for freestyle wrestling, Oleksandr Oliinyk for BJJ, Kostiantyn Zhyvanov for sambo, or Ievgen Skyrda for the overall system and physical preparation. You can also address the team if you are unsure whom to choose. Questions and written replies are available in your member area; a relevant video can accompany the answer when a demonstration helps.
How to bring what you learn back to your local coach
Bring a specific question to a quiet moment with the local coach: could we look at how she frames in side control, or how this extra session fits the week? Explain what you learned and ask how it applies to the child they see in person. If views differ, discuss the reason rather than asking the child to choose sides. Useful collaboration gives the child a clear task and keeps the adults communicating.
Your team, without relocating
BORETS membership connects your family with our Ukrainian team from any country. Select a coach in the member area, send a specific question and receive a written answer; when a demonstration is useful, the team can record a video addressing it. Current membership options and pricing are shown below. The video programme is being prepared, so registration now is the first step. You are also welcome to contact us about visiting the club in Kropyvnytskyi in person.
Questions parents ask before joining
Can I request a video for our question? Yes. Members can ask for a demonstration addressing their situation; the team uses written replies and video according to what helps explain the answer.
Do we need to leave our local club or live in Ukraine? No. The programme is designed for people training in different countries. Parents can manage questions on behalf of their child while the child continues with their local coach and partners.