batting coach
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- noun
- /ˈbætɪŋ koʊtʃ/
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entrenador de bateo
- I'd add: when a batter strikes out, the batting coach doesn't say: next time go to the plate and do exactly the same thing, but swing harder.
- batting coach says
Examples
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Encouraged by batting coach Mark McGwire, the Cardinals began taking pitches to make Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez sweat.
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"Encouraged by batting coach Mark McGwire," Mr. Miklasz writes, "the Cardinals began taking pitches to make Nationals starter Gio Gonzalez sweat."
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Al Goldis was a longtime friend of the Wilpons and was Jeff's boyhood batting coach when he lived in Queens.
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Any batting coach of the Dodgers is going to inherit the status of a stepfather of twin spoiled girls who are sophomores in high school and drive new BMWs unless their mommy changes her approach to parenting.
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We do not (hopefully) pay the college batting coach a multi-million dollar salary just because some of his students actually made it to the Big Leagues... any more than we do not (hopefully) pay the college music/drama teacher a multi-million dollar salary just because some of their students became multi-millionaires in the recording or movie/TV industry.
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The batting coach taught the players new techniques to enhance their hitting skills.
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As the batting coach, she focuses on helping each player improve their performance at the plate.
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After each game, the batting coach reviews the players' swings to suggest areas for improvement.
Antonyms
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
This is a straightforward noun-modifier compound where 'batting' specifies the domain and 'coach' denotes a trainer, so a learner who knows 'batting' (the act of hitting in baseball/cricket) and 'coach' can infer 'a coach who trains batting'. The pattern (specialist + coach) is common and cross-linguistically transparent, making the meaning predictable for a B1 learner.
Etymology
Batting coach: The noun batting coach comes from the simple image of a coach standing near a player with a bat, watching their swings and giving tips. So, it means 'a person who trains and gives advice to players on how to hit the ball'.