Snowdonia Mountain Guides

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iCoachclimbing is a coaching website for climbers, that has been developed by Snowdonia Mountain Guides coach Mark Reeves, the site is a resource for climbers, and it will grow with time, and new training protocols and other facilities will be added. Its first incarnation is a performance profiling facility that will help any climber identify there weakness, and if used in conjunction with the the book by Mark Reeves 'How To Climb Harder', to find the lessons and training tips you need to push your climbing to the next grade.

Please Read this statement before signing up

Having come from both a practical and academic coaching background, Mark has studied up to Master's level in Applied Sport Science and gained the Mountain Instructor qualification, part of this site has been designed with researching the coaching and training behaviours of climbers, with a aim to help further the understanding of coaching rock climbing. Whilst not related to a University any 'experiment' that uses human participants needs to have ethical considerations when designing and undergoing these experiments, as well as getting candidates Informed Consent.

Ethically, we beleive that the BMC participation statement should apply to all users of this website, where that statement is:

"The BMC recognise that climbing and mountaineering are activities with a danger of personal injury or death. Participants in these activities should be aware of and accept these risks and be responsible for there own actions."

The Training Protocols

The training protocols have been designed with a precautionary principle in mind, and were designed by experienced coaches from the feild of climbing. If you have a problem with any of the suggested protocols, or become injured during your training please stop training immediately and seek a diagnosis from an experience professional (Physio or Doctor). It is also important that you inform this site, so we can add any data on injury, as whilst we accept that when people are pushing themsleves to their limits injuries happen, having a record of such injuries can be used to identify potentially dangerous protocols, if that protocol has a higher than average injury rate.

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By registering on this site, you acknowledge that the data may be used to further our understanding of coaching climbing, all details will be kept confidential, although contact names and email addresses will be used by Snowdonia Mountain Guides for their marketing purposes.

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