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coaching

coaching

184 2.5
Helping someone improve skills in sports or at work as a professional
  • noun
  • /ˈkoʊtʃɪŋ/
translation icon : coaching
  • The coaching sessions helped the players improve their skills and teamwork.
  • consultation and coaching
  • coaching behavior
  • coaching model

I teach coaches how to sell coaching and get coaching clients.

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Examples

  • Coaches should be aware that the preferred coaching behaviors of athletes influence both athletic performance and motivation.

    Academic text (2011)
  • So look, I think coaching's the hardest job in the world.

  • And you know, I learned early that the game of coaching is not hard.

  • The pressure of coaching got to him.

  • We're talking about me doing some coaching.

  • I teach coaches how to sell coaching and get coaching clients.

  • Are you guys still in a formal coaching athlete relationship?

  • In my own work, I use a project design model that incorporates student voice, coaching, and clear outcomes.

    Academic text (2011)
  • Player preferences for coaching behavior can affect both their attitudes toward their sports experiences and team performance.

    Academic text (2011)
  • The heavy burden of being responsible for both teaching and coaching has the potential to result in burnout.

    Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

coaching job
vscoaching
8 2.8

A paid job training and leading sports players or teams

is the broader professional activity rather than only a paid position
life coaching
vscoaching
3 4.8

Help that lets people set and reach personal or work goals

is focused on sports and business roles rather than personal life goals
business coaching
vscoaching
3.4

Help for a person or team to improve their work in a company

is the general professional role across sports and other fields not only business

Compounds

8 2.8

A paid job training and leading sports players or teams

Help that lets people set and reach personal or work goals

Help for a person or team to improve their work in a company

How Prepared

training
1.5
grooming
6 4.1
coaching
184 2.5
orientation
48 3.2
introduction
81 2.1

Surface Forms

coaching singular
coachings plural

Morphology

coaching = coach (transparent) = coach + ing

A regular nominalization/gerund formed from the verb 'coach' with the productive suffix '-ing', meaning the activity or profession of coaching.

Etymology

Coaching comes from coach, which used to mean a carriage from a Hungarian village called kocsi. Because a coach 'carried' people, the word came to mean someone who 'carries' you to better results, so coaching is the work of helping people improve and reach their goals.