Course detail
Bouldering
CESA-TV-BOULAcad. year: 2021/2022
Beginners will learn a basic climbing technique so that they will be able to individually practise easy boulders, move across the climbing wall and develop their strength in the boulder centre using the equipment such as a rope, horizontal bar and campus. Advanced boulderers will learn how to master pre-marked boulders, train climbing stamina using the entire wall space, build new boulders and train themselves on the above-mentioned equipment.
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Number of ECTS credits
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Offered to foreign students
Learning outcomes of the course unit
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Planned learning activities and teaching methods
• understand basic climbing movements,
• remove significant errors in the technique of beginners
• further improve climbing techniques, strength and stamina with the advanced climbers
We use climbing practical exercises, climbing games, bouldering.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
Apologies in advance by email to the guarantor of teaching (Daniela.Chlibkova@vut.cz).
Course curriculum
Basic types of holds and their grips: positive, side and bottom holds, friction holds, grip, bump, strip, handle, closed and open grips, etc. Foot holds: perpendicular to the wall, on the edge, friction foot holds, the use of the heel, toe, and a combination of foot holds
Bouldering technique: climbing movement. Climbing step: preparation phase, main phase, final phase. Practising of technique: balance, rule of three fixed points, right-left balance. Body position: goat leg, high up, getting on the heel, wide straddle, frog stance, "No hand rest," hips turning.
Working with the centre of gravity, balancing the body, back-pressure technique, structure climbing, replacing the legs, balancing on footholds, correct body posture, calf raises on toes
Climbing in vertical and cantilever profile, climbing in the corner, on the edge, in the overhang, traverses.
Fitness and stamina training for climbing movements, change of pace when climbing, climbing blindfold, perception of the position of feet and arms, climbing in pairs, how to rest while climbing. Dynamic actions.
Games on the climbing wall: games to develop climbing skills, strength, endurance and speed training for climbing movement
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Recommended optional programme components
Prerequisites and corequisites
Basic literature
Peter B. (2011): Bouldering : Movement, Tactics and Problem Solving.. Mountaineers Outdoor Expert. ISBN10 1594855005 (EN)
Sherman, J. (2017): Better Bouldering. Globe Pequot Press. ISBN 10: 1493029274. ISBN 13: 9781493029273 (CS)
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Type of course unit
Physical education course
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