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Coaching Climbing - A Complete Program for Coaching Youth Climbing for High Performance and Safety
Item # 705376
$16.95
This comprehensive book is designed for climbing coaches and teachers and parents of young climbers.
- Author: Michelle Hurni
- Softcover; 250 pages; black-and-white photographs
- The Globe Pequot Press; copyright 2003
- Presents an integrated approach to coaching, focusing on individualized evaluation and training as the key to improving performance
- This approach focuses on maintaining safety and enthusiasm as well
- Includes exercises for working on movement, training for competitions, sensible physical conditioning and injury prevention
- Learn how to evaluate a climber's skill level, set goals that everyone can live with and teach kids to "climb with the brain"
- Dozens of games and activities designed to motivate young climbers while teaching them proper movement and improving their technique
- Additionally, the author explains how to make a safe transition from climbing in a gym to climbing in the outdoors
- Includes basic equipment, terminology and safety precautions
- Types of competitions, the competition training cycle and sponsorship
- Climbing techniques: belaying, toproping, reading routes, redpointing and onsighting
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