Climbing Wall Management & Operational Training 201
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Clinics
- Bouldering Operations -
Learn how to offer bouldering in your facility with a proactive risk management system.
Clinic Topics include:
- Provide orientation to the bouldering area for new users
- Providing and teaching correct spotting
- Understand why bouldering results in more injuries than roped climbing
- Rules and warnings
- Lead Climbing Assessment and Supervision -
Learn how to safely test a climber for lead climbing competency and monitor the activities of lead climbers in your facility.
Clinic Topics include:
- Compare a climber’s test results against the facility’s standards
- Recognize common lead climbing and belaying safety skill errors or
deficiencies in tested climbers - Ascribe a result of pass or fail
- Enforce a failing result
- Lead Climbing Instruction -
Learn how to teach lead climbing and belay safety skills to a small group of climbers and ascertain whether lead climbing and belay safety skills have been learned.
Clinic Topics include:
- Using the three person and mock lead belay system
- Understand the lead climbing system used in the facility
- Safe lead belay methods
- Safe lead climbing technique
- Movement Training 101 -
Learn how to evaluate basic climbing movement in others and teach foundational movement skills.
Clinic Topics include:
- The three types of balance and their importance and use in climbing
- Establishment of a good base of support
- Body awareness
- Movement Training 201 -
Learn how to evaluate advanced climbing movement in others and teach elevated movement skills.
Clinic Topics include:
- Turning and flagging
- Movement initiation and centers
- Creative use of the feet
- Dynamic movement
- Group Programs -
Non-instructional groups present challenges not found in regular climbing instruction classes. You will learn to offer non-instructional group programs such as birthday parties in your facility with a proactive risk management program.
Clinic Topics include:
- Set up before the group arrives
- Take control of the group
- Orient the group to the facility
- Guide the group through a fun, safe, and challenging program
- Competition Planning -
Competitions are an important part of a climbing facility’s services. You will learn how to prepare for various climbing competition formats from concept through competition day.
Clinic Topics include:
- Contact and arrange sponsors
- Organize staff and volunteers
- Effectively market the competition
- Effectively run the event
- Prepare the necessary documentation for competition
- Staff Recruitment, Selection & Training -
Climbing wall facility staff provide the direct customer contact for the organization. Selecting the right individuals for specific qualities is crucial to creating the desired atmosphere.
Clinic Topics include:
- Recruit climbing wall staff
- Select climbing wall staff
- Train climbing wall staff
- Creating and implementing a staff manual