Online Climbing Coach
15 November 2009

My own board- notes after 6 months

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Many of you have emailed or commented asking me to talk a bit more about my board and  the structure of my sessions. The short version is t...
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27 October 2009

Just because it's not on a foothold...

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A bit of movement analysis; This picture from last night’s training session is quite revealing. Just because a foot is not on a foothold...
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24 October 2009

Annual rest and recuperation time

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Nicholas asks about incorporating annual rest periods into your climbing year to stay injury free and healthy. Is it a good thing to do? T...
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21 October 2009

To crimp or not to crimp

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Crimp to get strong on crimps, but crimp with care! David points to a common discussion about the wisdom of crimping during training. Cr...
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20 October 2009

Fear of falling dictates your technique - yes you too!!!

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Recent coaching demonstrated to me once again the inescapable effects of fear of falling on your movement technique on rock, even where you ...
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10 October 2009

One peak or two?

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Rested up and firing on all cylinders, again. But still no success on this project and fitness levels are wavering - what to do?! Photo: C...
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1 October 2009

On choosing the right fit for rock shoes

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Paul sent through a mail with questions about choosing different fits of rock shoes for different climbing objective, as well as using other...
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21 September 2009

If I only knew now what I knew then

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I’ve written a lot on this site and recently in my Coachwise series on the MCofS site about the crippling and often hidden consequences of f...
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26 July 2009

Beating fear of falling (in 5 sessions)

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I’ve talked before about fear of falling - how climbers underestimate how much it’s limiting them, and that the only way to beat it is to at...
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18 June 2009

The Sharma scream

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It’s funny how quickly and readily fashions spread through climbing. Lycra, slang terms like ‘Send it dude!’ and...  Screaming. In the e...
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