That is wise and the best choice for the beginners so that there will be no pressure on how you're going to start on this market.
When you buy and just hold for the moment, you'll get to see the picture of the entire market as you start.
By having that initiative, you'll get to have the encourage or discouragement whether you want to pursue trading or not.
Holding for a beginner will not provide any advantage if a beginner wants to engage in trading. Rather, most likely the advantage will be very significant, but only because there will be no loss of money in trading, and holding for a beginner will definitely bring the best result in the long term. It is important that the bulk of the funds be allocated to hold, and a small part of the funds should be allocated to trading, because at first there will definitely be losses, and until the trader receives the necessary knowledge, it will be very difficult to make a profit.
The best is for beginners to learn before Hodling which is more less risky than trading because it takes courage and trust to HODL in order not to be moved by negative news, gains or media hype , beginners without any knowledge of hodling will likely sell their bitcoin if they know little or nothing about hodling bitcoin all because of FUD
The reason why someone enters into an investment matters, some might want to only invest and not trade but others would want the two. I wouldn't deny anyone of such choices and will not make trading look like it's a no-go area, but to guide and advise rightly since those who are making money in trading do not have two heads. Fine, a new person in the realm of investment should never think of trading at first, investment by buying the asset and keeping is the right first choice. Still, such must be very careful and well-informed about the asset purchased as not all projects are good and could waste all your money or delay it for years. The investment in good projects must be well pursued as well as it would be very disadvantageous to start buying an asset at anyhow price, the investor must be reasonable and speculative.
Buying a too-expensive asset when you are supposed to be selling it might take you years before you would recover your losses in most cases not to mention gaining anything from it. For this reason, investment is not as easy as thought, experience matters and that is what any intending investor should first pursue as both trading and investment carry their level of risks, only that the risk in trading is greater. But even as the newbie is investing, trading could be learned on one side and a very low amount is to be used for practice until the person is sure of his positive standing in it. However, if a person is good at trading, it is far more profitable than investment, which explains why the risk is higher too.