As the title states, i've been thinking about starting to coach. Historically, i've never felt the need to coach. I didn't really desire money, I didn't feel the way I thought and approached the game was applicable to others, and I am not very good with making times historically.
Things have changed though. Money is a decent need of mine now, I have gotten a lot of asks about coaching and a lot of good feed back when I help people in battle.net and to top it all off my sleeping schedule is much improved, so times should be easier to make.
I'm not sure how to approach the process though so this blog is here for anyone to throw any ideas about the coaching process and also just to advertise this and see if people are interested . Things could include:
- How to organise money/how much to charge
- Advertising
- The times you'd best want to be coached (to anyone who's received it before)
- Good structures of a lesson (having word documents handy? etc)
Oh, and here is where i'd gauge the usefulness of my coaching by race
- Mid Master and below - Mid Diamond and below - Mid Diamond and below
There will be a new blog with further details and plans after I organise this more and read the comments of this blog. !
@Fourby thanks you beanie wearing ******. we will work on the sexytime pvz build
@Rossi thanks heaps for that, Rep packs and google advertising is especially handy to note.
@Kiasu and yang haha cheers for the kind words
@Bayney Of course not, I do love to help if i'm asked any time on skype/TS
@PiG Really helpful post dude! I want to do it but i'll still sort of dread having to bother doing it a fair few nights, so I won't charge too little. Yeh Paypal is what i'll use, i'm still getting used to it but it's pretty simple really. Yeh I was planning to do a few practice sessions and see what common themes there are that I talk about, and what people most often ask (i'll adapt this as I go.) I think adding things like my hotkeys, timings and scouting patterns would be the things I can plan right now.
@sPook thanks mate, I thought i'd have to be a fair bit better than someone do coach them since i haven't seen many masters onwards coached by PiG for example (when i watched)
@GRiM maybe ;o
@JazBas you are such a cute man Thomas haha, it's good to know I helped your ZvP and Mafias ZvT.. two of the most fearsome matchups in SEA atm.
@ChadMann lol i've been exposed. i hope people dont look for my 2 smurf names
@Mafia tim
@Notorious haha maybe Mid master NA? . I'll change the race levels i expect to coach!
@NXZ You actually want coaching? You can beat the cR zergs, you are fine imo .
@Brett you will be my coaching practice. thanks for defiantly thinking about this though!
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