Category Archives: Bouldering

Posts on training or how to improve your climbing skill for bouldering

I Boulder V5 why do I struggle on HVS?

Posted on August 19, 2010 by Mark Reeves

I plugged my book to a potential buyer today, and he went on to send me an email asking a few questions. I thought it would be of interest to answer some of his questions on my coaching blog, as … Continue reading →

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New Coaching and Instructing Website

Posted on July 26, 2010 by Mark Reeves

Well I have been busy trying to finish off a new website for my coaching and instructing website, Snowdonia Mountain Guides. Moving it to a joomla based website. Hopefully it is more user friendly than this blog and the previous … Continue reading →

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Accuracy and Precision

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Mark Reeves

A common and fundamental mistake that many climbers make is being clumsy with their feet. They scrabble them about both indoors and out, like they were some cartoon creature trying to do some comedy climbing up a wall. If you … Continue reading →

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Snowdonia Mountain Guide Courses

Posted on March 24, 2010 by Mark Reeves

Learning to Lead Climb Week 10th -14th May 2010 This course is design to teach you the essential skills and techniques required to lead on traditional leader placed protection in the UK, and beyond. During the week we will cover … Continue reading →

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How To Climb Harder: Book Photos

Posted on March 18, 2010 by Mark Reeves

Well a couple of weeks ago i pent a day taking pictures with Pete Wood from Pesda Press at the Beacon Climbing Centre, I am now down to five images to finish the book, so will have to get those … Continue reading →

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Choosing a Project

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Mark Reeves

Some people are goal orientated, I know that I am more focused when I have a either an overt or covert goal to aim for. For me I have two goals this year, one get fit enough to clibm the … Continue reading →

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Leader Fall Training

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Mark Reeves

I went to the wall with a friend yesterday who was nervous about falling off, so we did some fall training to help her get over the fear. We started with simply clipping the lower off and rather than waiting … Continue reading →

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MLTUK Use Climbing Coach Article

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Mark Reeves

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 →

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Imagery Scripts: Bouldering Content

Posted on March 25, 2009 by Mark Reeves

Well I introduced the concept of scripts for imagery a while back, and thought I’d elaborate the concept to allow you to develop a script for a boulder problem that you can climb in overlapping sections but not yet link. … Continue reading →

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How to Train Type books

Posted on January 13, 2009 by Mark Reeves

Over the years I have read many books about ‘How to Improve your climbing’, some of them have been very helpful, whilst others have been less so. Although there are some new books out like Coaching Climbing that is aimed … Continue reading →

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