Sidcot School Today.
10 participants from the age of 13 years +. This part of their PE syllabus.
The aim of these sessions is to improve confidence on the wall and learn how to be an independent climber.
Session structure:
Intro
Safety Brief
Warm Up
Climbing
Cool down
Today's session was all about rock overs. What is a rock over and how to we use them in climbing. We had a discussing about what everyone thought a rock over was before agreeing that a rock over is the transfer of weight from one balance point to another. I then got the group to stand by the edge of the mats with one foot on the mat and the other on the ground and then in a single movement, transfer their weight from their hind leg on to the foot on the mat and balance perfectly on that leg. We then moved the hind leg further back and repeated until everyone struggled and then repeated on the other leg and discussed the limitations of a rock over in relation to base of support.
I then demonstrated over a rock over from a lower to higher hold could help with increasing normal reach and set the group to create their own rock overs to gaining a better understanding of the technique. During which I coached several individuals on the their movement, ensuring that the whole group knew how to move correctly i.e. hips moving in a J shape to do a rock over correctly.
We then moved into the main room and looked a problems that required rockovers. We looked at the cave set and courtyard set with most climbers performing appropriate rock over movements where necessary.
We finished the session with maintenance stretches.
Area :
Bloc Climbing - Bristol
