For the Coach

Articles specifically written to target COACHES rather than climbers

PrinFrAp: Probably the Best Teaching Model in the World

Special credit must go to Aled Oddy for his assistance in developing this model. PrinFrAp? What is that?! No, it’s not a new hipster Dutch brewery, PrinFrAp is possibly the best model with a terrible name you’ve ever heard of. It is an abbreviation (I think) of three points of a model that describes the …

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The Problem With ‘Penalty Reps’ (Is All To Do With Skinner’s Operant Conditioning)

I’m going to give you a phrase and I want to you to consider what images come to mind. Here’s the phrase: “Drop and give me twenty!” Thinking about push ups? Or some kind of similar physical training drill? Yeah that’s what wordreference.com came back with and it’s a popular idea. Typically thought of with …

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