12-08-2014, 05:54 PM
Clement Sreeves Wrote:However if you want to see the structure of junior coaching improve then the only way to do so long-term is to pay coaches for the service they are providing. Otherwise what if nobody volunteers? 'Better and greater volume' is completely contradictory with 'free'. As Mike has pointed out, Chess at the moment is ridiculously cheap compared with other sports, and I know many of the current team of online coaches are offering great rates considering their skill level and experience.
I'd agree with this and would not want to enforce any level of free coaching. Most of the guys who do the paid coaching through CS at the moment do free coaching as well (recent Glorney?) which they don't shout about. Making it compulsory just risks annoying them and may end up reducing the amount of free coaching overall.