1) silent feet drills (climb routes/problems with completely silent feet)
I'm sorry but anyone advocating [...] one handed climbing [...] climbing should be shot at fucking dawn.
I'm sorry but anyone advocating silent feet, one handed climbing or blindfolded climbing should be shot at fucking dawn.
Quote from: a dense loner on February 11, 2015, 10:42:45 pmI'm sorry but anyone advocating [...] one handed climbing [...] climbing should be shot at fucking dawn.Seems to work well for Kev Shields
aka head-butting the wall
Here's a novel idea. Go and do lots of rock climbing.
With a rope on doing fantastic trad routes on the grit, limestone and mountain crags.
Only one way to learn technique, repetition repetition repetition. Thats how it is in all sports so why would climbing be any different.
Quote from: Falling Down on February 12, 2015, 01:23:30 pmWith a rope on doing fantastic trad routes on the grit, limestone and mountain crags.There's another one to watch out for - good trad technique is a million miles away from good steep sport technique.
And i also think that a majority (not all) people will work out technique for themselves if they try.
We all managed to learn to walk, run, stand on one leg without a coach didn't we.
Last thing. If you want to speed up the process then get into the habit of visualising what you've just done when you fall off something. Relive the problem in your head and visualise what it felt like. You will realise why it was that you fell off, and it is quite rarely because you just weren't pulling hard enough.
And i also think that a majority (not all) people will work out technique for themselves if they try. We all managed to learn to walk, run, stand on one leg without a coach didn't we. Big, obvious things like using an outside edge, drop knees etc can be learned just by standing back for five minutes and watching someone else do the problem. The nuances of great technique you will pick up naturally the more times you do the problem.
and for blindfolding, why in the hell have i seen that prescribed by national youth coaches to to national-level teens at Pole France Escalade, on comp-style boulder problems? (mind, that's probably 1% of their training time there. but they did do it)