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TAPED TIPS | Difficulties Should Be Desirable
TAPED TIPS | Difficulties Should Be Desirable
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Length:
6 minutes
Released:
Oct 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
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.
Taped Tips is presented by Power Company Climbing and Plug Tone Audio.
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.
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.
Taped Tips is presented by Power Company Climbing and Plug Tone Audio.
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.
Released:
Oct 21, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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