Join us for an evening shared with a special guest!
We’re keen to share climbing insight, experience, knowledge and psych with our Flashpoint community. These guest talks are community focussed and feature a range of speakers, check out the tabs below to see who’s next!
Want to get involved? email lizzie.diamond@flashpointswansea.com
1-2hrs
Background about Kat
I started coaching when working for the UK government in Afghanistan. I helped construct a small bouldering wall and would teach Embassy staff and local Afghan women how to boulder. From here my enthusiasm for coaching grew and I moved to Bristol to become a full-time coach for Redpoint Bristol. This is when I started applying my background in psychology to helping people (and myself) manage the mental elements of climbing, such as fear and low confidence.
I am a passionate climber, and get the most reward from sport climbing outside. But for many years I felt held back by my head game and found the resources available to manage this either limited, or just confusing.
Over a year ago, while travelling around Europe with my partner, we came up with the idea of Labyrinth Climbing and started our own climbing coaching business. The aim of Labyrinth Climbing is to combine mental, physical and technique coaching to help climbers find their own way through the climbing maze. I am currently studying an MSc in sport psychology and am passionate about applying relevant theory and research to climbing. I have coached many climbers who have struggled with anxiety and fear of falling and helped them towards achieving their potential.
The Talk
I will present and discuss a couple of theories and applied skills we can take from sport psychology and helpfully apply to climbing. Both to enhance our climbing performance, but also our general well-being. This is a talk, not a lecture. I will ask for others to contribute if they are willing and run through some practical exercises. I hope to cover the following:
Background about Kat
I started coaching when working for the UK government in Afghanistan. I helped construct a small bouldering wall and would teach Embassy staff and local Afghan women how to boulder. From here my enthusiasm for coaching grew and I moved to Bristol to become a full-time coach for Redpoint Bristol. This is when I started applying my background in psychology to helping people (and myself) manage the mental elements of climbing, such as fear and low confidence.
I am a passionate climber, and get the most reward from sport climbing outside. But for many years I felt held back by my head game and found the resources available to manage this either limited, or just confusing.
Over a year ago, while travelling around Europe with my partner, we came up with the idea of Labyrinth Climbing and started our own climbing coaching business. The aim of Labyrinth Climbing is to combine mental, physical and technique coaching to help climbers find their own way through the climbing maze. I am currently studying an MSc in sport psychology and am passionate about applying relevant theory and research to climbing. I have coached many climbers who have struggled with anxiety and fear of falling and helped them towards achieving their potential.
The Talk
I will present and discuss a couple of theories and applied skills we can take from sport psychology and helpfully apply to climbing. Both to enhance our climbing performance, but also our general well-being. This is a talk, not a lecture. I will ask for others to contribute if they are willing and run through some practical exercises. I hope to cover the following:
