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| The Self-Coached Climber: The Guide to Movement Training Performance | 
 enlarge | Authors: Dan M. Hague, Douglas Hunter
Publisher: Stackpole Books
Category: Book
List Price: $34.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  (19 reviews)
Sales Rank: 5857
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Published)
Media: Paperback
Edition: Pap/DVD
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 228
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.5
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 7.3 x 0.6
ISBN: 0811733394
Dewey Decimal Number: 796.5223
EAN: 9780811733397
ASIN: 0811733394
Publication Date: February 27, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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Product Description
This is a book and DVD. A dynamic package of training material from a pair of expert coaches, "The Self-Coached Climber" offers comprehensive instruction, from the basics of gripping holds to specific guidelines for developing a customised improvement plan. Hague and Hunter base their methods on the four fundamental components of all human movement - balance, force, time, and space - and explain how to apply these principles to achieve efficient results. The DVD presents live demonstrations of training exercises and features an original documentary of a 5.14a/b redpoint attempt by Adam Stack and Chris Lindner.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 14 more reviews...
 good, solid information October 17, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
i'm a new climber but this book is well written and easy to understand. lots of terminology and techniques to help any climber improve. has lots of diagrams that are easy to follow.
 Awesome Book July 30, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This book really took me by surprise...I was expected the normal lame guide to technique that briefly explains moves while barely saying anything about when and where to use these moves. However, I was amazed when I began to flip through the pages of this book. The Self-Coached climber not only has amazingly detailed images (in color too) and captions to match, but it also features a very well written and deep text. It doesn't just explain moves so that we have a finite toolbox and think like computers, it explains the theory behind all technique. The theory, which once applied to your own climbing, will cause drastic improvements in your ability.
Buy this book. It is the most essential beta you can own.
If you want to climb better, get this book! March 29, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I bought this book, I was a 5.10/5.10+ climber with occasional luck on 5.11-. Now I am comfortably climbing 5.11/5.11+. If you are looking for ways to climb better and smarter, this is the book for you, no matter what your level. The authors thoughtfully break down every aspect of climbing and recommend specific exercises to improve them. Climbing makes more sense to me now, is easier, and most importantly feels amazing. If you want to train in a way that makes you a better and smarter climber, this book is for you.
great for climbers with little experience March 28, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
if you have climbed for a couple of months and want to
1) understand better techniques and movements
2) improve your style
3) become more aware while climbing and watching others climb
then this is a good starting point
It deserves 6 stars February 19, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Brilliant book.
So many ideas for those non-professional climbers (like me) who don't have a coach.
Turning, flagging, drop knees are fully explained. Chapter about Movement initiantion - was like total revelation to me. Plus it has DVD - so you can see how you MUST move.
After reading this book I got really sceared: what if I had not bought it, then I might have spent hundreds of hours of my climbing training deepening bad climbing habbits !
It certainly deserves six stars.
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