Coaching Climbing: A Complete Program for Coaching Youth Climbing for High Performance and Safety [Paperback]

Michelle Hurni (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2002 | Series: How To Climb Series

This book is for climbing coaches and teachers and parents of young climbers. It presents an integrated approach to coaching, focusing on individualized evaluation and training of climbers as the key to improving performance and maintaining safety and enthusiasm. It includes exercises for working on movement, training for competitions, sensible physical conditioning, and injury prevention. This is the first comprehensive resource for coaching the fastest-growing sport in the United States today.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"The competitive climbing community has been waiting for this book. I highly recommend it to anyone who works with youth climbers. With the rise in popularity of competitive climbing, Michelle's experience will be a guide to many coaches and parents who want to train young climbers in a healthy, positive manner." --Steve Allen, Interim Director of the United States Competitions Climbing Association

From the Back Cover

Finally, here is the first comprehensive book designed for climbing coaches and teachers and parents of young climbers. Coaching Climbing presents an integrated approach to coaching, focusing on individualized evaluation and training of climbers as the key to improving performance and maintaining safety and enthusiasm. It includes exercises for working on movement, training for competitions, sensible physical conditioning, and injury prevention. Longtime climber and author Michelle Hurni explains how to evaluate a climber's skill level, set goals that everyone can live with, and teach kids to "climb with the brain." She details dozens of games and activities designed to motivate young climbers while teaching them proper movement and improving their technique. Additionally, Hurni explains how to make a safe transition from climbing in a gym to climbing in the outdoors. (6 x 9, 256 pages, b&w photos, diagrams, charts)

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Product Details

• Paperback: 256 pages
• Publisher: Falcon; 1st edition (October 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0762725346
• ISBN-13: 978-0762725342
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #596,879 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #71 in Books > Sports & Outdoors > Coaching > Children's Sports

More About the Author

Michelle published her first book, Coaching Climbing, with Globe Pequot/Falcon Press in 2003. This book was a culmination of teach climbing techniques to women across the United States and directing Junior Climbing camps for three years. She climbed competitively for ten years, ultimately ending up ranked #1 in the United States.

After competing in the 1999 X Games as a Speed Climber, she was hired into the research department in 2001. This position has given her access and insight into action sports and the athletes who progress those sports.

She teaches Pilates and coaches the Estes Park Climbing Team. Those two passions were combined in her second book, Core Climbing, Pilates for Climbers (2010).

Connect with Michelle through her website, MichelleHurni.com, to download Pilates workouts and read articles she has published in a variety of magazines, including Sailing, Mustang Enthusiast, Rock & Ice, and ESPN the Magazine.