Only 1 coach or hire more coaches?

[merlin el mago]

In my club I filmed with smartphone the players so them can see how do the mistakes that I point them because everybody thinks that are playing well but when you see how do you play things become more clear & you understand better what's the coach is correcting, one picture is better than 1.000 words....

 

[Takkyu_wa_inochi]

Still questioning?

It's not the number of girlfriends, the important it's the quality of the girlfriend(s)

 

[merlin el mago]

Facts
Everybody training makes perfect, but
Only perfect training makes perfect.

As said now you have tools to made perfect training if you know how to do it to improve performance.

The good coach don't change your way of play, have to improve your skills and null your faults.

Coach have to be a creative person that each training session will be different and encourage people to do it better and made the training not to be tedious and boring.

At my club each day I made a different train. For example yesterday trained and important part like to made services & receive services, how to position to rest or serve depending the situation of server or receiver, how to use spin back, top or side, how to use placement, etc. At one point one of the club players told me: it's that always I return to you easy balls and I answered because I prepared well my serve...

 

[sebi]

Facts
Everybody says training makes perfect, but
Only perfect training makes perfect.

 

[merlin el mago]

The problem is that not everybody knows what's a good/quality training....

 

[Der_Echte]

Only 1 coach or hire more coaches?

I'm 37 years old, love table tennis, and want to improve my skills because more skills are more fun (I usually don't participate in tournaments). My skills may be around 1600-1800 USATT.

I have started training with a coach on and off for 2.5 years due to injury and babysitting my kids.

My previous coach is an ex-national Thai player. He's good for teaching, but he's quite busy (or lazy?) and already gone due to financial problems (maybe gambling), and yeah, my fee is gone too.

Right now I train with a part-time coach. He's a young player, maybe around 2200-2400 USATT. I like him and feel easy talking with him, but he has free time to teach me just 2 times/week, only 1.5 hours each time.

I want a little bit more time to train. There's another full-time coach, but he teaches a different style and makes me a bit confused with the other coach teaching.

Has anyone experienced having multiple coaches at the same time?

Any advice?



PS. In Thailand, the coach fee is quite cheap.

Hey @BadHoney

The Answer... IT DEPENDS.

There is no single correct answer in table tennis, but laws of physics, geometry, and common sense ALWAYS apply.

So does your individual discernment.

Fortunately, 1600+ level is 10x easier or less difficult to judge for yourself than lower levels.

An effective coach will see what you do and present you a path to "get there" whatever that is that you and coach decide. such a coach will give you habits and drills to improve fundamentals along with tactical thinking.

At your level, if you get even 2 hrs of coaching a week and can hit with players better than you an additional 2x a week, then you will improve.

If you do not, likely coach's fault, unless you go through 10 coaches without improvement.

 

[lightspin]

If I were you, I would find a coach who can actually help you improve and stick with that one coach. Each coach has their own ideas and you might not know which path to follow if different coaches tell you different things. The coaches might get upset with you because you are listening to someone else. Also culturally, some coaches will get offended if you take advice from another coach.

My first coach was the coach I improved the most with and the most rapidly. One day a 2800+ish player said something was wrong with my forehand. Not knowing any better, I asked my coach about it and they were so pissed off that was my last lesson with them. They wouldn't even take my money if I offered to pay.

So, stick with one coach.

 

[Gozo Zyreruna]

Fantasy: Coach must teach individually. Find your strength and weakness and teach accordingly bla bla bla...

Real life: I have a hundred kids. Boys one side / Girls on one side. Boys use Viscaria and Rozena / Glayzer. Girls use Innerforce with Rozena / tenergy. Now do shadow drill fh only for two hours. No talking. Ask permission before going to toilet or drink water.

 

[merlin el mago]

As I see to improve apart to have good coaching & good training you have to play the maximum tournaments so you can to gain experience playing against different players, where to look for the weakness, how use the towel time when you need to slow the game, how to play with the score, etc.