New Case Study: How ChessKid Coaches Can Help Young Players

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Are you trying to decide if chess coaching is helpful? Learn from the experiences of a 10-year-old fourth grader that are described in the latest ChessKid case study. More amazing than the trophy that he won in a state tournament (depicted above) is how the coach motivated him to grow in his knowledge of chess. 

  

Although young players may be motivated to improve, sometimes gaps in understanding chess hinder their progress. In addition, parents are often uncertain about what is needed for young players to prepare for a tournament. What to do? Arrange for a ChessKid coach.

Enter Nick Matta, one of the highly experienced chess coaches that ChessKid has vetted. In this case, the coach analyzed the student’s chess abilities and set goals and expectations to improve them. Matta also went beyond just helping the student learn chess and also helped him to believe in himself. As Matta says: “It is my belief that chess is best enjoyed as a true student of the game when we allow our natural curiosity to guide us to new and hopefully stronger ideas.”

How has chess coaching helped? The results are impressive. If you are intrigued, learn what happened and check out the case study here.

Learn more about ChessKid coaches in this recent profile of another one of our prominent coaches, FM Carlos Mena. If you want to learn more about the benefits of using ChessKid coaches, visit the ChessKid coaching page.

ChessKid case studies answer many questions that you have. They are located on the ChessKid website in the Resources section, which has links to Ebooks, tutorials and other teaching tools, infographics, certificates, and more. Make sure that you routinely check it for new items.