Coaches who learn mostly intuitively are usually not very good at explaining what they know. If you want to be a good coach, you should take your study seriously and read many books so that you understand the whys, which then you are able to explain to students.
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As a coach you have to understand your students, their levels,their styles, and where they blunder. As a coach i normally ask my students to send there last 10 or so games. So i can see there style and openings. First few classes i just make sure their openings are okay. You have to teach them openings that fit their style and their level. As your student progresses you can teach them more things such as basic endgames and basic attacking ideas. For puzzles, you could tell them to do tactics on whatever website you want. Or you could find your owns. You should also find where they blunder, like lack of candidates moves, or bad calculation. You could also suggest books if they are high enough level. Good luck in your coaching career
LogoCzar wrote:
Coaches who learn mostly intuitively are usually not very good at explaining what they know. If you want to be a good coach, you should take your study seriously and read many books so that you understand the whys, which then you are able to explain to students.
Alright, thanks!
bishop_to_e4 wrote:
As a coach you have to understand your students, their levels,their styles, and where they blunder. As a coach i normally ask my students to send there last 10 or so games. So i can see there style and openings. First few classes i just make sure their openings are okay. You have to teach them openings that fit their style and their level. As your student progresses you can teach them more things such as basic endgames and basic attacking ideas. For puzzles, you could tell them to do tactics on whatever website you want. Or you could find your owns. You should also find where they blunder, like lack of candidates moves, or bad calculation. You could also suggest books if they are high enough level. Good luck in your coaching career
Good advice as well!
Agree for Sure !
TheUnderDog001 wrote:
bishop_to_e4 wrote:
As a coach you have to understand your students, their levels,their styles, and where they blunder. As a coach i normally ask my students to send there last 10 or so games. So i can see there style and openings. First few classes i just make sure their openings are okay. You have to teach them openings that fit their style and their level. As your student progresses you can teach them more things such as basic endgames and basic attacking ideas. For puzzles, you could tell them to do tactics on whatever website you want. Or you could find your owns. You should also find where they blunder, like lack of candidates moves, or bad calculation. You could also suggest books if they are high enough level. Good luck in your coaching career
Good advice as well!
Take me as your first student!
BacoNCheese_Nugget wrote:
TheUnderDog001 wrote:
bishop_to_e4 wrote:
As a coach you have to understand your students, their levels,their styles, and where they blunder. As a coach i normally ask my students to send there last 10 or so games. So i can see there style and openings. First few classes i just make sure their openings are okay. You have to teach them openings that fit their style and their level. As your student progresses you can teach them more things such as basic endgames and basic attacking ideas. For puzzles, you could tell them to do tactics on whatever website you want. Or you could find your owns. You should also find where they blunder, like lack of candidates moves, or bad calculation. You could also suggest books if they are high enough level. Good luck in your coaching career
Good advice as well!
Take me as your first student!
Are you talking about him or me xd
Probably me
Jul 12, 2020
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Someone that holds you accountable for your moves and asks why you made them rather than lecturing the best way to play.
groobz wrote:
Someone that holds you accountable for your moves and asks why you made them rather than lecturing the best way to play.
Exactly. That's why I need a coach.
Jul 12, 2020
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Know your audience.
Know the attention span of your students. Create your lessons around that and their ability.
Be realistic regarding the level you can teach at.
Be able to explain things. Just using GM speak doesn't help you or the student. And just repeating what n engine says doesn't work wither.
I am the founder 3 clubs. The know me as Tex.
https://www.chess.com/news/view/helpful-tips-for-lower-rated-chess-players
As a someone who has aspirations in becoming a coach, I'd like to learn from other coaches. I'm self-taught and have been able to go relatively far with that method, but the disadvantages are that I don't know what it's like to improve with a coach as I've never really been with one, and I did not learn chess in a structured way as I sporadically learned random bits of chess.
My questions are: What does a coach teach a beginner and what does he teach as the student progresses? Do coaches use original positions or positions from books to teach an aspect of chess?
If any of you have experience or have any extra coaching tips, feel free to share them with me.
Thanks!