verb
- to coach excessively or too intensively
Usage: sports
Examples
- The tennis instructor tends to overcoach young players, giving them too many technical details at once.
- Parents worry that some youth soccer leagues overcoach children and take the fun out of the game.
- The swimming coach realized he had been overcoaching his athletes when their performance declined.
- It’s easy to overcoach beginners by overwhelming them with advanced techniques.
- The basketball team’s poor showing was partly due to being overcoached during practice.
- Good coaches know when to step back and avoid overcoaching their players.