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Sports:Wilderness
I’m actually not a big fan of the term “drills”, but I don’t have a better word for it. I don’t like it for several reasons:
One, because we aren’t “drilling” anything in. Despite the popular belief, that’s not actually how learning works. Performance, maybe, but not learning. And in my book, these “drills” are for learning.
Two, there are just too many coaches who assume that harder equals better. They just keep stacking difficulties onto their drills as if those difficulties are all going to make you better at climbing. Now we see climbers bouncing one-legged on a Bosu Ball balanced on a slackline while blindfolded and miming rose moves because…
WHY?
Yeah, I don’t know either. And today, we’re going to talk about why that might not be the best solution.
In our Coaching for Mastery course, we go DEEP into how coaches and climbers can create an effective practice. That’s literally what the entire course is about. The research, the theories, my experience, and how you can practically apply it.
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Goals Not Met | Freedom and Transworld Depravity, with Lee Smith
Climb Better Faster | The Often Missing Piece, with Mario Stanley
Selective Learning | The Short-Sighted Approach, with Paul Corsaro
No Kings, No Way, with Brittany Hoffman
The Send is a Necessary Piece of the Process, with Lauren Abernathy and Nate Drolet
Success or Mastery?, with Ryley Rush
3 Reasons Why Soft Grades Matter, with Briana Mazzolini-Blanchard
Keeping Perspective for the Weekend Warrior, with Al Bradley and Ziggy Samways
Intimidated?, with Sydney Smith
The #1 Reason Why Your Training Doesn’t Work, with Ryley Rush
The False Ceiling | Has Your Skill Set Limited Your Training Gains?, with Dale Wilson
You Aren’t Actually Training with Jess West
Train Wreck | 5 Ways to Derail Your Training, with Briana Mazzolini-Blanchard
You Didn’t Punt, with Tom O’Halloran and Amanda Watts
You Should Probably Just Try Harder, with Sarah and Taylor Frohmiller
Sandbagged | Are You Kidding Yourself?, with Nate Drolet
The Top 5 Bad Gym Habits of Boulderers, with Devin Dabney
The Top 5 Bad Gym Habits of Sport Climbers, with Nadya Suntay
How Your Friends are Holding You Back, with Sydney Smith and Lauren Abernathy
Even Good Beta Spray is Bad Beta Spray, with Yasmeen Fowler
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