Top Tips for Climbing Coaches - Tapa blanda

This is a small book of over 300 top tips and handy hints full of ideas to help the instructor present a professional coaching session and to help clients get the most out of their time. Dip in to a pool of hard won experience and take a moment to reflect. Test out some new tools and add them to your own toolbox. It is useful to everyone who leads and teaches on rock or ice, especially if you're preparing for coaching qualifications indoors, at the crag or high in the mountains.

Paul Smith has taught climbing all across the UK and worldwide. He holds the Mountain Instructor Award and is an Aspirant Level 5 Kayak Coach. As well as being a full member of the Association of Mountaineering Instructors, he is also an Institute for Outdoor Learning Accredited Practitioner. Paul divides his time between working as the Head of Outdoor Learning at a state school in Worcestershire and running his own business Rock and Water Adventures, which offers technical advice for outdoor centres and climbing walls. Paul is a Climbing Wall Award (CWA) and Single Pitch Award (SPA) provider for Mountain Leader Training England (MLTE).