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On 9th and 10th July there will be a weekend of highly subsidised training courses for young people who are interested in getting into coaching climbing. Read more »
The BMC Youth Climbing Series offers fun climbing competitions for young people. The series is extremely popular and attracts hundreds of entrants across the country. Read more »
The Campus Board: training friend or foe of dedicated young climbers? What is the evidence? Read more »
The Youth Ready to Rock Sport climbing course is designed to help young climbers (11-17 year olds) make their first moves onto rock by having a fun day out, as well as covering the use of some key skills and equipment, for both the participant and the parent/carer. Read more »
Campus boards are great for strength training but can seriously damage your fingers if used inappropriately. Read more »
The Youth Ready to Rock Trad climbing course is designed to help young climbers (11-17 year olds) make their first moves onto rock by having a fun day out, as well as covering the use of some key skills and equipment, for both the participant and the parent/carer. Trad climbing is the most popular style of climbing on British crags. Read more »
These courses will be run by Ian Dunn who has many years of experience sport climbing. Ian is a Development Coach. Ian really enjoys sport climbing and has climbed extensively in the UK, Europe and Thailand, he also loves passing on knowledge to others and seeing climbers push themselves and achieve their goals. Ian has run many workshops and Sport Climbing Courses for The BMC. Read more »
Children and adolescents are not mini-adults. Audry Morrison has some recommendations for monitoring the training of dedicated young climbers. Read more »
Audry Morrison (BSc, UIAA Medcom) takes a look at the culture of tight climbing shoes. Just how tight is too tight - and are we creating problems for the future? Read more »
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