Name: BMC Coaching Children Workshop
Start: 2025-09-14T10:00:00+01:00
End: 2025-09-14T17:00:00+01:00
Location: Beacon Climbing Centre

Unlike the other BMC workshops, the Coaching Children workshop is a CPD course, designed to cover aspects across the entire board of climbing qualifications. It is specifically tailored to coaches working with youngsters.
Places are £90 for BMC members, £110 for non-members. Course classes as 1 CPD point
The day is broken down to look in more detail at:
> specifics of coaching compared to group management or instruction
> specifics of how children learn compared to adults and the considerations we should have
> how to deliver technical, tactical and appropriate psychological coaching to children
> what is appropriate physical training to undertake with under-18s
Prowess Coaching is an official provider of these workshops and is highly qualifed and vastly experienced in the field of climbing coaching. Coaching Children is a one-day event and is a mix of classroom based and practical learning (as practical as possible) so bring your rock shoes and get ready to get on the wall! However don't expect us to be trying super hard. The focus is on what we need to know to coach children effectively and there is no minimum grade requirement. In the event of injury - or even if you choose not to climb - there is no requirement to climb at all, although we generally find most people are psyched to get on the wall.
These workshops are stacked with useful information to help you with your clients but are all delivered in a super relaxed, super chilled out environment and are generally very well received.
More information is available on the BMC website
A resource pack including slides, course notes, downloads and links is included as part of the workshop. You'll receive a link and a password to browse at your leisure.

This workshop is run by professional climbing coach, Pete Edwards. Pete has recorded more than 1000 boulder problems at over 130 crags in ten different countries over the past twenty years, up to font 7c+/V10 and with several first ascents up to font 7b/V8. He is Performance Coach trained and holds a Master's Degree in Elite Performance.