Hi, I was wondering if anyone had an opinion on starting an online coaching business. I have successfully led myself and many others to great fitness using healthy, largely underutilized training philosophies and am considering starting an online business training others. I was wondering if anyone had ever tried to do so, what the experience was like and if it was maintainable long term.
The Wizard JS wrote:
I`m a very good example of getting a successful online coach!
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I've never tried it myself, but I think this is a good idea. There are a lot of newbies who have many questions about trainings and nutrition. And today it is safer to learn everything online. So, why not?
My advice to you would be the same way I started my online coaching service.
Try to be at different running social medias and discuss training and everything about
running. Then( when you think the time is right) you just ask people if they would like you to coach them for free.Then you just write about the results of the coaching . If you get good remarkable results the wheels will just keep spinning ........ Good luck!
With modern trends, online coaching is very relevant, even more than you think. I categorically do not support Renato Canova in his statements that the coach should be personally present, as he himself claimed that the modern world of running requires regular participation of an athlete in races and training with one or two peaks per season (Lydiard training system), but with higher indicators is no longer relevant, the world dictates a different approach.
So online coaching is the next step too. After all, judge for yourself, with the current technologies, all sorts of gadgets, the Internet, we can absolutely easily control, analyze and draw conclusions on almost any parameters of an athlete.
Yes, I agree with Renato Canova that the best training process is in a group, when there is a certain and sufficient density of athletes of different levels without sharp changes and a leader, then the athlete achieves better results than when he would train alone or in a group where the density is poor (large gaps in the level between the strong and weak).
If you have a good and proven methodology, then it will work remotely. Another problem is that there is an elite world and the world of hobby joggers, but the number of hobby joggers far exceeds the number of elite athletes and in terms of business as an online coaching hobby joggers is more relevant, profitable and promising.
Canefis wrote:
With modern trends, online coaching is very relevant, even more than you think. I categorically do not support Renato Canova in his statements that the coach should be personally present, as he himself claimed that the modern world of running requires regular participation of an athlete in races and training with one or two peaks per season (Lydiard training system), but with higher indicators is no longer relevant, the world dictates a different approach.
So online coaching is the next step too. After all, judge for yourself, with the current technologies, all sorts of gadgets, the Internet, we can absolutely easily control, analyze and draw conclusions on almost any parameters of an athlete.
Yes, I agree with Renato Canova that the best training process is in a group, when there is a certain and sufficient density of athletes of different levels without sharp changes and a leader, then the athlete achieves better results than when he would train alone or in a group where the density is poor (large gaps in the level between the strong and weak).
If you have a good and proven methodology, then it will work remotely. Another problem is that there is an elite world and the world of hobby joggers, but the number of hobby joggers far exceeds the number of elite athletes and in terms of business as an online coaching hobby joggers is more relevant, profitable and promising.
Another great post. ^^
Nothing replaces the presence of a coach. When you are present you can detect things that escape you, the runner and technology.
But if you have a disciplined athlete and if you communicate frequently I believe it is possible to go a long, long way with online coaching.
Technology is a great help but OP, beware of the dangers of social media (I include Strava here). Remind your athletes that they are training for themselves, not for others.
I know guys who will never run slower than a certain pace because "it would look bad on Strava".
Canefis wrote:
If you have a good and proven methodology, then it will work remotely. Another problem is that there is an elite world and the world of hobby joggers, but the number of hobby joggers far exceeds the number of elite athletes and in terms of business as an online coaching hobby joggers is more relevant, profitable and promising.
But in order to get "hobby joggers" (I don't like the term at all - I prefer to say "recreational runners") to pay for an expensive coaching service, it's immensely helpful to have a proven record of coaching elite HS/collegiate/pro runners.
Tinman has been a coach for 20 years or so, but only in the recent 5 years he gained a lot of traction and was able to substantially increase the amount of people and HS kids (or rather, their parents) pay for his services due to the massive success of some runners he coached (first Drew Hunter, and then an avalanche of HS kids setting age-world records and stuff, and recently also the pro team).
