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What I Learnt From One Of The Best Coaches In The World

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In my humble opinion, the title and content of this blog post does not match (at the time of writing this comment).

The title states "What I Learnt" and "From One of The Best", and so, the reasonable expectation from such a title is a wall of text of highly concentrated knowledge that the author has learned, perhaps peppered with some personal experiences or maybe even notes of philosophy. Well, there is one personal experience mentioned, but it is largely connected to the only thing of learning discussed below.

So, the only thing about learning this post mentions is "Look... Gaining 300-400 elo points in one year isn’t particularly hard." - while definitely an interesting piece of opinion, on its own this does not teach anything, since even in author's words "I had plateaued around 2000 for a year". So, the main value is not in knowing that something is theoretically possible, but in knowing how to actually do it, in the practical experience of "19 days later I had reached the interim rating of exactly 2300".

Speaking of "actually do it", the author then writes "If you're a young player or an aspiring coach, there’s some exciting news" and proceeds with long praise and link to the coaches' website. While an interesting external resource, it is only tangentially related to "What I Learnt", it is not within the blog post nor about author's personal experience.

So, overall, this blog post, even if such was not author's intention, is misleading in either title or content, I think.

In my humble opinion, it would've been better if author did write key points and experiences from the learning, focusing on "how" and "why" of the newly found elo jump. Or, alternatively, changed title to something akin "I finally breached 2000 barrier, here's thanks to whom:"

Thank you for your time, I hope these words were at least marginally useful for the author and/or readers of this blog post.

In my humble opinion, the title and content of this blog post does not match (at the time of writing this comment). The title states "What I Learnt" and "From One of The Best", and so, the reasonable expectation from such a title is a wall of text of highly concentrated knowledge that the author has learned, perhaps peppered with some personal experiences or maybe even notes of philosophy. Well, there is one personal experience mentioned, but it is largely connected to the only thing of learning discussed below. So, the only thing about learning this post mentions is "Look... Gaining 300-400 elo points in one year isn’t particularly hard." - while definitely an interesting piece of opinion, on its own this does not teach anything, since even in author's words "I had plateaued around 2000 for a year". So, the main value is not in knowing that something is theoretically possible, but in knowing how to actually do it, in the practical experience of "19 days later I had reached the interim rating of exactly 2300". Speaking of "actually do it", the author then writes "If you're a young player or an aspiring coach, there’s some exciting news" and proceeds with long praise and link to the coaches' website. While an interesting external resource, it is only tangentially related to "What I Learnt", it is not within the blog post nor about author's personal experience. So, overall, this blog post, even if such was not author's intention, is misleading in either title or content, I think. In my humble opinion, it would've been better if author did write key points and experiences from the learning, focusing on "how" and "why" of the newly found elo jump. Or, alternatively, changed title to something akin "I finally breached 2000 barrier, here's thanks to whom:" Thank you for your time, I hope these words were at least marginally useful for the author and/or readers of this blog post.
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#4

This is not a blog, rather it is an advert and should be deleted.

This is not a blog, rather it is an advert and should be deleted.
#5

This is more of a click-bait promotion than a genuine blog post.

This is more of a click-bait promotion than a genuine blog post.
#6

@Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang So you told us, that it's not particularly hard. Even on such a high level as 1900. But... how do you actually do it?

@Zig_Zag_Zug_Zwang So you told us, that it's not particularly hard. Even on such a high level as 1900. But... how do you actually do it?