Not sure. Gambling is not the problem. Borrowing money from everyone was the problem.
If you mean coaching in matches, then I agree, it’s different from teaching technique. But I don’t think there are coaches exclusive for matches. Most coaches need to train and improve his players’ technique, and it requires almost the same qualities as giving instructions in videos. I appreciate coaches who are detail oriented and Jike is very far from that. Just my thought. It’s ok to disagree.
Did you see the video on how his father trained him to develop topspin by looping a ball on a string? What did you think about that?
But gambling was what was causing that. Gambling addiction is one of the worst addictions out there, it leads to stealing, losing jobs and families and often prison or even suicide.
To be fair we don't know if he is technically detailed in his teaching. He might be a more superficial coach who isn't willing to dive in deep but it could also be that he wasn't interested in making those videos more detailed and it was just intended as generic instruction for beginner level players.
Online content is not that profitable, and thus he is not gonna divulge his secrets easily when he can charge a bomb for private coaching. Isn't there a saying to not give pearls to pigs, they will simply get trampled on (aka the general public like us)?
I think a lot of things mentioned in this thread so far, doesn't really cover what a high level coach needs.
No I mean coaching and instructional videos are different things. Coaching is more than just teaching techniques and fundamentals to people. Coaching is a responsibility that requires understanding the player, adapting your approach to their development and to their learning style, understanding their game on a very personal level, and helping them overcome themselves in different ways - whether it's physical or mental hurdles. Goes so much deeper than just teaching a technique. Any pro player can do instructional videos to the same quality probably. But plenty of pro players wouldn't make good coaches. Maybe ZJK is actually really amazing as a coach, who knows? All I'm saying is that you can't tell how effective he'd be as a coach (esp at the high level) based on an instructional video he put online.
