Vertical Mind: Psychological Approaches for Optimal Rock Climbing

Vertical Mind: Psychological Approaches for Optimal Rock Climbing
ISBN-10
1892540886
ISBN-13
9781892540881
Category
Rock climbing
Pages
274
Language
English
Published
2014-04-05
Authors
Don McGrath, Jeff Elison

Description

In Vertical Mind, Don McGrath and Jeff Elison teach rock climbers how to improve their mental game so they can climb better and have more fun. They teach how the latest research in brain science and psychology can help you retrain your mind and body for higher levels of rock climbing performance, while also demonstrating how to train and overcome fears and anxiety that hold you back. Finally, they teach climbing partners how to engage in co-creative coaching and help each other improve as climbers.With numerous and practical step-by-step drills and exercises, in a simple to follow training framework, your path to harder climbing has never been clearer. If you are a climber who wants to climb harder and have more fun climbing, then Vertical Mind is required reading. Well, what's stopping you? Pick it up and get training today!

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