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Coaching Evaluation
In response to a question on UKC, on how a coach goes about giving an evaluation after assessing a client, I gave my thoughts on the subject. This was very much based on my experience teaching mainly outdoors, although I … Continue reading
Posted in Climbing, Coaching, Coaching skills
Tagged Coaching, coaching skills, Coaching the Coaches
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Teaching Lead Climbing Set Ups
I saw a post on UKC asking how MIA (Mountaineering Instructors) set up to teach leading. There are a few suggestions in the Red MLT Handbook, I have to admit to never using any of them exactly how they have … Continue reading
MLT: National Governing Body Qualification Courses
If you follow this blog and thought that you’d like to become qualified as a climbing, hillwalking or mountaineering instructor, then I should point you in the direction of my other blog LITV, where I have just published some dates … Continue reading
Coaching Workshops @ LLAMFF
After chatting to the organisers at LLAMFF, it looks like I am going to be delivering some coaching workshops through the Beacon Climbing Centre. As well as giving a slideshow of Rock Climbing in the Americas. If you are interested … Continue reading
Posted in Beacon, Climbing, Coaching, Coaching skills, fear, goal setting, imagery, mental skills, Rock Climbing, Uncategorized, workshops
Tagged Coaching, coaching skills, Leader Falls, mental skills, Training
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Video: Rope Rescue Skills Lowering past a knot with HMS
I have put together a short video of how to lower a climber past a knot, if using a large HMS carabiner. This might be helpful if you have an injured climber a long way up a cliff, as with … Continue reading
Is there such a thing as Natural Talent?
Just before I went away i was approach by a TV company to see if I thought there was such a thing as natural talent, they were wanting to make a show of ‘natural vs nuture’; or basically whether there … Continue reading
Posted in champion, Coaching skills, Effective practice, goal setting, Goals, learning, Rock Climbing, Uncategorized
Tagged Nature or Nuture
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How to Climb Harder: Review by Mal Creasey of the MLT
I returned from the field to find this review from Mal Creasey one of the officers at the Mountain leader Training Boards, based in Capel Curig. Mal is a great guy who also volunteers on the Llanberis Mountain Rescue Team … Continue reading
How To Climb Harder: Read the Book and Now do the Course
Well, as you will no doubt know by my recent blog posts over on LITV, my book has made it into the general population. Where I hope it is being well recieved. So far there are a couple of reviews … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Climbing, Coaching, Coaching skills, learning, Ray Wood, Skill Acquisition, Technique, Uncategorized
Tagged H, How to Climb Harder review
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How to Climb Harder: About to hit the shops
Hi, I have just heard that the book is at the publishers, so hopefully it will be in the shops by this weekend. If its not then why not mail order one from Pesdapress.com. You can see a sample here. … Continue reading
Posted in Book Review, Climbing, Coaching, Coaching skills, Confidence, Rock Climbing, Uncategorized
Tagged How to Climb Harder review
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I Boulder V5 why do I struggle on HVS?
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
