For a fun skater, coaches are less of an opportunity and more of an irritation, as most casual skaters who dont want coaches want to be able to practice what they want when they want, and just have a blast.
True, that might be the case for some, but often this is also true for the coaches.
Most posters on here seem to live in some wonderful fantasy world that is filled with tons of wonderful, motivated and properly qualified coaches just eagerly waiting to teach adults or any recreational skater who's just in it for personal aspirations.
The reality of course is quite different, depending on where you live it's hard enough to find a somewhat skilled coach who knows their stuff, much less one who's interested in teaching lower level skaters above a certain age.
And I don't even blame them, it's totally understandable of course. My coach will tell you that he enjoys teaching adults because they're usually more passionate than the average petulant child or teenager and when they finally succeed at something, they appreciate it a lot more and it's a more rewarding feeling. But the moment a somewhat talented kid comes along, he'll immediately drop his adult students and will focus on them exclusively.