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An online resource for rock climbers, instructors and coaches

Welsh Winter Skills Courses

Well, it has snow the last couple of days leaving the tops covered in some snow, and with the freezing levels looking good well into next week. There might well be the oppotunity for some Welsh Winter Skills Courses. So … Continue reading →

Posted on 29 January 2012 | 4:19 pm

Logbook Function add to iCoach

Well, I have been busy designing and building a logbook function to my iCoach project over on my Coaching/Instruction website. At the moment if you register you can complete a performance profile which will give you 5 climbing attributes to … Continue reading →

Posted on 22 January 2012 | 3:41 pm

Free Performance Profiling

Sorry I haven’t been on here much, the main reason is that I have been learning php to programming a bespoke web service for climbers. If you have brought my book ‘How to Climb Harder’ it features a performance profiling … Continue reading →

Posted on 28 December 2011 | 2:39 pm

Last Minute Winter Skills Courses

Well with the first signs of winter over Snowdonia, I thought I’d make a post about the Winter Skills courses that I run. In them I use many of the generic coaching skills of teaching skill aquisition, but apply them … Continue reading →

Posted on 5 December 2011 | 1:48 pm

Free 2012 Rock Climbing Calender

I have put together a rock climbing calender to help promote my course dates over at Snowdonia Mountain Guides. It would be great to hear any feedback, it is an 11Mb download, available here.   Tweet

Posted on 21 October 2011 | 5:11 pm

CPD Instructor Courses 22nd and 23rd Oct

Just thought I’d remind people that I am running some CPD courses for instructors or trainees this weekend. Saturday 22nd is a Long Term Athlete Development Workshop, and 23rd is a Coaching Climbing Movement. These courses would be ideal for … Continue reading →

Posted on 17 October 2011 | 12:28 pm

Another New Site: Snowdonia Mountain Guides

I finally got round to making a new website for my domain, Snowdonia Mountain Guides. The site is still a work in rpogress, although all the major features are there. It is a retro site, in that it is based … Continue reading →

Posted on 10 October 2011 | 4:12 pm

New Website: How To Climb Harder

I have put together a small website about my book ‘How To Climb Harder’, it will hopefully help market my book. If you find any mistakes then please contact me here so I can rectify them. If you have a … Continue reading →

Posted on 4 October 2011 | 10:14 am

Mental Toughness

I have been doing some research for an piece on mental toughness. I remembered a couple of examples, one good one bad, of how mental toughness helps or hinders athletes in other areas. One comes from this Gladwell peice on … Continue reading →

Posted on 25 September 2011 | 5:47 pm

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

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 →

Posted on 9 September 2011 | 11:27 am

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