Category Archives: Long term athlete development

posts on what is often refered to as LTAD or long term athlete development, that look particularly at how training should vary with age in rock climbing, based on work by istvan bayli

Long Term Development of Young Climbers – 22nd Oct – Beacon

Posted on September 9, 2011 by Mark Reeves

This workshop looks at the Long Term Development of Young Climbers, a thorny issue, and one that has slowly been addressed by the BMC Fundamentals Course. This course focus’s on what to coach and when, as well as looking much … Continue reading →

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BMC/UIAA adice of Campus Board for Youngsters

Posted on April 11, 2011 by Mark Reeves

When I was researching my book ‘How to Climb Harder‘ I decided to put a advisory section in for training for Young People. In researching that I looked at a BMJ article on climbing and young people in which it … Continue reading →

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BMC Long Term Athlete Development: Learning to Train Workshop

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Mark Reeves

I was very lucky to get a place on this brand new workshop that has been developed for the BMC by a small team of coaches, a scientist and a guide (although many of them fit two or more of … Continue reading →

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Long Term Athlete Development Workshops

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Mark Reeves

I have managed to secure a place on the new BMC Learning to Train Workshop. Having been on the FUNdementals workshop, the first of a series of courses that looked at the various stages in Istvan Bayli’s proposed late specialization … 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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Coaching: The New Buzz Word, but what does it mean?

Posted on April 14, 2009 by Mark Reeves

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 →

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Cross Training for Climbing Fitness

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Mark Reeves

The winner of the Snowdon Race storming past Cloggy! Whilst in an ideal world we would train by climbing every single day , the fact remains that we are not in an ideal world. So at times we have to … Continue reading →

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Mental Skills: Making a Champion

Posted on November 19, 2008 by Mark Reeves

There has been much research into what not only makes a good athlete but what makes Champion’s stand out from the crowd. Often they have looked at the amount of physical practice and training, finding that despite equal amounts, natural … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Climbing Coach Blog

Posted on November 10, 2008 by Mark Reeves

This blog is there to help both climber and coaches. There will be top tips and handy hints for all style of climbing, from the qualified mountaineering instructor and coach Mark Reeves. Based in North Wales Mark has worked at … Continue reading →

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