I gotta say I agree with this completely. Moreover, I would not interpret a small client base as a measure of a coach’s ability, but rather a reflection of how little money most yoyoers have to throw at the problem.
Besides, given how little regard education gets from people in general, it isn’t hard to see how most yoyoers would rather put their money towards new yoyos (toys, yay!) rather than learning/training (sounds like work, boo!), especially since the Internet has made learning tricks largely cost-free today.
However, I feel that this is a potentially invaluable service, and I can foresee a point in the not-too-distant future when I will be taking Andy up on it, assuming he is still offering it then.
I think I’ll always be up to it because I love helping people learn and improve but I might stop “advertising” depending on interest levels.
Anyway, many people become successful(especially in the last few decades) because they began something nobody else was doing and honestly I’m surprised there isn’t really anyone out there doing something similar to this day.
Doesn’t marm compete though? I haven’t really seen much of his stuff but I just assumed he’s the best regular on the forums because I thought he competed and made finals at a contest or two
In any case I do think marm and eos are definitely better than me. I’ve never seen you throw so idk
You can knock what I’m doing but I think what Gentry is doing is MUCH needed. I would 100% be interested in competition coaching and training guidance. I’m not sure why that would be weird
I think Scales current competition with giving input on routines is great too
Yoyo coaching is fine, but paid yoyo coaching - I find that weird. Especially when you’ve got free resources online that people have spent time and money making to teach yoyo for free.
Yoyo teaching of any kind should be free. It’s just using a toy, afterall.
Oh man i’m with you in that one. I wish i wasn’t as isolated as i am, but that never got too much in my way to get better at yoyoing.
Gotta be super honest with y’all, sometimes i feel little bitter about anyone living in the us or europe, with yoyo stores that ship stuff right to your place in matter of days, and tons of contests everywhere, and world-class players to learn from.
I think that should be the behaviour standard for everyone. If anyone asked me about how to do a trick i would be more than happy to teach.
I think throwing around more people that throw can really speed up your progress in terms of learning cool new elements and what scores well and getting instant feedback.
Saying that yoyo coaching should be free on the basis of yoyos being toys is insane. That line of logic could be applied to anything; Maybe we should sell yoyos for free as well because they’re toys?
Any time someone takes time out of there day to teach something, an exchange of money is reasonable.
Showing someone a trick or giving pointers is one thing, but spending time with someone and helping them through areas they struggle uniquely is another. It’s all about how deep someone wants to go, and there’s definitely a point at which the instructor is giving so much of their time that payment is in order.
Just to be clear also, I’m not calling you insane Glen. I think you’re a great dude.
In principle, yeah, but in reality it is the marketplace that determines the monetary value of something. If nobody is willing to pay for something, no matter how much effort that something took to provide, then it is effectively worth nothing. The music industry has been learning this lesson the hard way over the course of the last decade or so.
