Many people watch porn as a way of improving their skills in the bedroom – but one sex coach offers a slightly more practical service face to face.

Meet Kenneth Play, who charges $870 to come to your home, watch you have sex and instruct you on how to improve your technique with your partner.

Based in New York, the former personal fitness instructor turned sex education guru hosts private sessions for clients who are keen to explore their sexuality.

Speaking to the Sun Online, Kenneth said: “Most people get their information on sex from watching porn.

“But it is like watching the Fast and Furious to teach you how to drive.

“What I offer is not that much different from watching Martha Stewart how to cook.

“I start out with a demonstration and the process is all about consent.”

The self professed “sex geek” said that his $1,000 private sessions, which he dubs “Play Labs”, take place in the comfort of people’s home and last up to three to four hours.

Each session starts with an informal chat, where he finds out more about the couple’s sex life and what areas they wish to experiment in and develop.

After this, they head to the bedroom to start the practical side of the Play Lab, where he teaches them the skills they wish to learn live.

Kenneth, who has been a sex coach for three years, said: “It’s not that much different to be a personal trainer.

“People can be shy because we aren’t comfortable in talking about sex, but what I teach is very informative and educational, like a show and tell.

“It is about discovering their fantasy, what each couple finds arousing and then finding common ground.

“I don’t touch my clients’ genitals. I may bring in another partner who I demonstrate on or a doll.”

After this, they take a break, have snacks and debrief, before gearing up for round two.

Kenneth said that he mainly deals with couples who have been having sex the same way since college or university and want to explore new things.

He said: “Most couples are like two people who don’t know how to play tennis trying to teach other the moves.

“So it can be useful to get educated and learn the techniques.

“I’m not watching you have sex and grading your performance, it is really to learn how you feel.”

The most common skill he teaches is about female ejaculation and exploring various types of kink such as bondage and dominance.

No topic is off the cards and it is hard to surprise him with individual requests.

He said: “It’s hard to be weird with me, what people finds arousing is what turns them on.

“My goal was to give permission for them to be turned on by these things as long as it is ethical.”

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For teaching skills such as female ejaculation, he will often demonstrate on his assistant showing clients how they can achieve this themselves.

He also shares his vast education, which he has compiled from learning from 400 sex experts including sex practitioners who host sex parties, sex researchers and those who study the science of sexuality.

He said: “I like to collect useful sex hacks from anywhere and curate the best stuff that I could find on any given topic.”

Some people, understandably, get stage fright from having sex in front of a complete stranger for the first time.

Kenneth explained: “They can just watch if they want, there is no pressure to do stuff.

“Performance anxiety is a huge thing for many people, so one of the key things I teach is how to focus the mind and connect with their partner.

“Sexuality is very natural to us when we strip away all the shame.

“We do the two sex sessions so there isn’t pressure to get there all in one sitting.”

If couples are self-conscious about the intimate setting, they can opt instead for one of Kenneth’s larger Play Labs, which involve large groups of couples at the same time.

In these cheaper sessions, which are usually priced at $59 per person, start with a “Ted Talk-like” discussion at the beginning, followed by Kenneth demonstrating on his assistant.

Then couples will be invited to replicate the techniques on their partner to discover what works for them.

Although he is based in New York, the male sex coach has hosted over 50 of these private Play Labs all over the world, including in Costa Rica, Italy and Peru.

When he started out he had had 20 sexual partners, and admitted he wanted to learn everything he could about the industry.

He admitted: “I always felt so sexually invisible and insecure about my sexuality.

“I changed my fitness life and then I decided I wanted to share more tips on how to overcome insecurities in sex.”

Since becoming more educated in the industry he says he now actually has the urge to have sex with less partners due to feeling “responsible” for his partner’s pleasure.

And while many might feel uncomfortable with their partner hosting the sex sessions, Kenneth said his long term girlfriend is fully supportive.

He said: “She is extremely supportive and loving. She met me while I was doing it so it is not news to her.

“She agrees that it is so magical when someone is happy with their sex life and it breaks my heart that so many people have a sex life that is mediocre at best.”

He isn’t the first to offer sex coaching, with Eric Amaranth charging £108 per hour to encourage people to talk dirty, watching couples make love and explaining the finer points of the human body.