A COMPLETE Guide to CLIMBING FOOTWORK TECHNIQUES

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Learn the fundamental techniques to level up your climbing footwork in this complete guide. Whether you're an intermediate or advanced climber, these footwork techniques will improve your technique and help you level up! So grab your climbing shoes and get ready to elevate your climbing game!
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Timestamps:
0:00 - BASIC
4:10 - ADVANCED
9:16 - EXPERT
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@thierrynormandeau868 3 ай бұрын

The quality of this video is incredible, love all the tips and insights. Cool change of pace from the training series! Hoping to see you guys climb in Montreal in 2024 :)

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

I appreciate that :)

@owikawika5514 2 ай бұрын

they kicked me out of my climbing gym because i was edging.... so what the hell.

@MYSTIC5925 Ай бұрын

LMFAOOO

@isaacnoel4022 Ай бұрын

😂😂😂😂😂😂

@lorisfoucart2475 3 ай бұрын

No talking, just pure information 👍. Love the short format

@MartyLuminarty 2 ай бұрын

I mean, there was some talking.

@lofty9579 3 ай бұрын

This is genuinely the best technique guide I’ve ever watched. Clear and concise, and includes a lot of moves I don’t see in other videos. Great video!

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! I’m glad it was helpful!

@TIO540S1 3 ай бұрын

The information density is terrific!

@jtg4208 3 ай бұрын

Great training, so appreciated.

@haushunny5058 2 ай бұрын

This video was SO helpful. Thanks!

@zooba533 3 ай бұрын

Thank youuuu very comprehensive

@Kevin-mw6kc 2 ай бұрын

You’re so smooth. Great video straight to the point 😊

@PeterHessler-zb8rt 2 ай бұрын

wow, that's really really helpful, thank u!!

@AO12341 2 ай бұрын

This was helpful, thank you

@ericenns7439 3 ай бұрын

This is a very solid video! Super easy to understand and not to long/boring. Thank you!

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

We’re glad it was helpful!!

@oschelbfilippini 2 ай бұрын

Great vídeo! This information is só essential! Congratulation!

@maldjia 3 ай бұрын

Well made and informative! Thanks!! Want moreeee!!!!

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

You got it!

@Sunshine-mj2pf 3 ай бұрын

Your muscles are incredible!!

@Strummify 3 ай бұрын

Great video. I hope evolv sponsors yall with all those zoom ins 😂

@jcyt2023 3 ай бұрын

Super well filmed and explained. Thank you for making these

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for watching!

@sidorpro 2 ай бұрын

Ty for this video!

@James-mr5kb 3 ай бұрын

This is gold

@kajtekmccranck9978 3 ай бұрын

Substantive, clear, fun, ordered. Good work. And very pleasant to watch in terms of your athletic aesthetics 💙

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Haha thank you! We try 😅

@cojabr 3 ай бұрын

Deserves more views! Excellent quality info and editing.

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

I appreciate that :)

@charles85430 2 ай бұрын

Straight to the point, learned a lot from this, thank you :) I hope you'll make similar videos in the future

@richardsonsclimbing 2 ай бұрын

That’s the plan! We’re glad you enjoyed it :)

@Widlomaa 2 ай бұрын

What an AMAZING video!!! SO useful!!!! Absolutely in love!

@richardsonsclimbing 2 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it!!

@drtrevisdc 3 ай бұрын

Good content! The heel hook is accurate. I myself made that mistake.

@user-nm6ce6qz5u 2 ай бұрын

Substantive, clear, fun, ordered. Good work. And very pleasant to watch in terms of your athletic aesthetics

@richardsonsclimbing 2 ай бұрын

Haha thank you 🙏

@m1l917 3 ай бұрын

Flowy, fun, easy to understand. Damn ,well put togeter guide.

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Haha thank you!

@filippecha7909 3 ай бұрын

Ty great vid🎉

@ShoppingEagle13 2 ай бұрын

Awesome, concise video! Where I come from, we call the “moon jump” a “pogo”

@adiannadar7548 3 ай бұрын

Awsome video!

@Rogerdoger-bh8sj 3 ай бұрын

Best vid I’ve seen

@chickenspy1854 3 ай бұрын

What an inspiring vid! Now I’m thinking of all the moves I’ve learned over the years. Some other advanced foot work moves I thought of! - The Bicycle: one foot is in a toe hook position, the other foot is on the other side of the same hold or an opposing hold pressing down to essentially squeeze the hold. Super useful on cave and overhang. Figure 4/9: when you feed your leg through a locked off arm. It’s a classic ice climber move that has been adapted to other forms of climbing. Something I’ve been seeing more in comp climbs lately is the straddle. Similar to the move in aerial silks, you place a leg over a larger hold for a resting/hands free position. Feels similar to a knee bar but only requires one big hold that you can essentially rest a leg on. Step Up Dyno: a type of jump where you use your momentum to step up to a higher foothold, allowing you to jump even higher. It is most often a move where you are required to match one foot to your hands, as there are no other foothold to use. The most famous use of this is the Tamoa Skip in speed climbing. Finally one of my favorites from comp climbing… a step through dyno: it’s a continuation of the moon kick in which after your moon kicking foot lands, you keep your momentum to step through with your other foot. Very coordination heavy. Great video! Super informative.

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

This is great comment :) Thank you for adding to the list of techniques 😁

@nathandevan3114 Ай бұрын

Awesome video! Definitely sharing with people. In case in comes up in the future, I think a counter-balancing leg in an overhang is worth mentioing apart from flagging. Counter balance to the left, to the right, or towards your other foot to shift weight away from your hand.

