How much focus should a chess coach put on tactics?

I have a had a coach for a good few years   and he is always drilling me on tactics and saying chess is 99% tactics which I disagree with. it is often awkward with him sitting in silence while I think of a solution and he does nothing. He gives me tactics studies and goes over games but is all the study plans he gives me. I tried a few different chess teachers recently to get a different perspective and they all said I have ok tactics but I lack positional sense and just  calculate randomly. Is that the fault of my long time chess coach and should I change coaches. I feel some attachment to his lessons but feel it might not be the best for developing my chess 

Your coach should focus on active learning through personalized game review. This is the true value in having a chess coach. Drilling tactics during a lesson is inefficient and something you can do on your own. Check out my website and my YouTube channel to learn more. Let me know if you have any questions and best of luck with your chess improvement.

At your level tactics is something you can work on your own as you should already understand the tactical motifs and things like that. Solving tactics with a coach is lazy coaching and not worth the money and time. Coaches should be reviewing your games, introducing new concepts, improving your thinking process and guiding you to appropriate study materials for further practice and study. It’s one thing to introduce a concept and then have some example positions to practice with them on, but that’s not the same thing as just solving puzzles with them over and over.

I’d look for other potential coaches, try at least several out and be upfront on what you are looking for- I.e “I want a coach who’ll review my games and tell me what I should be working on” and/or “I want a coach who will teach me XYZ concepts and give me further practice materials.”

ive been thinking a lot about the usefulness of tactical concepts, which is why i clicked on this and have opinions.

its good to recognize what u need from coaching and arent getting from coaching.

im new to chess but the coaching problem transcends domains. a good coach in any domain wouldnt be offended if u want to try lessons with another coach. they would cheer u on if ur getting a breakthru cuz someone else has a perspective u need, and they would still be there for u when u need the kind of stable support ur used to. even if its a bit awkward to figure out the change at first, especially when money and schedules are involved. they will always have been ur coach.

the emotional aspect does matter! and in a good coach relationship u dont have to throw that away if u expand. it sounds like u have already been exploring other coaches, so maybe u already have it figured out how much he supports u learning other perspectives. maybe hes someone u touch base with every 6 months, to get a big picture perspective. maybe hes someone who becomes a friend as u move on. maybe u say hi at events every few years. maybe he fades away. thats not something u have to decide right now, even if u do decide to get another coach for ur regular chess coaching. people can be in our lives in many ways.

and its possible that tactics really are ur weak point, and u r calculating needless calculations that could be thought of in easier terms if u used the right tactics, and all the tactics drills arent helping give u the ability to apply them, and the coaching strategy isnt working for u even if hes right about whats weak in ur games.

if u have a clear idea what u want a chess lesson to look like with ur coach, tell him exactly what u want. even if u worry its awkward. and if its time to move on, u dont have to burn bridges, and be ready to tell ur next potential coach what u want.

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"he is always drilling me on tactics" ++ Good

"saying chess is 99% tactics" ++ Right

"which I disagree with" ++ So you think you know better than your coach?

I think that ShikshaWithPraveen said about this topic extremly nicely. Student and coach realtionship should be quite harmonious that means if student feels uncomfortable on one are coach points him there. But if coach tells you to work on tactics you should take it also seriously because world best opening or strategy fails if you blunder peaces during the game.

You will remain below 1600 chess.com if you only do chess tactics. Chess is not 99% tactics. But openings, tactics, strategy, and endgame at 25% each. By the way I teach myself chess. Never had a chess coach. I tried to teach others, but you all disagree with me they all obsessed with tactics. Remember this comment. You will remain below 1600 chess.com if you only do chess tactics.