Can Pro Coach Help Climber Reach V8? (ft.  

Yeah, he was born for this

I agree. It is impressive how he has always such a positive energy! I love it

He really is. I have been teaching undergraduate dental students for years and even done additional qualifications in how to be a better educator and am still learning new things from watching Louis. So much so that I share his videos with other dental educators and even the dental students themselves because the “climbing tips” can so easily be translated into “Dentistry tips”. Super great job Louis!

My job is literally to teach people how to teach. I can confirm - Louis is a fantastic teacher.

He's super good at letting the students brain work with a bit of gentle persuation, support and motivation but not too much of either one. Really talented

your dynamic skills are really getting impressive Hannah, that v8 is within your reach soon for sure!

@@ryangross5446 thanks Ryan! I need to find a few that feel workable and really put some time in to crack them - appreciate the support! ☺️

There better be an update video of you completing the climb! Looks v doable for you :)

Love it! I am also trying to get my mind set on climbs that I will fall off of a lot. Can't unluck something I do not try...

Yeah this was amazing! It's funny hearing you say you don't keep going with a climb if you're not getting it in the first few hours, because I'm into lead climbing and because the climbs are longer, it's common for a climb to take more than one session to finish, and I've gotten to the point now where I'm often spending over a month on a climb and sometimes it'll come down before I get to finish it. My sister once had this roof climb in the gym that we go to which took her half a year to finish (they don't change the roof section much because it's apparently a lot of extra effort, and maybe because the owner doesn't want to spend the money on it, which is bad in the sense that we never see new roof climbs, but good in the sense that you can work on a climb for that long and know that it won't get taken down).

> watching Pete Whittaker project a climb and he literally started by just checking that he could actually hold each position My coach calls this "assembling the edges". If you think of each climb as a jigsaw puzzle, what do you need to do to put it together? First, you need to know that you have all the pieces - so that involves stepping back and looking at the problem, figuring out where all the holds are, and what the intended movements would be. Nothing on the wall just yet. Second, you can start assembling the edges to give yourself a set space in which to work - finding the static positions from where you're going to make the movements, trying to hold on to the holds if your finger strength is at a level that you can actually do it. Third, you start building from that edge toward the middle - it doesn't matter from which point in the climb that you do it, now you start doing the movements to find the correct body positions and the muscle engagement that will allow you to send it. Piece by piece, you'll eventually have a very good idea of what the complete climb will look like for you. Also important to note: Most people will go from the very start of the climb, which is perfectly fine, but there's also nothing wrong with learning in reverse - working the last move first - if that's what helps you build the movement pattern that unlocks the rest of it. It's also helpful to know that when you do get to the last 1, 2, or 3 moves, you've already got it dialed in. This is a lot easier to do on a spray wall, but we've gone so far as to use ladders to get into the right position if the wall is bare.

oh no!hope you dont blame him

No not at all. It does make watching these videos hard because I want to go climb now though xD

Then just focus on using intermediates, and if there’s different options to make it harder and harder do that until you build confidence & muscle memory

ok thanks! loved the video btw

Good spot! Yep it was just about possible! But then you couldn’t get anywhere with it unfortunately - was an option explored though

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