When is a coach needed or recommended ?
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Sanctum_Sanctorum
Aug 27, 2022
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#1
With the membership I have access to lessons, puzzles, analysis and plenty more. I also have some books and plenty of videos on YouTube.
I'm wondering when a coach is a good idea for improvement, the moment it will be really beneficial compared to the material I already have access to ?
Aug 27, 2022
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#2
You just joined three weeks ago. You are just getting started. The resources here are enough to help you learn for years.
You haven't even played a single live game yet.
Aug 27, 2022
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#3
You are right "justbefair", I need to get started on live games. I wanted to complete many daily games to get me started with applying principles and working on some weakness before trying my hand at live games. And yes, there is material to learn here for years, but sometimes you need pointing in the right direction 
right now, especially if you want to abuse free trial lessons 
https://bookme.name/chessknight/free-trial-lesson
A coach is not needed or recommended at any stage.
A good book is better than a mediocre coach.
Aug 29, 2022
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#6
A coach can help you improve quicker at any stage, but you can also learn and improve a lot by yourself if you are disciplined enough. I would rather say you need a coach in certain areas, not at a certain level. Openings, theoretical endgames, tactics can be learnt without a coach - it is much harder to learn proper game analysis and thinking processes without help though.
Aug 29, 2022
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#7
tygxc wrote:
A coach is not needed or recommended at any stage.
A good book is better than a mediocre coach.
I would disagree from personal experience, growth and in professional settings.
OP can start with making friends of higher ratings and that’ll be a great start to your chess journey.
Aug 29, 2022
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#8
GaborHorvath wrote:
A coach can help you improve quicker at any stage, but you can also learn and improve a lot by yourself if you are disciplined enough. I would rather say you need a coach in certain areas, not at a certain level. Openings, theoretical endgames, tactics can be learnt without a coach - it is much harder to learn proper game analysis and thinking processes without help though.
I agree with this. There are so many jobs a good coach can/should/will do to help in every way for chess. Even just having a coach for tips, a certain area, and motivation to keep you training can be plenty for people to want a coach. It really depends on what you are looking for, not where you are in the game.
Aug 29, 2022
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#9
A coach isn't a "miracle cure" It just helps you know WHERE to study, instead of taking all the material in the world and guessing. Thus, making the whole learning process a lot faster.
Aug 30, 2022
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#11
Hi! You can always be a self made player, but certainly a coach will help you -ike in any other competitive discipline.
Good luck!
A coach will help you learn the things you need to learn, and (much) faster than you could do it by yourself.
But there is no coach who can help a lazy student. Work is the key.
Aug 30, 2022
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#13
A coach can be useful at any stage but it depends how serious you are about improvement to make the lessons worth it.
Sep 1, 2022
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#14
pfren wrote:
A coach will help you learn the things you need to learn, and (much) faster than you could do it by yourself.
But there is no coach who can help a lazy student. Work is the key.
Completely agree.
Jeffrey-SB wrote:
LogoCzar wrote:
right now, especially if you want to abuse free trial lessons
How do i actually book a free trial lesson with you? because that sounds awesome
you click the link and book the class on my calander
JoshPrice wrote:
pfren wrote:
A coach will help you learn the things you need to learn, and (much) faster than you could do it by yourself.
But there is no coach who can help a lazy student. Work is the key.
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Completely agree.
agree