Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The use of coaches as a means of public conveyance; now, especially, driving as an amusement in large coaches drawn by four or six horses.
- noun The act or practice of giving special instruction or training, as for a college examination or an athletic contest.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun the job of a professional coach.
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- verb Present participle of
coach .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the job of a professional coach
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Examples
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But the go-it-alone approach in coaching is the most unusual.
Solo act Shani Davis alone in front with unusual approach 2010
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As this current semester nears the finish line, I've been meeting my writing students in my office for what I term coaching sessions.
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The 38-year-old enjoyed a spell with the Terriers earlier this term coaching the club's strikers two days a week but opted to take a step back to concentrate on other things.
tribalfootball.com Ian Ferris 2010
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“Failing to factor in coaching is an error I’ve made before in the playoffs, and it’s a lesson I seem to have trouble learning.”
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And when it comes to success in coaching or playing sports translating to on-air success, he says, "there's no rhyme or reason to it."
Even with Ovechkin-Crosby star power, NHL struggles to attract fans 2009
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"I think people get the picture that's what coaching is and believe me, that's not what coaching is."
John Madden Criticizes 49ers Coach Mike Singletary For Yelling At His Quarterback The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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After coaching from the press box for much of last season because of pain when he walked, Paterno had hip surgery shortly after the regular season ended and plans to be on the sideline this year.
Storylines abound in college football as season kicks off 2009
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"I think people get the picture that's what coaching is and believe me, that's not what coaching is."
John Madden Criticizes 49ers Coach Mike Singletary For Yelling At His Quarterback The Huffington Post News Team 2010
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If you are interested in coaching, please do contact me: joanna@TheCreativePenn.com
Coaching: Helping you from Idea to Book...Session 1 by The Creative Penn | The Creative Penn 2009
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New defensive coordinator Perry Fewell confirmed that he would be coaching from the sideline this season.
oti4500 commented on the word coaching
Ethymology: From "cart of Kocs" (hungarian: kocsi szekér) - meaning it is an type of carriage, nowadays useable to automobile vehicles (cars) mostly (kocsi(k) = cars(k) - kocsikázás = driving or riding or cruising with car - and thats meaning the coaching as verb).
Kocs is an town in Hungary. Kocs town name origin: The name is of personal origin. It derives from the Árpád-period Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1301) personal names Koch, Kocs, Kos. The settlement was probably named after its former owner, Koch (Kos - meaning Aries/Ram).
A site of horse-drawn vehicle manufacture from the 1400s, the name is the source of the word coach and its equivalent in other languages such as: Czech kočár, Slovak koč, German Kutsche, Dutch koets, Catalan cotxe, Italian cocchio, Spanish, Portuguese, and French coche, Scandinavian kusk, and Serbian кочија (kočija).
Coaching is the verb of coach, meaning to drive or lead something and someone (nowadays)
Coach is a leader for somebody(s), mentor (nowadays) - like psychology, mentoring in someone like professional(s) / Advisory to someone
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kocs
https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kocs
https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%81rp%C3%A1d-kor - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Hungary_(1000%E2%80%931301)
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kocsi
September 12, 2023