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Definition of 'coaching'

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coaching in British

(ˈkəʊˌtʃɪŋ)
noun
1. sport
the act of training a person or team of people in a particular sport
He has been doing a fair bit of coaching in Melbourne this season.
The pressure of coaching got to him and he temporarily walked away from the game.
2. 
the act of training staff in business or office practice
3. 
the act of giving a person special teaching in a particular subject, esp in order to prepare him or her for an examination
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Example sentences containing 'coaching'

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Coaching training can also help managers to deal with such situations. Times, Sunday Times (2006)Coaching and teaching rowing and sailing. The Sun (2009)Coaching is relational; it values the individual needs of the leader and can address both the interior and exterior life of the leader. Christianity Today (2000)

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