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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.


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

From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2025

“He’s been coachable and gotten better every year. It’s been a great thing,” LeDuc said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 8, 2024

I am not advocating that we abandon that glorious sugar puddle on our plates necessarily, but if we are coachable, we can learn something from the French here.

From Salon ● Dec. 12, 2023

As agreeable and coachable as Young was, he wasn’t adhering to the structured footwork that the coaches wanted to see in the seven-on-seven games.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 2, 2023

“He is very coachable because of the fact that I know his next move.”

From Seattle Times ● Nov. 4, 2023

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