Amateur boxing in District Heights Maryland

For the last three years at the District Heights Rec Center located at 2000 Marbury Dr in District Heights, MD  Coach "Mac" Rodgers has been running the D-BLOCK boxing gym. The D standing for District Heights and BLOCK standing for the square boxing ring. The gym is for kids as well as adults but Coach Mac says he has more kids than adults coming to the gym to workout. The gym is at no cost at all and this seems to be good for the kids and their parents. With the use of the gym, the kids have been learning the sport of boxing and a few of them have even been competing in amateur competitions.On an average day it is about 10 to 15 kids coming in to workout with Coach Mac and Coach Marvin. Coach Marvin is a strength and conditioning coach. He has been with D-BLOCK for the past 3 months. For now the gym is working on getting the kids in shape with running and exercising. The coaches have the kids working together in groups to develop their social skills to learn how to work as a team.  With the gym being free, that means the coaches take time out of their own schedule during the week to come work with these kids for little or nothing at all. When Coach Mac is at the gym with the kids.  He treats all of them as if they were his own.