BASIC FOOT TECHNIQUE | CLIMBING TUTORIAL

all right people so today's video is gonna  be about basic foot technique I think most   of you guys are pretty good climbers and if  you are you just close this video now because   you won't learn anything new unless you want to  correct me then that's fine of course because   I'm sure there are a lot of different things  I will miss in this video but I'm going to do   my best to cover the most important parts of  basic foot technique all right let's get to it so first off regarding shoes my shoes are about  half a big toe smaller than my feet I like to   put my shoes halfway on to warm them up and  then right before I get on the wall I pull   them all the way on make sure your shoes are  clean because the layer of chalk makes a huge   difference when it comes to friction let's  start this tutorial with the basic toe the   reason you want to use the toe and not the side  of your foot and so that you can move around as   well as increased reach I'm gonna show you  exactly what I mean let's start with a huge   photo this is how not to place your foot in  this position I'm stuck not able to move around   without yanking myself off the wall by using  the tip of my shoe I'm free to move around and   I'll even gain a few centimeters of reach I'll  show you a better example with a smaller foot   how not to do it the smaller the foot the more  important it is to place your feet correctly   that's better keep your eye on the price one  thing many people do wrong do you see what   I'm doing wrong here let's play it again I'm  gonna pass it here I'm not looking where I'm   placing my foot a lot of people do this mistake  don't take your eyes off your foot until it's   securely placed so this is how you should do it  make sure the foot is placed right then look up a good way to practice your footwork  is by climbing as quietly as possible okay so smearing whilst marrying you want to put  as much surface on the holes as possible much   like your racing tire and on holes that build  out like this one you want to place your foot   as far away from the wall as possible if I'm all  the way up here I will push myself out of the wall I'm gonna move my foot back down that's more  comfortable unless I need the extra reach I'll   keep my foot lower to have less tension on my arms  by lowering the heel you engage more of the rubber   on your shoes so sorry for that intro to this  chapter but flagging can be used to stop your   body from rotating knowing when to flag comes with  climbing more I'm going to show you an example now here I'm just supporting with my right foot  making this Boulder much harder for myself   you see how much easier that was flagging drop  knee so drop knee is used to get your center of   gravity closer to the wall and you should be aware  that this akkanee can be pretty bad for your knees climbing on to fuss you use a lot of drop knees so  I'm going to pull up the photo here this photo is   actually from the under salt you can see the drop  knee here is pretty aggressive meaning that it's   pretty bad for the knee to become better as drop  knees you should stretch your legs it really helps   being flexible toe hook first rule of toe hooks is  that you should make room for it so not like this keeping your legs straight helps toe hooking  is all about body tension training your abs   can really improve your Touhou game I'm gonna  show you a fun toilet bowl or not so this bowler   requires you to land a hook to stop the swing I'll  play it a little bit slower this bowler is more   about timing though but it's basically impossible  without that Touhou that was a fun bowler right   I told you it was gonna be fun alright heel hook  helix are used all the time sometimes by sitting   on the heel other times by pulling with a heel  like here I even got a heel toe cam here and   here's a more standard heel hook where I use  my shield to pull we can watch that a little   bit closer one way to get better at T looking is  by stretching your hips you're looking is a lot   about flexibility okay it's a left foot technique  bicycle okay so this technique is pretty similar   to toe hooking but here you're using both feet  cooking with one foot while stepping with the   other here I'm stepping with my highest foot  but you can also be the other way around this   move helps you keep the hook in place and can  help you create momentum if let's say you had   to do a big move of that position alright so  that was the end of this tutorial on basic foot   technique I might do another one on more advanced  techniques like this program loop where you swing   your foot to create momentum I hope you found  this tutorial somewhat useful if you did please   make sure to give this video a thumbs up and if  you're new to this channel please subscribe with   notifications on to get notified when I post  a new video alright see you in the next one

Channel: Magnus Midtbø

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Id: rhcDSzw-MOk

Length: 6min 21sec (381 seconds)

Published: Thu Nov 16 2017

Reddit Comments

[u/JimJimster]

"Keep your eyes on the price" had me cracking up

good video, Magnus is a boss

[u/PizzaIain]

Cool video, thanks!