Passive income: NO

Earning passive income as a video game coach is challenging and rare. Most income is active, requiring direct interaction with clients. To make it passive, one would need to create systems like pre-recorded coaching sessions, automated scheduling, or hire other coaches to work under them. However, this requires significant upfront work and investment. Most people do not reach this level; only a few outliers with strong personal brands or unique systems do. Many believe they can easily achieve passive income, but this is often misleading. Realistically, it becomes passive for those who can scale their operations and brand effectively, not for individual coaches working alone.