Option Sport II - Climbing

Recommended Prerequisites

To attend to the Sports Option II – Climbing subject the students have to demonstrate minimum competency equal to that required at the end of  Sports Option I – Climbing subject of the degree in Sports Science from FCDEF-UC, which are the following:

in different climbing one pitch venues
- Climbing on sight and leading, as well as belaying other climbers, on bolted routes with a minimum of 6a grade (French Grading System)

Climbing on sight and leading, as well as belaying other climbers, on non bolted routes with a minimum of V/ V+ grade (French Grading System), always demonstrating safety and efficacy in all actions
- Equipping routes to climb in top-rope/bottom-roping
- To rescue climbers in different situations
- Choose areas for rock climbing sessions, according to the climbers level.
- Lead rock climbing sessions

Teaching Methods

Expository methods, Independent Work, Co-work tasks, Teamwork, Special Activities.

Learning Outcomes

Enable students:
- to plan and carry out technical and  tactical climbing teaching
- to plan and organize activities for teaching and practice of climbing

preparing them for the following skills:
- to progress in safety and efficacy throughout rock routes
- to plan climbing teaching and teaching-learning evaluation process in any type of rock venue
- control of logistics
- Assess the possibilities of conducting the activity in the chosen location.
- Organize the practice of rock climbing in order to achieve the proposed sports objective, guaranteeing climbers safety.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

. Movement Technique
- How to teach the movements
- How do we learn the movements
- Progressions
- Ideal places to practice
- Movements repetition
- Big-Wall techniques
- How  "to rest" while climbing

- How to improve acquired skills

- How to teach on a climbing route

 

. Venues:
- Multi pitch routes

-Aid climbing routes

. Equipment
All equipment covered  Sports Option I - Climbing
+
- ladders
- portaledges  and  suspension seats

-pulleys
- Other gear for fixing intermediate points and tops

 

. Working with ropes and safety techniques
- other knots

- Climbing on multi pitch routes

- how to place intermediate protections

- how to install tops

- belay one or more climbers

- Considerations for instruction in either Multi Pitch and Aid Climbing routes

- Considerations for leading in either Multi Pitch and Aid Climbing routes

 

. Accidents
- How to avoid accidents

- rescue gear

- rescue techniques

- solving problems in either Multi Pitch and Aid Climbing routes

Assessment Methods

Continuous
Theoretical evaluation: 50.0%
Practical assessment: 50.0%

Final
Theoretical evaluation: 25.0%
Practical assessment: 75.0%

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