That's one way to become a successful coach - to have bulletproof references of elite runners. The other way is to be a pro-runner themselves. Lots of pros start coaching as side-gig near the end of the career and then turn it into a fulltime-gig. Here again, customers have the confidence in the person and are willing to pay the $150-$200/month which I think is an average coaching fee for a top-level coach.
Of course, someone willing to pay only $50-90/month will have to select between less popular coaches who only charge this much, for example JS (but as with all things - you get what you pay for!).
Pick a lane - either helping a young fit people meet race goals or helping people become hobby joggers and make it to the end of their first 5k. The middle aged, slightly overweight, are not going to feel like they fit in with the online coach that’s training a group of young skinny fit people. Likewise, in reverse.
I agree. First of all you need to choose your audience. For example young people are more opened for everything online, such as casino for example -
So I would advice to orientate to youth
LateRunnerPhil wrote:
Canefis wrote:
If you have a good and proven methodology, then it will work remotely. Another problem is that there is an elite world and the world of hobby joggers, but the number of hobby joggers far exceeds the number of elite athletes and in terms of business as an online coaching hobby joggers is more relevant, profitable and promising.
But in order to get "hobby joggers" (I don't like the term at all - I prefer to say "recreational runners") to pay for an expensive coaching service, it's immensely helpful to have a proven record of coaching elite HS/collegiate/pro runners.
Tinman has been a coach for 20 years or so, but only in the recent 5 years he gained a lot of traction and was able to substantially increase the amount of people and HS kids (or rather, their parents) pay for his services due to the massive success of some runners he coached (first Drew Hunter, and then an avalanche of HS kids setting age-world records and stuff, and recently also the pro team).
That's one way to become a successful coach - to have bulletproof references of elite runners. The other way is to be a pro-runner themselves. Lots of pros start coaching as side-gig near the end of the career and then turn it into a fulltime-gig. Here again, customers have the confidence in the person and are willing to pay the $150-$200/month which I think is an average coaching fee for a top-level coach.
Of course, someone willing to pay only $50-90/month will have to select between less popular coaches who only charge this much, for example JS (but as with all things - you get what you pay for!).
I don't agree with you LRP . I mean about what you said " You get what you pay for! " An online coach charging 200 bucks / monthly doesn't guarantee you get a better and more experienced coach than one charging 50-90 bucks / monthly. Often you pay the extra bucks just for a well known name of a former pro runner. Most of the best coaches in history were not elite pro themselves.
It's the same phenomenom as when you buy expensive designer clothes. You pay for the brand ,
not primarily for the quality.
Dior wrote:
LateRunnerPhil wrote:
But in order to get "hobby joggers" (I don't like the term at all - I prefer to say "recreational runners") to pay for an expensive coaching service, it's immensely helpful to have a proven record of coaching elite HS/collegiate/pro runners.
Tinman has been a coach for 20 years or so, but only in the recent 5 years he gained a lot of traction and was able to substantially increase the amount of people and HS kids (or rather, their parents) pay for his services due to the massive success of some runners he coached (first Drew Hunter, and then an avalanche of HS kids setting age-world records and stuff, and recently also the pro team).
That's one way to become a successful coach - to have bulletproof references of elite runners. The other way is to be a pro-runner themselves. Lots of pros start coaching as side-gig near the end of the career and then turn it into a fulltime-gig. Here again, customers have the confidence in the person and are willing to pay the $150-$200/month which I think is an average coaching fee for a top-level coach.
Of course, someone willing to pay only $50-90/month will have to select between less popular coaches who only charge this much, for example JS (but as with all things - you get what you pay for!).
I don't agree with you LRP . I mean about what you said " You get what you pay for! " An online coach charging 200 bucks / monthly doesn't guarantee you get a better and more experienced coach than one charging 50-90 bucks / monthly. Often you pay the extra bucks just for a well known name of a former pro runner. Most of the best coaches in history were not elite pro themselves.
It's the same phenomenom as when you buy expensive designer clothes. You pay for the brand ,
not primarily for the quality.
Very stylish handle, Jan Stensson.
JS, quit the fake names. You coached Phil for free and he fired you. Canefis fired you a couple of months into your time together. You don’t always get what you pay (or don’t pay) for especially from you.
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