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How to understand if your skill is good enough to train kids?

When I say "teaching" I'm not just saying explaining the basics. He wanted to start a teaching class, with weekly meetings. I said: "How long time will pass until you don't have anything more to explain?".

LM F_D89 said: "As long as you are more skilled at the subject than the student you are teaching the subject to, I think the student may be in a position of improving his skill with regard to the subject you are teaching.". I've been teaching card games before. My opinion is that you should teach someone if your level is much better than the student's. If is closer or stricly better, you shouldn't.

Regarding the kids argument, I changed a bit mind about it. I think you don't have to be a FIDE chessmaster to be a chess master. I still believe a greater rating would be better to teach, but teaching isn't only about skill, it is also about the ability to explain and also use a language and a form that makes students enjoying learning. Latins said: "ludendo docere".
"teaching isn't only about skill, it is also about the ability to explain and also use a language and a form that makes students enjoying learning. "

Absolutely right. A good teacher has to communicate well. A person can be highly skilled in any area, but can still be a bad teacher.

A good teacher who can express himself well and communicate to the student can teach the student everything he knows. As long as he knows more than the student, the student will always benefit.
a bad teacher is better than no teacher. worst case scenario the kids learn a thing and get off the streets or out of their homes/electronics, depending on where you live. you saying that he isn't good enough isn't helping anyone and honestly is pretty stupid
A high rating will not automatically mean, you are also a high quality teacher. Teaching requires patience, motivation and courage. A grandmaster would probably be pretty bored if asked to teach someone the basics of chess.

I would compare it to teaching mathematics. To teach someone the basics of math, you do not need vast knowledge, and can get along fine with addition and subtraction.

If a player has progressed far enough he would of course profit from training with a better player than himself.
There are seminars to become a chess coach. I would say aim for something like that and then maybe aim for a teacher's aid course.
A student has a chance to outperform their coach if their ratings (skills) are similar. That is a rating gap of less than 400. Note the list of ratings below is just for demonstration purposes. It shows the impact strengths between student and coach. The increments I picked for the demo is 100 ratings per year (800 is 8 years old). It may not be accurate, but it sure will give a broader idea of what a coach can expect in a particular school grade. In my opinion, I believe a prerequisite for a chess coach should be rated at least as a good club player and be close to the expert chess rating in tactical training puzzles.
School Grades vs. Coach Ratings (Students probable chess rating ± 200)
2: 1200 (800)
3: 1300 (900)
4: 1400 (1000)
5: 1500 (1100)
6: 1600 (1200)
7: 1700 (1300)
8: 1800 (1400)
9: 1900 (1500)
10: 2000 (1600)
11: 2100 (1700)
12: 2200 (1800)
I believe a chess coach must at least be able to review a novice game and spot what that player does not know. They must be able to state in a few words, the proper solution for a particular blunder.
In my limited experience with chess and with teaching, what I've seen is that it honestly doesn't matter how good you are at a subject, chess included, as long as you can explain it in a way which is clear and concise, and that helps the student understand, you are a good teacher.
1600 in ELO is 1900 with glicko. I think that the guy with 1600 elo should teach kids
kids is fine but teenagers and above I would say 1800 at least,
2000+ ideal.
"a bad teacher is better than no teacher."
Face palming so hard i put myself into sleeep.
All chess moves lead to an end game. Some paths are faster than others are. Some games offer a wide number of good moves to play (open game), others offer limited number of good moves (semi-open game) and then we have the narrow options (closed games). It would be nice to discover which game has the most number of forced moves. If would probably be the path to follow to mastery.
A coach must know where to find the resources for the chess players that cannot find it for themselves. Therefore, to be a useful coach, you need to know where to find the information when you do not know the answer.

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