We know spending time on a finishing link is smart tactics for hard climbs. So why not apply the same concept to individual moves?

How do we decide where to focus our efforts when it comes to becoming a BETTER climber – rather than just a stronger one?

Taylor Reed talks movement coaching and the role research plays in his evidence-informed coaching methods.

If the more you climb, the better you get, then why do we all know that one guy that’s been climbing forever and still stuck at 5.10?

Maybe “careless and sloppy” isn’t always so bad.

Learning when and how to compensate for a weakness is a skill. And skills need to be practiced.

One of our favorites: Kris and Nate discuss ideas about our mental models for learning, and how we might apply these ideas to climbing.

Lowball boulders, while not as proud, can still teach us new movement, new ways to utilize tension, and force us into finding new techniques.

How do you solve a problem? By looking for a solution.

Rob Gray discusses two theories of skill acquisition and how climbing coaches can use them to help climbers better learn to move.

Skill Acquisition Specialist Rob Gray discusses the limitations of using sports science research for coaches and practitioners.

I never thought I’d be recommending this, but some of y’all should be putting less effort into becoming technically better climbers.

“Climbing is a skill sport,” isn’t enough.

Introducing: Something new. Something different. Something FOCUSED.

There are lessons from the climbing in a gym that should absolutely be applied outdoors in order to become a better climber faster.

Improvement doesn’t need to be complicated.

There are aspects of climbing outside that lead us into learning specific things that we don't necessarily find as easily indoors.

With more and more information out there, it would seem that we can learn faster and better. But that isn't always the case.

Free to watch climbing films from the 1990’s featuring Boone Speed, Chris Sharma, Jibe Tribout, Lynn Hill, Ron Kauk, John Bachar, Dan Osman, Fred Nicole, and more!

Two legendary routes. One of them likely the first 9a in the world. But which was it? Hubble or Action Directe?