Falling & Commitment – Gym Clinic

A mental training course for rock climbing indoors.

This 5-hour gym clinic on climbing mental training teaches you how to become comfortable falling and committing to moves while diminishing fear.

How it Works

You’ll do progressive falling practice, starting with falls on a top rope and then progressing to lead falls as you become comfortable.

Hands-on practical sessions also include how to move efficiently and how to rest; drills to control your breathing; body/mind mental awareness exercises to keep control of fear and discomfort.

Towards the end of the clinic you apply everything on a goal route, either on lead or on top rope. During the early part of the clinic you worked on individual pieces – on the goal route you assemble the puzzle pieces on a redpoint burn of a route that challenges you.

You’ll finish the Fall & Commitment mental training gym clinic understanding how to commit to climbing, how to fall appropriately, and how to take appropriate risks. And to have fun doing it all.

Learn How To:

  • Fall as a skill
  • Give a dynamic (cushioned) belay
  • Break a climb into smaller risk events
  • Assess risks effectively
  • Distinguish between no- and yes-fall zones
  • Engage no- and yes-fall zones appropriately
  • Make appropriate risk decisions
  • Improve body and mind awareness
  • Rest effectively
  • Improve breathing
  • Create flow and momentum
  • Deal with climbing stress
  • Commit more deliberately
  • Reduce fear
  • Mental training resources

Pre-requisites:

  • Able to toprope 5.9 in a gym with no falls
  • Climb indoors/outdoors at least 1-2 times per week
  • At least 6 months of continuous climbing experience within the last year
  • Passed the gym’s top rope (and ideally) lead test

This course has a specific sequence of topics but allows for the type and grade of climbing you wish to be on.  

FAQ

Click the “Signup” button on the individual course page to signup with the gym directly – you do not signup with us. Sometimes you do signup over the phone or in-person if the host gym does not offer online signup. We specify how to signup on each individual course page. 

At a minimum, you do need to have passed the host gym’s top-rope belay test. It is preferred you passed the gym’s lead test prior to taking this clinic. Contact the gym or the Warrior’s Way trainer if you have concerns about getting certified.

Yes. Clinics are open to the public. If you are not a gym member, you may have to pay a non-member clinic cost rather than the gym member cost.
Depends on the gym; we prefer you use the belay device you feel most comfortable with. Many gyms are moving towards requiring all belays with an Assisted Braking Device (ABD) like the Petzl Grigri or Black Diamond Pilot. Please contact the gym for details.

“After taking the falling and commitment clinic 3 years ago, this refresher helped me see how helpful it was and how much I’ve incorporated the Warrior’s Way into my climbing. Now I have a more complete practice. Today’s clinic helped me fill in some mental and physical gaps.”
—Rebecca

Often gyms, guide services, schools, clubs, universities want to host their own private (or public) Warrior’s Way course. To host a course, please email info@warriorsway.com with:
  1. Who: The number and type of participants (members, coaches, staff, etc)
  2. What: The course you’d like to host
  3. When: The dates of interest
  4. Where: The specific facility where you want the course to be taught
We’re usually able to respond in 24 hours
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