How to select best chess coach?

I know there are many chess coach in coaches section but how do I know who is better in terms of understanding and explaining and importantly decent budget. 

Is there any video available of these coaches so that we can get sense of it like how they work? 

I am just a 1200 rated player like just little above of it but I want to see myself in at least 1800 position. 

You can learn a lot by watching YouTube videos........ lotsa great guys teach on there   And it's free

Any good links? 

Which channel? 

1) I can divide coaches into two big groups: native English speakers and non-native. In rare cases you won't be able even to understand what a coach is trying to explain. Keep that in mind. But I should mention that US/UK/AU coaches' prices are significantly higher, than others'.

A good coach should have a training program: analyze with you classics, work on your opening repertoire, teach you how to play strategically and etc. There are many coaches, who just analyze student's games - it's helpful as a part of the lesson, but it doesn't even require a preparation for the lesson. If the coach doesn't want to do anything else rather than analyzing your games - it's a bad coach.

2) Probably not. A few coaches have youtube channels. May be a good option is just to have one lesson on a particular topic in which you are interested in: like rook endgames, pawn endgames, London System or etc. After that lesson you'll anyway learn something and you are going to decide if you want to continue training with this coach or not.

I will keep this in mind

Thanks

Find a coach since they can help subtract negatives which is just as important then just adding positives 

I don't see any reason to presume "pretension". Chess can seem pretty intimidating at the beginning, and it is understandable if one has an instinct to seek help from human interaction (especially if one is in a position to be able to afford it). I do agree that alternatives are likely to be cheaper and more efficient.

A good coach, for a ~1200 player, helps to develop the skills and knowledge to solve most problems properly. This means that the program has to be tailored to the student needs. For instance, if the student lacks combinative imagination then the program must work in that weakness. Same if lacks the sense for positional play, or even what it means and aims for.

When I was a teen I had an IM as a coach. He was more interested in showing what he knew. Other than the occasional use of an opening he recommended (and played often himself), there's nothing I carry from him in my games. Soon after I worked with an NM, not as a coach but playing and analyzing together often. He was more into punishing me because of my lack of sensibility for dynamic play. It forced me to work in my tactical vision and, as a result, my positional play became more sound. Over three decades have passed and I still recall and make use of those "lessons".

The best way to select a coach is to try some out for a lesson. There is no best coach, only the best coach for you.

While it's true that most can improve by themselves, or that it's not worth the trouble unless a high improvement in strength is to be expected, the main reason for asking questions to others or having a coach is to save time when working on self-improvement.

By joining a chess club someone not only can play on a regular basis but also to ask for advice from those stronger than him in the game. That's how teachers and coaches appeared in chess circles early in the 19th Century.

It may seem the same to ask in a chess forum, but it's not. In a real-life chess circle, those that have something valuable to say and share about the game are easy to identify. Here, everyone has opinions, like "developing a plan is a waste of time", "there's no need to study openings because general principles are enough", or "solving 100 tactics puzzles per day is all you need to reach 2000".

Like knowing where the ball is and reacting properly, chess is about understanding the questions from the board and replying with accuracy. If a coach doesn't improve your understanding and replying, then he's not a good coach for you.

I sat in a lecture with a GM, and he said he would recommend waiting until you're 1600 before getting a coach.

I had chessmaster CD rom in my teenage( CM CD has lessons, master games, tutorisls and so on)  and also about a dozen of chess books. Playing against 100+ Levels and different personalities make me a decent chess player.

Are you a prodigy? Seek NM Pushwood. You should treat him like a Guru. Do everything he commands. 

You imagine that everyone believes that?

I can imagine situations where that advice may not work that fine. For example, someone at 1000 who can reach 1600 in a few months but, because he follows the advice, takes him several years. Or he's happy when reaching 1600 and doesn't mind improving at his own pace from there.

The recommendation makes sense if the intention is to use an arbitrary mark (the Elo at 1600) to clarify if there's some talent for the game, because if not enough talent and motivation no coach on the planet will get results to justify the money investment. From this, it can be deduced that whoever offers a student to reach a strong level of play without analyzing his games and having an interview, is simply going after the student's money.

Something you did write: “...  That's just pretension.”

I don't understand why anyone thinks you need to be a certain rating before you get some lessons. What sport doesn't recommend getting a coach apart from chess? None.

"... I’ve known many very low-rated chess teachers who are absolutely excellent. Teaching is a skill, and even if you’re rated 1500, you might be just what the doctor ordered for children or beginners of any age. …"

https://www.chess.com/article/view/can-anyone-be-an-im-or-gm

"... If you are obtaining lessons for your son, a weak player who only wants to learn to compete at the beginning scholastic level (but doesn’t want to listen to dad), then you probably don’t need a 2500 player; an amateur instructor who is 1700 might be just as good or better. ... it may be possible that an Expert level coach who charges X/hr is better suited for you than a GM who charges 2X/hour. ..." - NM Dan Heisman (2002)

https://web.archive.org/web/20140627082829/http://www.chesscafe.com/text/heisman21.pdf