Thoughts on coaching rates/quality

[pig4bill]

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I don't know for a fact that this is the case, but I suspect that most coaching consists of the coach watching the student play for a while, then telling him what he did wrong, or telling him what to do for the rest of the session. This seems like a huge waste of the student's time to me, so I recommend against that approach when a new student suggests it. IMO a video is a far more time/cost-efficient way to be sweated, for obvious reasons.

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You mean the coach sweat via watching a video? The student would make a video of their play?

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Also, most students would benefit more from thinking about where they think they have problems, and bringing their coach prepared questions for an hour, as opposed to being sweated.

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I could not agree more! Every time I read a book or watch a video, they always say "Do this, and if the opponent does that, you react by...". Well what the hell, the opponent NEVER does what he's supposed to. So I come up with a bunch of questions I would ask a coach, if I ever found one.