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title: What is Coaching?
description: "Here's a quick video that answers the question, \"What is coaching?\""
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# What is Coaching?

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**Have you ever wondered what coaching is?**

We've written about [what is life coaching](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/bid/111538/What-is-Life-Coaching) before. Here's a cool little video (under 2.5 minutes) that the ICF just released called, "What is Coaching?", that covers all related types of coaching, such as [business coaching](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/bid/92972/The-Future-of-Coaching-2013-Trends-in-Business-and-Life-Coaching) and [executive coaching](https://www.schoolofcoachingmastery.com/coaching-blog/bid/110088/2014-Executive-Coaching-Survey-Neuroscience-Soars). Athletes have always had coaches, but we're talking about a different type of coaching here. 

Have fun with the video. It'll help make coaching clear to you:

 

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