Prowess Coaching is a provider of coach education workshops affiliated with the BMC. These include the FUNdamentals 1, 2 and 3, Physical Training 1 and Coaching Children.
The BMC FUNdamentals workshops covers the WHAT TO TEACH in climbing movement skills, plus some additional relevant information. Where existing instructional courses (CWI, RCI, MCI etc) focus on keeping people safe in various environments, the FUNdamentals are more focused on how people move on the wall.
Upcoming Dates
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Please note: FUNdamentals 1 and 2 are typically run back to back. For details of subsequent courses, including Physical Training 1 and Coaching Children, please click here
What’s Covered on FUNdamentals 2
FUNdamentals 2 builds on previous workshops, starting to look more at climbing technique. This includes:
- opposite forces. We explore how applying force sideways becomes more complicated than pulling holds straight down
- flagging. A much maligned and often confused area of climbing technique, we dispel the old three-points-of-contact mantra and explain how we can do this as effectively as possible
- stable positions. Now we build everything up into finding stable positions on the wall and provide my own model for working with clients
- climbing techniques. We ensure that everyone on the course is aware of various climbing techniques, done through teaching other members of the group
- climbing features. With more features encountered during any climber’s career than we typically find in a climbing wall, we investigate how we will teach ANY technique in any environment
Each workshop is a one-day event and is a mix of classroom based and practical learning (as practical as possible) so bring your rock shoes and get ready to get on the wall! However don’t expect us to be trying super hard. The focus is on coaching and there is no minimum grade requirement. In the event of injury – or even if you choose not to climb – there is no requirement to climb at all, although we generally find most people are psyched to get on the wall.
After the course, you’ll be provided with a link to the FUNdamentals 2 Resource page. Here, you’ll be able to download the course slides, Course Notes and much more, as well as having a heap of further reading links.
These workshops are stacked with useful information to help you with your clients (or even your own climbing) all delivered in a super relaxed, super chilled out environment.
PLEASE NOTE: you must have attended a FUNdamentals 1 workshop before attending FUNdamentals 2
More information is available on the BMC website
Prices
Public Courses
- BMC member: £90
- Non-BMC member: £110
Private Courses
Private Courses are also available for centres, businesses, groups and more. They are charged at
£300 per day + £10 per person + expenses
For more information, please click here.
Payment is required in advance to secure places on both public and private courses.
After the Course: the Resource Pack
It’s a big old day with heaps of information. Being as there’s a lot of stuff to remember, each participant on the course will receive an email designed to give you something to refer back to: your Fundamentals resource pack.
Included in the pack is:
- The Course Slides
- Course Notes covering the content of the day
- Downloadable files covering many of the sections of the day
- A Prowess Reflection Sheet, which can also be used on any other course (with any provider) in the future
- Links to external articles and resources
- Links to relelvant articles on the Prowess website
- Often more too, depending on the course
Each participant will receive an email to a password-protected page (with the password) to browse at your leisure.
Cancellation Policy
Circumstances change, things come up and occasionally people can’t make it. It’s understandable. If this happens to you, the sooner you can let me know, the better as I can hopefully fill the space with someone else. If you let me know two weeks before the session/course/workshop then I will issue a full refund. If you let me know between two weeks and one week before the session/course/workshop I will issue a 50% refund. If you let me know less than one week before the session/course/workshop then no refund will be issued. Remember you need to pay to secure your place on the course or your place may be allocated to someone else. If the course is cancelled by Prowess, a full refund will be issued.
Other considerations
If you’d like more information, there is an information sheet that you can download below, the link to the BMC website is here, or feel free to get in touch by clicking here or filling in the form below.