### Clue: Hearts lost twice — that coach's messed up direction to players (8)
### Answer: STACCATO 
 ### Explanation: Definition: direction to players
 **Anagram of**(… messed up) ["h,h"(2 x/twice abbrev. for "hearts"/suit in card games notation) **deleted from**(… lost …) "that coach's"].
Defn: … of musical scores.