Thoughts on coaching rates/quality

[def NOT racist]

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some coaches dont even play poker

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i'm lookin at mdma and bobbo

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congrats u marched the joke right to the front of the room

[BobboFitos]

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some coaches dont even play poker

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i'm lookin at mdma and bobbo

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lol alex.
my CR is still < PR.

[tozzy]

so thats why your so lazy [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]?

[jfish]

my hourly has been about 550 (for 2/4-10/20, much less if you count nosebleed shots [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]) for the past 450 or so hours, but i only charge 350/hr for coaching. i think it should be higher than my hourly though and i might end up increasing it in the future.

[Albert Moulton]

Ideally, you would want to look at the average hourly winrate for playing poker from all of the coach's students before and after their coaching sessions.

Then the coach with the highest level of improvement in winrates for their students should be the highest paid. And the amount of their payment would be in relation to the level and amount of the games in which their students are doing better.

If the coach doesn't play regularly (for whatever reason), but his students do much better than those of other coaches, then the fact that the coach doesn't play would be irrelevant.

It might do well for coaches to list before and after win rates (or hourly rates for live play) for their students. To avoid fraudulent advertising, online players could check databases to confirm or deny those students' win rates.

[WiltOnTilt]

Just wanted to add that those of you looking for prospective coaches should demand professionalism from the person you're hiring. At the first sign of them being flakey or disinterested in you personally succeeding, it's time to move on.

One of the biggest things I felt like I got from krantz when he coached me is his general desire that I do well... and that's something I try to carry over to my students. I think they would all agree that the time and effort I spend for them "off the clock" is rarely matched.

WoT

[Sponger.]

People have asked me to coach, but then I realized that my ideas aren't worth much compared to what my time is worth. I just think there are too many guys out there who just charge a ridiculous rate because they are making that much playing poker, but they probably suck as coaches.