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Or any other online means? What was it, and how was the experience?

Hi. You can call me Mr. J. I teach chess to kids in a classroom setting. I want to try remote one on one coaching using Zoom or something like it.

Or any other online means? What was it, and how was the experience? Hi. You can call me Mr. J. I teach chess to kids in a classroom setting. I want to try remote one on one coaching using Zoom or something like it.

Molurus

#2

Received, in rather large group of (about 30) students.

Honestly, I didn't think it was great. There were no real advantages above just watching, say, Naroditsky speedruns on youtube. And quite a lot of disadvantages. Poor sound quality, noises, miscommunications, etc. Far from ideal.

Received, in rather large group of (about 30) students. Honestly, I didn't think it was great. There were no real advantages above just watching, say, Naroditsky speedruns on youtube. And quite a lot of disadvantages. Poor sound quality, noises, miscommunications, etc. Far from ideal.

V1g1yy

#3

I have been coached using Teams and Zoom. Each time 1 on 1, so zero issues from a technical standpoint, but then again I'm reasonably competent when it comes to things like that AND I've spent for good quality sound and video equipment (which has largely become a waste of money).

In tandem with a LiChess study, I'd say it's every bit as good as in person, there's really no difference. I can't say the cost benefit ratio was in my favor, but independent of the money involved, the process was perfectly fine. That said, my personal advice to 99% of players is find online lessons for free and utilize them till you've exhausted them, then decide if coaching is for you. Unless of course you truly don't care about the spending, in which case you'll probably end up deciding like I did that I can teach myself everything I need to know for $0.

I have been coached using Teams and Zoom. Each time 1 on 1, so zero issues from a technical standpoint, but then again I'm reasonably competent when it comes to things like that AND I've spent for good quality sound and video equipment (which has largely become a waste of money). In tandem with a LiChess study, I'd say it's every bit as good as in person, there's really no difference. I can't say the cost benefit ratio was in my favor, but independent of the money involved, the process was perfectly fine. That said, my personal advice to 99% of players is find online lessons for free and utilize them till you've exhausted them, then decide if coaching is for you. Unless of course you truly don't care about the spending, in which case you'll probably end up deciding like I did that I can teach myself everything I need to know for $0.

yojoey

#4

I think it depends on how many students you have and what their age is. For example, I currently have a chess coach that I found on Lichess. We communicate by typing our responses in Lichess studies or the in-game chat (for training games). I am very happy with our arrangement and I think my coach is best! I am also an adult and our instruction is one-on-one. There are many ways to coach or receive coaching.

jbarrett99

#5

I've had a couple over facetime. my flute teacher is also a GM and we've done a couple lessons. my ratings in blitz and rapid have gone up about 300 points. she told me to get an account here and on chess.com (I was reading books and on chesstempo). I share my screen, play a game or do a puzzle like the problème du jour together or even the trainers in Lichess for endgame/checkmates or setting up the board with king-pawn game. she comments throughout. my rating is fairly low but it's definitely helped