Thank you for the great response!  We still need a few more volunteers.  Please try to keep each chapter to no more than 10 pages.  I’d like to keep this introductory volume to fewer than 200 pages for the chapters.  We will probably use a format similar to the Guide to Scholastic Chess.  If you have other topics that should be added, please email the group.  Certainly, we should include something about the UTD courses, etc.

 Please e-mail your first draft by June 1 so I have time to review it before the U.S. Open at the end of July.  Our Castle Chess Camp immediately precedes the Open, so I won’t have any time available to work on this project after July 1.

 We need individuals to help write the Chess Coaching Manual.  Please review the following proposal, and let us know which sections you would be willing to help write or suggest someone you think would do a good job.  Thanks.

This manual is designed for the entry-level coach.  At Dallas we discussed having one person write one chapter. The Chess Trust is now examining the possibility of paying each person for writing a chapter.  Probably the Chess Trust will not make their decision until August.  I think it would be a good idea that if the Chess Trust pays the authors and the book is sold, that all profits should go to the Chess Trust.  I suggest that we do not wait, but start on this manual immediately!

The following is the outline for this book as previously proposed:

Part I: Developing a Coaching Philosophy
     Chapter 1: Your Coaching Objectives
     Chapter 2: Your Coaching Style
Part II: Chess Psychology – Rich Barbara, Ph.D.
     Chapter 3: Evaluating Your Communication Skills
     Chapter 4: Developing Your Communication Skills
     Chapter 5: Principles of Reinforcement
     Chapter 6: Understanding Motivation
Part III: Chess Pedagogy – Beatriz Marinello, WIM
     Chapter 7: Planning for Teaching
     Chapter 8: How Chess Players Learn
     Chapter 9: Teaching Skills
Part IV: Chess Physiology
     Chapter 10: Principles of Training
     Chapter 11: Fitness
     Chapter 12: Developing Your Training Program
     Chapter 13: Nutrition
Part V: Chess Management
     Chapter 14: Team Management – Jay Stallings
     Chapter 15: Risk Management
     Chapter 16: Self-Management
Part V: Tournament Life
     Chapter 17: Tournament Organization – Ralph Bowman
(This chapter would be about how tournaments are run, ratings, how to enter tournaments, how the Swiss system works, how pairings works, scorekeeping, etc.)
     Chapter 18: National Tournaments – Ralph Bowman
(This chapter would be about the divisions, entries, which ratings are used, rating supplements, the need to bring clocks, etc.)
Part VI: Auxiliary Information
     Chapter 19: Recommended Chess Books
(I would suggest that the books be divided into the following three sections: Beginner, Intermediate, and Advanced and then each of those sections be sub-divided for Elementary, Junior High/Middle School, and High School.)
     Chapter 20: The Rules of Chess – Robert Tanner, NTD, NM
(This should be written by a TD.  It should explain in detail those rules with which most non-tournament players are not familiar.  While many beginning coaches get a rule book, that does not mean they comprehend the wording therein, this needs to be worded in such a manner that a non-chess person can easily understand.)