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coachable

coachable

3 4.1
Willing to learn from feedback and try to improve
  • adjective
  • /ˈkoʊtʃəbl/
translation icon : enseñable
  • The new player is very coachable and eager to improve his skills.
  • coachable athletes

I'm, I'm, I'm very, I'm, I'm coachable.

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Examples

  • The main thing was that the successful athletes were coachable.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The top 20% of salespeople are coachable.

    Blog text (28)
  • You know, I just try to be coachable.

    Blog text (16)
  • It's been so much fun to be around a great group of talented and coachable kids.

    Blog text (15)
  • Ask any expert about the elements of a great team and they will say that athletes must be "coachable."

    Blog text (22)
  • Kid, on the court, you're the most coachable kid I ever had.

  • Stokes did a nice job of accepting that and being coachable.

    Blog text (14)
  • "A young player considered 'varsity material' must be enthusiastic, coachable, resilient, and mature."

    Academic text (2009)
  • One purpose of the study was to determine if individualists were significantly less coachable than collectivists, as rated by their coaches.

    Academic text (1999)
  • The coaches indicated that loving to play the game, having a positive attitude, and being coachable were the most important determinants of athletic success (Kuchenbecker, 1999).

    Academic text (2002)

Synonyms

teachable
vscoachable
14 3.5

Willing and able to learn from advice and feedback

focuses on taking feedback and improving from guided comments and correction
trainable
vscoachable
2 2.9

Able to learn new skills when someone teaches it

requires willingness to accept feedback and actively work to improve

How Coachable

teachable
14 3.5
receptive
52 4.1
coachable
3 4.1
reluctant
247 3.5
resistant
20 4.3
uncoachable
  • Informal
1 7.4

Surface Forms

coachable positive

Morphology

coachable = coach (transparent) = coach + able

Formed from the productive verb 'coach' plus the adjectival suffix '-able', yielding the clear meaning 'able to be coached'.

Etymology

Coachable comes from coach + -able. A coach once meant a carriage from Hungary that 'carried' people and later became a word for a person who 'carries' you to better performance, so coachable means 'able to be guided or taught' and ready to learn.