Simple technique rock climbing
Footwork is the first disregarded skill, especially for new climbers. It is easy to forget about your feet because you are focused on making the next move on a climb. Not feeling strong and lacking confidence due to inexperience makes it challenging to think about anything else. Therefore, the most effective way to work on technique is to focus on it
-The first thing you need to do to work on footwork is to know the sweet spot on the shoe. This is an area generally located at the front of the shoe around the tip of the toe box on either side. The best way to know if you have found the sweet spot is to see if you can place your foot on a hold, weight it and try to rotate around the toe box. If your shoe cams against the wall and is unable to rotate 180 degrees, then you are using too much of the shoe on the hold.
Take time at the start of your climbing, after you are warmed up but before you log any serious climbs, and work on your footwork. Once you have identified the sweet spot on your shoe try putting that spot (and only that spot) on a foothold. Next weight the hold, followed by moving off the foot placement--all the while, never re-adjusting the foot. Don’t rush the process. To start, take 5 between 8 seconds to place each foot and make each move. Do this for a stretch of traversing or up one of the warm up climbs.
Footwork is the first disregarded skill, especially for new climbers. It is easy to forget about your feet because you are focused on making the next move on a climb. Not feeling strong and lacking confidence due to inexperience makes it challenging to think about anything else. Therefore, the most effective way to work on technique is to focus on it
-The first thing you need to do to work on footwork is to know the sweet spot on the shoe. This is an area generally located at the front of the shoe around the tip of the toe box on either side. The best way to know if you have found the sweet spot is to see if you can place your foot on a hold, weight it and try to rotate around the toe box. If your shoe cams against the wall and is unable to rotate 180 degrees, then you are using too much of the shoe on the hold.
Take time at the start of your climbing, after you are warmed up but before you log any serious climbs, and work on your footwork. Once you have identified the sweet spot on your shoe try putting that spot (and only that spot) on a foothold. Next weight the hold, followed by moving off the foot placement--all the while, never re-adjusting the foot. Don’t rush the process. To start, take 5 between 8 seconds to place each foot and make each move. Do this for a stretch of traversing or up one of the warm up climbs.
1- Quiet feet. Do not let your feet slap the holds or make any noise as you climb
2- For small holds, think about smearing the wall as your boot connects with the hold. Smearing is when the boot slides down the surface of a wall just above a hold to gain the best purchase, especially when holds are very small
3- Practice this regularly. Gradually the technique will start to become natural and become incorporated into your everyday climbing. Have a little patience because techniques are not absorbed overnight, but improvement should be observed even with only a few practices.
4- Learning to weight your feet is critical to taking weight off your hands and ultimately for lasting longer on climbs. To do this effectively, do not take your eyes off of your feet until they are weighted, then reach for the next hand hold.
5-Pick one technique to focus on and stick with it for at least a few weeks. I recommend switching things up after a month, if this technique work is completely new to you. If you have done work on an area before, you might need only to brush up on it, which can be done at your discretion. If you are the type of person who gets bored easily with the same thing, I would recommend swapping between techniques to keep it interesting, but would caution on throwing away routines prematurely.
2- For small holds, think about smearing the wall as your boot connects with the hold. Smearing is when the boot slides down the surface of a wall just above a hold to gain the best purchase, especially when holds are very small
3- Practice this regularly. Gradually the technique will start to become natural and become incorporated into your everyday climbing. Have a little patience because techniques are not absorbed overnight, but improvement should be observed even with only a few practices.
4- Learning to weight your feet is critical to taking weight off your hands and ultimately for lasting longer on climbs. To do this effectively, do not take your eyes off of your feet until they are weighted, then reach for the next hand hold.
5-Pick one technique to focus on and stick with it for at least a few weeks. I recommend switching things up after a month, if this technique work is completely new to you. If you have done work on an area before, you might need only to brush up on it, which can be done at your discretion. If you are the type of person who gets bored easily with the same thing, I would recommend swapping between techniques to keep it interesting, but would caution on throwing away routines prematurely.
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