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Originally Posted by Niemand
Are hand histories provided by the coach in form of quiz or exercises?
Because otherwise, the spots which a student remembers or considers more interesting are not necessarily those where he can improve the most, actually rather the opposite.
So in my experience there's a structured curriculum that the coach takes a student through. Depending on the length of the engagement.
If it's a one off thing then maybe a topic is chosen and discussed like how to play vs fish or something. Usually the coach will give a few recommendations on what they think the topic should be.
But for a longer term thing like building someone from the ground up
they'll typically take you through the game phases.
This obviously isn't exhaustive but just to give you an idea:
PF:
RFI Ranges
3betting
BB defense
Flop:
Btn vs BB IP and OOP SRP
SB/BB vs BTN 3bet
XRing
Turn:
Probes as PFC, as PFR
Stabs as PFC, as PFR
on and on.
These structures are pretty common so it doesn't really matter that much you are playing live or online other than the fact that ranges will be different. But the situations you need to study are the same for the most part.
In short yes coach's (at least mine) sends hh examples as sort of a quiz or drill.
But also the student should submit their own hands they have questions on.
This can help uncover some areas to focus on as well. But of course it's not entirely reliant on the student to come up w/ the examples they want to study.