☀️ Summer at The Pool

£5 climbing all day, every day* • Kids classes & family coaching • Extended opening • Summer Boulder Ladder

Coaching for kids and families

Throughout the summer holidays we are running children's climbing sessions and additional induction sessions.

Summer Climbing Course

This series of structured coaching sessions runs throughout the summer for 7 to 13 year olds who want to learn the key foundations to succeeding in bouldering. The sessions can be attended individually, or as a set, with a certificate awarded on completion of all four.

Session 1 - Footwork: The summer camp is going to focus on all the fundamentals of quality climbing movement. We will be starting with the most important part, our feet. This session will look at how we can use our footwork in different ways to enable us to anchor ourselves to the wall, paving the way to moving with confidence and efficiency.

Session 2 - Balance and body position: From feet to flow. Now we’ve conquered the fundamentals of footwork we’ll be moving on to explore balance and body positioning to move with ease. Balance and body positioning, form the basis to maximising climb time, whilst minimising energy expenditure.

Session 3 - Rockovers: Let’s get technical, we’ve got our footwork, found our balance, now it’s time to take it further. Weight transfer is next on the agenda, looking at how we can initiate movement in the lower body to help us reach further, and reduce the weight we are putting on our arms.

Session 4 - Flagging: Last but not least, a key skill in any climber’s toolkit, flagging. We’ll explore how the position of our non-weighted leg unlocks the path to better movement, whether it’s maximising reach, staying balanced, or creating counter tension, this technique is a real problem solve