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Boulder World championships, Munich, Olympic Stadium, 2014

Boulder World championships, Munich, Olympic Stadium, 2014

I walk over to the athlete’s breakfast table, do a graceful spin and say “Look, I’m wearing my pants of success!” Jule pulls up her sweater…
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Route-setting and RED-S

Route-setting and RED-S

Route-setting is central for inclusive, fair and sustainable climbing competitions. Inclusive means that across a broad spectrum of body…
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Udo Neumann
Survivorship Bias in Climbing Talent Development

Survivorship Bias in Climbing Talent Development

Survivorship Bias is the mental error of only concentrating on the projects or people that have been successful, and overlooking those that…
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Climbing Practice Design for Injury Prevention

Climbing Practice Design for Injury Prevention

How to not get injured as a climber?
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What can we learn from climbing competitions?

What can we learn from climbing competitions?

Biomechanist Jasmin Honegger and I are looking into climbing movement and hopefully will create useful terminology in the process. We start…
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Udo Neumann
Bouldering Comp 2020 season highlights

Bouldering Comp 2020 season highlights

First and foremost, the purpose of these videos is to provide a record of international bouldering competitions. The 2020 season was…
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Udo Neumann
Reflections of a middle-aged boulderer

Reflections of a middle-aged boulderer

When I was in early twenties and at the peak for my fanatism for climbing, I read of a talk John gill, the father of modern bouldering…
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Udo Neumann
Ideas to improve your climbing, pt. 3 — Perception / Action

Ideas to improve your climbing, pt. 3 — Perception / Action

“The problem in football is you learn how to play the wrong way round — first execution, then decision making & perception last. I’ve lost…
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Ideas to improve your climbing pt. 2 — Adaptability

Ideas to improve your climbing pt. 2 — Adaptability

When climbing you have to recognize when to continue your course, and when it’s time for a change.
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Ideas to improve your Climbing

Ideas to improve your Climbing

I just published the first part of a new “Ideas to improve your climbing” series on Vimeo.
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Udo Neumann
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