Techniques
July 05, 2023Beginner
Hands
- Matching
- Bumping
- Hold Jugs with fingers and palm; with maximum contact
- Hold Underclings similarly to Jugs, but ideally with your hand around mid-body
- Hold Slopers with maximum palm and hand contact, ideally with your body below the hold and arms straight
- Hold Volumes on their edges like you would hold a Jug.
Feet
- Matching
- Smearing e.g. on Volumes
Body
- Straight arms, pivot around those arms at the shoulder joint, use your legs to move
- Knee drop
Intermediate
Hands
- Hold Crimps with (1) open-handed crimp (2) half crimp
- Hold Pinches with fingers and thumb opposing. Maximize use of your thumb.
- Hold Pockets (slots and heucos and monos) with your two fingers most similar in length.
Feet
- Toe & Inside Edge
- Flagging
- Heel Hook
Body
- Rockover - e.g. from a heel hook position, driving with your other leg to get your hip up and on top of your heel
- Mantle
Advanced
Hands
- Hold Crimps with (3) full crimp
- Hold Pinches with fingers and thumb opposing. Maximize use of your thumb.
Feet
Body
- Dynos start hips out, go in then back out. more time to work than if you start with hips at the wall and are falling away for the whole movement
- Bat hang - i.e. a double foot toe hook
- Overhang