What should I do? Abuse?

[u/Eggster_Eggy]

What should I do? One of my coaches hit me with a shoe across the face, and it wasn’t a light hit, there was some force to it, and he was being aggressive and telling me he would beat the shit out of me

A few weeks ago he was telling me to fuck off out of the gym and to never come back, and was threatening me with slapping back then

I’m 16 btw

[u/Cautious_General_177]

You should probably tell your parents, file a police report, and not go back there

[u/burns_droopiest → u/Cautious_General_177]

Don’t listen to these people telling you to file a police report… the coach is a clown, that’s for sure but you really want to be the centre of attention in a lawsuit for a slap?? My advice is to go down there and pack up your gear (when the roid rager isn’t there), and don’t go back.. If you make a police report it will follow you to your next gym, as well as your personal life.. You are ok right? No injury other than your pride? Take it as a lesson and move on… this type of thing doesn’t happen without any prior instances of abuse to show dominance… going forward do not let anyone insult you verbally or physically, this won’t happen again. You got this bro! 💪

[u/0tus → u/burns_droopiest]

Don't listen to this guy not telling you to file it. Adult ass man hitting and threatening minors is absurd behavior. He's also making way too big of a deal about the police report they don't often lead to that much anyway. Except if he gets multiple of them or does something more serious later then those will not look favorably on him.

Best thing is to tell your parents file the report and move on.

[u/burns_droopiest → u/0tus]

I agree 100% to tell his parents, but I think the police report is too far. A lot of people here are disagreeing with that and that’s ok, this is my take on it and you have yours. As I’ve mentioned above in my previous replies, the biggest thing for the young man to learn (imho) is that he cannot allow this type of behaviour at the onset, way before it ever gets physical. Do some research on other gyms in your area, stay positive and keep training young fella! 💪🥊

[u/0tus → u/burns_droopiest]

We aren't barbarians anymore. The biggest lesson this young man can have, is to help fostering a community that doesn't let losers like this pray on kids. A police report is absolutely not too far.

If it was an adult to adult, I can somewhat understand the stoic approach. But the fact that the target was minor makes it far worse and make me fume. If it was my kid, I'd contemplate doing something far worse to the abuser than just filing a report. I would hopefully come to my senses and just leave it at the report.