coachable
- adjective
- /ˈkoʊtʃəbl/
- 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.
- I'm, I'm, I'm very, I'm, I'm coachable.
- And passion is huge in football, but how do you listen to the message and be coachable and understand that while, like I said, emotions are flying, right?
- And I'm persistent, I'm coachable, which I didn't really realize at the time.
- A lot of people don't know what that the answer is, I found, but their own ego gets in the way of being coachable.
Examples
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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.
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It's been so much fun to be around a great group of talented and coachable kids.
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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.
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Stokes did a nice job of accepting that and being coachable.
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"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
Willing and able to learn from advice and feedback
Able to learn new skills when someone teaches it
How Coachable
- Informal
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.