Category Archives: imagery

Posts on imagery and its use in sports. Inparticular current practice from sport psychology of how imagery should be applied to rock climbing and boulder

Mental Skill Workshop for Climbing Instructors – 6th Nov – Beacon

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Mark Reeves

This workshop covers a selection of mental skills and how to introduce them to climbers. Mental Skills are psychology techniques that can enhance performance, and reduce the negative effects of anxiety than plays a large role in the sport of … Continue reading →

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Coaching Workshops @ LLAMFF

Posted on January 15, 2011 by Mark Reeves

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 →

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MSc in Applied Sport Science

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Mark Reeves

I recently recieved the news that I have passed my MSc in Applied Sports Sciences. With so many coaches out there, what does this mean for any clients that I work with? Well, during my masters I studied Sport Psychology, … Continue reading →

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Climbing Fitness

Posted on August 30, 2009 by Mark Reeves

Over the past nine months or so that this blog has been running I have covered a variety of topics that cover just what climbing fitness is. Rather than be specific I have had a rather holistic approach on the … Continue reading →

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Declumsification: Johnny Dawes

Posted on April 23, 2009 by Mark Reeves

I was in the Gallt Y Glyn last night and amongst the other people who were in there was Johnny Dawes. We managed to get him talking about what he does on his coaching workshops. Now this is only one … 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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Calling on your Mental Skills for success

Posted on March 2, 2009 by Mark Reeves

Wes Hunter walking the ripple on Poetry Pink, Rainbow Slab – calling on his mental skill I have posted up before on the mental skills that help elite athletes reach there peak performance. However in light of my climbing experience … Continue reading →

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Imagery Scripts: Climbing Content

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Mark Reeves

Well I introduced the concept of scripts for imagery in previous post, and thought I would elaborate the concept to allow you to develop a script for a boulder problem that you can climb in overlapping sections but not yet … Continue reading →

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Imagery Scripts: A practical Introduction

Posted on February 20, 2009 by Mark Reeves

Imagery Scripts are under used in climbing mainly because very few people have an idea about what an imagery script is and what information should be in them. Again like all things to do with imagery when you look into … Continue reading →

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School Work

Posted on January 29, 2009 by Mark Reeves

View from my Campus Despite being a little old for little school, I am a rather ageing student at that big school most people call university. To say that I came here by mistake is a little of an understatement, … Continue reading →

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