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Rope Rescue for Rock Climbers
After running a rope rescue for climbers a couple of weeks ago. Ady who was on the course wanted a manual to help him remember the lessons we’d gone through, and kindly sent me all the images of the stages … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Rock Climbing, Rope Rescue, Rope skills
Tagged Coaching, coaching skills, Rope rescue for climbers, Ropework
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10 Mental Skills of a Successful Cimber
Climbing in general isn’t a sport about winning over a competitor, it is more about setting your own goals and achieving them. Whatever the grade, the style of climbing or indeed the level of commitment, climbing is a great sport … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Climbing, Coaching, Coaching skills, mental skills
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MLTUK Use Climbing Coach Article
I got an email yesterday off the MLTUK (Mountain Leader Training UK) top man Steve Long asking if they could use an article i wrote a while back for this blog on Coaching the New Buzz Word, but what does … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Bouldering, Climbing, Coaching, Coaching skills, Effective practice, goal setting, Instruction, learning, Long term athlete development, mental skills, MLTUK, Mountain leader, Physiology of climbing, Rock Climbing, Skill Acquisition, Uncategorized
Tagged Climbing Coach Website
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Starting Out – No.5 – Making the transistion Outdoors
In the previous articles we looked at equipment, risk and protection. This time we look at turning those placements into belays, as well as the fundemental principles that are associated with belays. As well as looking after yourself, crag and … Continue reading
Beginner’s Traditional Climbing Rack
A rather advance rack, with virtually every cam size available, great if you about to embark on a long adventurous route somewhere, but not necessarily ideal for a beginner! I am often asked what equipment a beginner would need to … Continue reading
Moving Outside for the Indoor Climber
Whilst many climber now days are happy climbing predominantly indoors, the desire to climb outside on ‘real’ rock is a something that should never be over looked. Making the transition can be a bit of a rocky road, however done … Continue reading
Who, What, Where? Lead Climb Coaching
There is much more to lead climb coaching than showing you how to place runners, and manage the risks. One of the misconceptions with instructors rather than coaches is that all an instructor does is cover the safety aspects rather … Continue reading
Snap Gates on Belays?
Well I have seen a few post over on UKC, a major source of inspiration for this and my other blog, so if you do have a question on coaching or rope trickery then get in contact. The debate was … Continue reading
Top Tip: Abseil Stations
I have just put a small piece on abseil stations over on my Life in the Vertical blog. It covers a few things concerned with safety aspect of getting yourself off the top of a cliff. Tweet
Coaching: The New Buzz Word, but what does it mean?
Within our society we from time to time get buzz words, in government a few years back everything was about ‘community’, in sport it is all ‘Coaching’. The big problem is that one simple word can conjure up a very … Continue reading
Posted in Article, Climbing, Coaching, Coaching skills, Effective practice, Focus, goal setting, Goals, learning, Long term athlete development, mental skills, Rock Climbing, Skill Acquisition, Technique, Uncategorized
Tagged Climbing Coach Website, coaching skills, Coaching the Coaches, Training
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