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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
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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: 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
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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
New Coaching and Instructing Website
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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MSc in Applied Sport Science
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
Posted in adventure, anxiety, Climbing, Coaching, Coaching skills, Confidence, Effective practice, goal setting, Goals, How to Climb Harder, imagery, learning, mental skills, MSc Applied Sport Science, Rock Climbing, Self talk, Self-belief, self-efficacy, Skill Acquisition, sports, Technique, Uncategorized, visualisation
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Coaching on Dream
Arguably it is a little bit out there to be ‘coaching’ someone, however yesterday I headed out to Wen Zawn with a friend, who was a bit rusty with her climbing. Having been climbing the day before I thought a … Continue reading
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Snowdonia Mountain Guides: Courses
After running a successful ‘How to Big Wall Course’ earlier in the month I am keen to offer this course again sometime over the summer. At present I am going to set a date in early July (Sat/Sun 3rd and … Continue reading
Big Wall Climbing
I ran a great ‘how to Bog Wall’ course at the weekend for four great clients, we covered lots of skills required for Big Walling, as well as having a great time. Here are a few photos from the course. … Continue reading
