Money he plans to spend on books, trading courses, paid groups would be better to spend on trading itself.
It's OK to check how others are trading, info about that is completely free. There are traders who share their
analysis and trades here on forum, other forums and social networks. You provided him with the key words and
the rest is on him.
   Nothing beats experience! Money spent on learning is well spent money. It can be rough in the beginning,
in rough times you are capable to check are you up for that or not. Anyone should try to trade, later it's easier to
develop skills with at least some basic knowledge about trading.

Go and search for video tutorial about trading about crypot currency .  
there is also blog tutorial that give basics learning about trading crypto and risk . that should be the first you need to know .

There's many videos on Youtube of people using different technical analysis techniques and successfully trading with them. To start, I would learn about Bollinger bands and RSI. Don't pay for any courses. It's all freely available on Youtube. I'm sure once you watch a video on Bollinger bands, there will be many other techniques that pop up under the recommended on the right. Just follow those and learn all you can. Then, just start with a low amount(something like $100 or whatever you can afford to lose) and give it a shot.