Rock Climbing for Instructors [ISBN: 1 86126 422 4]

Rock climbing is an exhilarating sport that is attracting more people than ever before.  This book is written for those climbers starting out on their instructing career.  The book is also for climbers who want to improve their skills and gain from the author's broad knowledge of climbing and instructing.

• The first rock-climbing book that looks at not only what to teach, but also how to teach it.
• Explains the importance of communication skills, how to structure a lesson, how people learn and the legal issues instructors must be aware of.
• Provides ideas on how to teach movement and help students train efficiently.
• Covers the necessary skills of rope work, problem-solving and safety.
• Gives advice on aid climbing and scrambling.
• Illustrated throughout with explanatory line-drawings and photographs.