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Coaching Workshops for Climbers

A series of 2 hour evening coaching workshops at the Beacon Climbing Centre designed to give any climber the necessary tools to improve their own climbing. Delivered by local mountaineering instructor and coach Mark Reeves, using techniques and skills from sport science and sport psychology.

£10 per person per workshop

The Training Basics – Tuesday 25th November
The basics of training, how to assess your weaknesses and set goals that will drive you forwards.

Improving Technique and Aerobic Ability– Tuesday 2nd December
Looking at ways to improve both aerobically and technically everytime you go climbing by introducing a few easy exercises.

Improving Strength and Power Endurance – Tuesday 9th December
Ways of developing strength and power. We'll look at fingers, arms, shoulder, and core strength. As well as ways to fight the pump

Introduction to Mental Skills for Climbers – Tuesday 16th December
Sport Psychologists have shown that the best athletes have several key mental skills. Here we cover several key skills that will help your mental performance.

Coaching for Instructors-16th February COURSE FULL
A course teaching the basic skills of coaching climbing to instructors. Unfortunately this course is already full, if you are interested in a running a similar course for your centre or group of instructors then please contact Mark or the Beacon Climbing Centre

For more Information please contact Mark on 07704889060 or mark.reeves@mac.com

To sign up please do so via the Beacon Climbing Centre 01286 650045

Online Coaching

If you don't live in the North Wales and would still like to be coached then there is still an opportunity to get top level coaching from an qualified instructor who is on his way to passing a MSc in Applied Sport Science, which includes passing units in Effective Coaching, Performance Physiology and Sport Psychology. All for a cost of £10 per hour.

For more information please contact mark via his coaching blog, which also has general information for instructors, coaches and climber

http://climbingcoach.blogspot.com/

As well as a coaching mark also more light hearted blog about life in the vertical.

http://lifeinthevertical.blogspot.com/

For more info on course please visit

http://www.snowdoniamountainguides.com

In reply to mark reeves:

Hi.

Unfortunately there wasn't enough interest in the coaching workshops in North Wales to make them viable, as such I have had to cancelled the dates shown.

I am still offering online coaching if you aren't in North Wales, I can also offer face to face coaching at the Beacon or other climbing wall's in the North Wales area.

Many thanks for those that showed an interest.

Mark

In reply to mark reeves: Hi

After seeing several threads on Escaping the System, I went out and made a short video on escaping the system. It was done very quickly, but if you have any questions then please comment via the blog and I'll get back to you.

http://climbingcoach.blogspot.com/2008/12/rope-rescue-escaping-system.html

In reply to mark reeves:

Hi Mark,

you need to slow down the video and have an audio commentary explaining how and why you are doing what you are doing for people wishing to learn your techniques. Hope this is helpful information for you?