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coachable

American  
[koh-chuh-buhl] / ˈkoʊ tʃə bəl /

adjective

  1. receptive to coaching.

  2. able to be developed or learned through coaching.


Other Word Forms

  • coachability noun
  • uncoachability noun
  • uncoachable adjective

Example Sentences

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“Man is it fun. The girls are just coachable and want to play and most are other athletes first.”

From Los Angeles Times

Woltemade won't have much time to settle at Newcastle - neither did Isak, incidentally, when he joined the club at a similar age and a similar stage of the window three years ago - but this is clearly a coachable player with all the attributes to go to another level under Howe and his staff.

From BBC

Smith, for one, has no doubt that there is "more to come" from the midfielder, who is "very coachable".

From BBC

“Shane was very quiet. He was a quiet, hard worker. He was coachable. So whatever we asked him to do, he was doing it. He led by, you know, his actions on the field. He was our, you know, one of my top offensive players at the time,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times

We need the Lakers to be younger and coachable so we can get back to winning titles.

From Los Angeles Times