5 Signs You Have Poor Technique (And How to Fix Them)

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(Filmed on location at Momentum Millcreek)

There are plenty of variables that come into play when it comes to sending a climb. Strength, fitness level, and of course technique. While some of these measured or controlled, technique is often the most difficult to quantify. We may be climbing harder, but are we actually climbing better?

0:00 Free ebook
1:25 Intro
2:08 Sign #1: Noise
3:22 Sign #2: Impact
5:10 Sign #3: Cutting Feet
6:31 Sign #4: Too Many Moves
8:14 Sign #5: Stiff as a Board
9:39 Outro

[movementforclimbers]

Thank you for all the support these last 5 years!

[lmao]

I feel like the issue of high impact on your hands is not only due to timing errors or weak lock off ability, but more often because of poor body position. That why the hover hand drill is effective in my opinion, as it forces your to find suitable body positions to stay in before making use of the next available hold. The same thing can be said about the soft hands drill as well.

[TheDrwpuma]

“Technique is a perishable skill”. Truer words have never been spoken. Find myself regularly regressing in areas. I’m going to mix in a drill session or two in every week to stay on top of this.

[samrobbo]

Best climbing advice on youtube, and my favourite ASMR channel. Hes back ❤
Ps, congrats on the 5 years! And 200k subs. So we’ll deserved.

[Putzinator]

Man I just want to say I love you and your videos. Your concepts, ideas, philosophies, etc. are all great and your ability to describe and illustrate them are even better. I recommend your channel to anyone trying to improve themselves and oftentimes coming back and rewatching videos just for the hell of it. Thanks for all you do Siawn.

[OMDAT]

I feel called out but am grateful for the great suggestions

[stephencheung]

I've watched so many of your videos and this might be the most informative and actionable video yet. Love the breakdown of technique, and the demos of "bad" and "good" along with clear drills on how to improve technique. Just excellent all around!

[librapower]

I've been climbing 5 years now and a lot of the skills I picked up have been through your channel. Thanks so much for imparting your knowledge and sharing.. namaste

[mitchellfoye]

I previously didn’t understand the hover hand, but you’ve clearly explained it. So much to chew on here and great to watch before a climb

[kiveonn]

Wow this video puts so well into words what I struggle to explain to my beginner friends when they ask me how I make the climb look so fluid. My go to advice is minding your center of mass but this video goes so much deeper! And I realise I still struggle with unnecessary adjustments and unintentionally cutting feet. So yeah, very helpful video!

[Arunnn]

I think the last part of the title gets cut out on mobile, so I was pleasantly surprised to get the drills on how to fix them. Very useful video.

[javelin]

I’ve been watching your channel since before I started climbing about a year and a half ago, and it has helped me so much in getting started. I was super surprised to actually see you at the gym the other day as I just moved here for college. Keep up the good work!

[samuelaseolas]

I've been watching you off and on for years so happy to see you're back creating content again! I owe many a v3 sends thanks to your vids. Ebook looks dope too!

[ginoginoh]

Congratulation on your 200k subscribers! I can't stop recommending this channel to everyone. I started bouldering regularly 2 years ago, but I feel I really started when I found your videos. I improved following your suggestions and, more importantly, I was climbing more consciously. I also love your video's style: short, on point and with actionable advice. Well deserved and good luck with your future projects (bouldering and not).

[chimichangle]

Damn, I wish your book had a physical version! Thank you for the ebook however, you've been my favorite climbing channel as a beginner

[ghostly_cheese]

I'm finally not feeling called out by this kind of video. Good sign.

[yuly]

Haha when you said "Make a lot of noise" at 02:15 I thought "Well, Adam Ondra definitely hates this trick"

[dipen]

WOW!! I recognize so many things that I've been doing that I didn't even know was a problem. Thank you for sharing those exercises. I'll definitely have to try those out next time I'm in the gym!!

[JerrafurOscar]

Combination of signs #1, 2, and 3: when feet cut and the climber loudly kicks their feet at the wall to nullify the swing back into the wall.
This is more advanced, but is a very big factor that prevents many climbers from performing coordination dyno movements that require a more delicate touch. Quietly absorbing the impact helps significantly for climbs that require landing on volumes or friction surfaces.
We see very successful comp climbers excel in this aspect.

[shanybody]

Excellent content!!! And welcome back to youtobe LOL!! I feel like every second of this video is solid as huge jug that I can definitely hold on to and gratefully appreciate!! Keep up the high quality content dude!!!