{"id":14054,"date":"2019-03-04T04:00:56","date_gmt":"2019-03-04T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/?p=14054"},"modified":"2019-02-16T17:30:40","modified_gmt":"2019-02-17T01:30:40","slug":"q-whats-best-to-improve-my-driving-a-driver-pro-coach-or-pro-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/q-whats-best-to-improve-my-driving-a-driver-pro-coach-or-pro-school\/","title":{"rendered":"Q: What\u2019s best to improve my driving, a driver\/pro coach or pro school?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Q<\/strong>: <em>\u201cWhat do you think is the better way to go about things for someone who is running mid-pack average lap times for his racing class? A driver\/pro coach or a pro school?\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong>: \u00a0Without knowing more about your abilities I can\u2019t say for sure, but I\u2019d suggest a good coach. Rarely is that a bad choice. But a coach is different from a driver who can show you what he\/she does and tells you to copy them. A real coach will help you learn how to improve even when you don\u2019t have someone to copy.<\/p>\n<p>If you have a fair bit of experience, most schools are not be able to adapt to your needs well enough. A good coach will adapt to your needs, rather than trying to fit you into a school\u2019s curriculum\/schedule.<\/p>\n<p>Having said all that, almost any and all training &#8211; whether with a school, an instructor, or pro coach &#8211; will make you a better driver.<\/p>\n<p>FYI &#8211; I answered a question about selecting a coach here:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/ask-ross\/how-do-i-find-select-a-driver-coach\/\">https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/ask-ross\/how-do-i-find-select-a-driver-coach\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Q: \u201cWhat do you think is the better way to go about things for someone who is running mid-pack average lap times for his racing class? A driver\/pro coach or a pro school?\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[57],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14054","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ask-ross"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14054","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14054"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14054\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14117,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14054\/revisions\/14117"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14054"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14054"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/speedsecrets.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14054"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}