[Robsons]

Not in that way...

If you could spend a few days on a crag with any professional climber (worldwide), who would you choose?
For bouldering?
For routes?

Which professional athlete do you think you would learn the most from and would be the best coach?

[shark]

Dave Mac
Dave Mac
Dave Mac

[JackAus]

Dave Mac
Dave Mac
Dave Mac

This. 100% this.

[blamo]

Jibe Tribout for routes 

Malcolm Smith for bouldering (I think I gained a V grade by just taking the advice he gave on a few short videos).

[Muenchener]

Caff and Tom Randall both also know a thing or two about both climbing and coaching, or so I hear.

Of the two professional climbers I have had coaching sessions with, I got more from Calum Muskett than from Toni Lamprecht (even though Toni is a special needs teacher in his day job)

Also, absolutely top great & famous climber does not necessarily correlate with great coaching ability. (See also: football managers. The great managers were mostly good-but-not-great players). I've also had useful coaching sessions with a guy called Markus Grünebach, who owns and sets at one of my local walls, climbs 8b on routes and has been Bavarian bouldering champion a couple of times.

But if it's coaching you want, how about an actual coach? Udo Neumann, Reini Scherer for example? (Assuming no language barrier)

[Nibile]

Dave Mac
Dave Mac
Dave Mac

Sell the kids.
Change house.
Build a wall.
That'll be £ 300, please.
 

[petejh]

Is this a coaching question?

If so I imagine there must be a bias towards preferring whichever 'professional coach' resonates with your personal beliefs about the best way to improve.
i.e. if you're weak but think technique and getting weight through your feet is, for you, the answer to improvement than Malc Smith's advice may resonate less than Dave Mac's.

[kelvin]

What Pete said.

Of the coaching stuff I've had, then Lucy Creamer was the one I've feel I've benefited most from. I've also been rather fortunate to have cragged and climbed with proper foreign wads this last three years and what I've seen from them is pure enthusiasm and the ability to try hard, all the time but rarely had good advice on technique that I can put into effect straight away, rather than long term.

Although on Sunday, I climbed with a lad called Kev at the Cuttings and whilst he 'only' climbs in the 7s - the few bits of advice he gave me I think will be far more beneficial in the long term than most of the advice I've received. Mainly down to the manner it was delivered, the fact that it made sense and was applicable to me now - the guy's not a coach or a professional but does that matter?

[Doylo]

John Redhead for penis talk.

[shark]

Is this a coaching question?

If so I imagine there must be a bias towards preferring whichever 'professional coach' resonates with your personal beliefs about the best way to improve.
i.e. if you're weak but think technique and getting weight through your feet is, for you, the answer to improvement than Malc Smith's advice may resonate less than Dave Mac's.

Give Dave Mac some more credit. He is an experienced Coach and has a Sports Science background and whilst there would be some biases Dave Mac's advice would change depending on his diagnosis your relative weaknesses. It doesn't (or shouldn't) matter what advice resonates best its what advice is right for your needs. This might be unpalatable and I would have little doubt that he would hold back in doling it out.

   

[tomtom]

Lagerstarfish.

He also makes a mean cup of at the crag expresso.. (optional extra).

I claim my 20% finders fee for all sessions resulting from this post

[shark]

If you could spend a few days on a crag with any professional climber (worldwide), who would you choose?
For bouldering?
For routes?

Ditto Pete. Is this a coaching question? or is it what legend would you like to spend a day with?  That would be a more interesting question.

[galpinos]

....... expresso.........

Argh!

Don't make me post that Mitchell and Webb clip again.

[Muenchener]

....... expresso.........

Argh!

 

Mods: is it possible to ban somebody from a specific thread? Such as, hypothetically, the Serious Delirium thread?

[galpinos]

....... expresso.........

Argh!

 

Mods: is it possible to ban somebody from a specific thread? Such as, hypothetically, the Serious Delirium thread?

I've just mentally discounted all Tom's coffee machine suggestions on that thread.

[tomtom]

....... expresso.........

Argh!

 

Mods: is it possible to ban somebody from a specific thread? Such as, hypothetically, the Serious Delirium thread?

I've just mentally discounted all Tom's coffee machine suggestions on that thread.

I'm at one with my Aeropress now (can I join the club?). OK, It should be espresso sorry, doff my cap, beat my back with birch twigs etc... anyway, at least I know about calling it the peaks district

[abarro81]

Coaching: probably one of the coaches from a euro lead team. Perhaps France, Austria or Slovenia? Don't know about what the coaches are like, just presume they'd be good. Failing that maybe one of the experienced comp climbers like Desranges.

Person to spend the day climbing with - perhaps Yuji? Though I'd like to have a kneebar and toehook session with DG.

[petejh]

....... expresso.........

Argh!

 

Mods: is it possible to ban somebody from a specific thread? Such as, hypothetically, the Serious Delirium thread?

I've just mentally discounted all Tom's coffee machine suggestions on that thread.

Shame on you TT! That's on par with mixing up font 8a with font 8A and French 8A with French 8a.

[Paul B]

I'd love to spend a day with Arnaud Petit (or Nina Caprez). I think both would hand out a fair 'education'.

[cjsheps]

Patxi. But instead of going climbing, I'd probably just come armed with a laptop, a pen and paper and try and get as much good training know-how into my brain as possible.

Seeing as it's a whole day, we could then put these ideas into practice while getting an idea of how hard you can actually push it with good assistance from a trainer.

 

[petejh]

Coaching day - Ondra and make notes about how he applies Patxi's advice/plans.

Climbing day - Ondra and make notes about how he applies Patxi's advice/plans.

Shark - if I wanted advice on moving house I'd go to Daltons Weekly 

[Will Hunt]

Reading this thread I really am surprised at the number and diversity of alternative spellings of "Sierra Blair-Coyle"

[petejh]

Phwoorrrrrrrr





It feels like a little bit of DFB&BWGC

[jwi]

Wojciech Kurtyka, of course.