This article discusses course development, teaching, instructional methods and skills acquisition in motivational interviewing (MI) for kinesiology students completing a health coaching course in their senior year of undergraduate studies. The paper outlines how students 1) conducted a brief MI session, 2) applied open questions, affirmations, reflections and summaries (OARS) during a brief MI session and 3) identified the use and quality of OARS through the use of a range of learner centered practices (Weimer, 2002) including multi source feedback opportunities and approaches based on Kolb's (1984) experiential learning cycle. The authors provide ten recommendations for educators and trainers to help them develop their practice in the teaching, learning and assessment of MI in undergraduate students or new-to-MI learners. In 2013 the Department of Kinesiology and Nutrition at the University of Illinois at Chicago introduced a health coaching course for undergraduate students completing their last year of the Bachelors of Science degree in kinesiology. The majority of kinesiology students desire to work with people in fitness, health and sports contexts after completing their Bachelors of Science degree. Also, many students pursue further education in a range of health and medical careers like occupational therapy, nursing, physical therapy, dietetics, general medical practitioner, exercise physiologist and the like. The central component of this course was the teaching of the MI curriculum outlined in Miller and Rollnick (2013) listed on page 324. We used this section to guide our work to ensure students developed comfort, skill and effective OARS skills. We chose this focus because evidence indicated these foundational skills were critical for senior undergraduate learning and application prior to their graduation into the workforce, graduate school or other endeavors in related kinesiology fields (Miller & Rollnick, 2013;Rollnick, Butler, Kinnersley, Gregory & Mash, 2010; Resnicow, Dilorio, Soet, Borrelli, Hecht & Ernst, 2002;Brodie & Inoue, 2005; Antiss, 2009;Lundahl, Kunz, Brownell, Tollefson & Burke, 2010).In the following sections we discuss evidence for the inclusion and teaching of MI for students in kinesiology related fields based on studies conducted at community, four year and graduate school levels of higher education. These studies focused on training of medical professionals using a variety of methods consistent with the approach described in this paper. Several studies in the field of dentistry have examined the training and uptake of MI, as well as its applications. A randomized pilot trial using standardized patient method conducted by Koerber, Crawford and O'Connell (2003) demonstrated improvement of Brief Motivational Interviewing (BMI) applications by dental students exposed and trained in MI processes (engaging, focusing, evoking and planning) and counseling skills including the use of open questions, affirmations, reflections and summaries (OARS) versus those that were not. A late...