@richardsonsclimbing Ай бұрын

Yeah that’s a great one to add. Noted!

@amiusing.climbs 3 ай бұрын

Really awesome video! Just what I was looking for. Do you have any plans to make a similar video for how to climb different hold types or more hand/arm based techniques?

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

We’re glad you liked it!! Yes absolutely, both of those are high on the list. Are there any more topics that you’re interested in?

@amiusing.climbs 3 ай бұрын

@richardsonsclimbing I'd also be interested in videos about the different types of techniques that could be used for runnie-dos/coordination style boulders. Maybe even a tutorial? I really like trying the run and jump dyno boulders, but often have trouble staying balanced/in towards the wall enough to jump/dyno to the next hold. Especially if there is more than one step involved

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Noted!

@justapenoindex 3 ай бұрын

if alpine knee is a thing, is whaling out then called alpine tummy? great video! really nice demos for every move :) also love the zoom-in-transition, are you sponsored by evolv?

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Haha I guess so 😂 I appreciate that! Yes I am sponsored by Evolv but they didn’t pay me to make this video ;)

@Aris-Darling 3 ай бұрын

Great video! More tip videos please!

@alexbog3004 3 ай бұрын

Really helpful and fun video.

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Great to hear 🥳

@maxmorehead1569 3 ай бұрын

Fantastic video. No one has told me to point my toe downwards while heel hooking in a year and a half of climbing.

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Oh no! Haha I’m glad I could help! Pointing the toe is a game changer for sure

@heitorlessa2715 2 ай бұрын

Wow what a great, refreshing and no non-sense video. I’m a beginner and this was marvellous. Is there one for holds? Some holds are so hard that I wonder what’s the magic to keep stable

@richardsonsclimbing 2 ай бұрын

That’s great to hear! Yes a holds version is in the works!

@heitorlessa2715 2 ай бұрын

@@richardsonsclimbing can’t wait! Subscribed!!

@guillaumeboursier9323 Ай бұрын

That's a really good tutorial! Concise and efficient, and I like the big titles on the bottom left. Would be nice to have timestamps for each individual move in case I want to refer back to this video later!

@richardsonsclimbing Ай бұрын

Great suggestion!

@kamron_thurmond 3 ай бұрын

0:10 the edging technique is paramount.

@ElliottWhiteway 3 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Thank you!!

@FrVitoBe 13 күн бұрын

awesome

@kyubonrenard3261 3 ай бұрын

god,thanks you so much for that video !

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

🙏🙏🙏

@camerontribe 3 ай бұрын

Loved the tips and the red pants🤗

@garciat 3 ай бұрын

I stuck my first ever pogo jump (moon kick) thanks to this video!

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Amazing!!!!

@DustinSigurdson 3 ай бұрын

nice!

@c42f 3 ай бұрын

Awesome work, this covers so much so clearly! A couple of thoughts about footwork I've learned recently and didn't see here: For really bad/small feet, sometimes it's useful to twist/cam them into position by first placing the toe rubber "too far" onto the wall/volume in more of a smearing position with the hold under the foot rather than right under the toe. Then twist and stand up to really dig the toe or edge in at the same time you weight it. This seems particular effective for tiny jibs screwed onto notex. I think it forces the toe/edge rubber to compress a bit and makes terrible jibs a bit less bad. Not sure it was covered as its own thing, but the toe-smear is also a super useful variant of a toe hook - for example bicycling a bad volume on slab with one bad foot above and a toe smear underneath can give just enough leverage or compression to stand on it.

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

That’s a great way of putting it. There’s definitely another video where I go more in depth with footwork like you are here and there’s a TON of value in setting specific. Thanks for sharing!

@c42f 3 ай бұрын

@@richardsonsclimbing I'd love to see that video if you make it!

@ehgeese 3 ай бұрын

Nice! Three more to add: The scraping toehook (no idea what it's called). On slab for some sensitive moves you will want the foot that is not on the hold to point straight down, keeping the upside of the foot flush against the wall can get you closer to the wall and let you modulate with the upper rubber. Then there is standing up on the heel, another slab move. Not a heelhook, you just put the heel on the hold and stand up on that instead of the toe. Can be a hack if you are not flexible enough to put the toe on a hold! Then there is the toe-knee cam, a nice friction slab move where you lean forward, put your knees against the wall to get some rest - perhaos not much for progression, more for resting. I think those are all intermediate, not advanced moves!

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Oh those are good ones! We spent three days wracking my brain for footwork technique but those got missed! There’s also the stem!

@joseville 2 ай бұрын

So informative! What's the name of the background music?

@richardsonsclimbing 2 ай бұрын

The artist is Jules Gaia and all of his stuff is on Spotify!

@lee-qc4li 3 ай бұрын

Best video ever

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

😅😅

@draganandrei5356 3 ай бұрын

Beginner question here: when doing foot swap, the majority of the weight shall be supported by the hands or not? Great video! At the end "foot-less" can be also called "campus move".

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

It depends on the situation and how good your hands are! Typically, most of your weight is on the feet.

@serious4702 2 ай бұрын

BRAVO! HONOM SKA VI HA!!!!!!!!!

@cosmikali502 2 ай бұрын

great info and you are strong aFFFFFF

@richardsonsclimbing 2 ай бұрын

😅😅

@TheWorldGameGeneral 3 ай бұрын

I had an accident and since then my left knee can't bend more than 100Degree, this greatly decreased my ability to climb and I dropped a few levels, I hope with these tips I can balance that out step by step with more technique

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Oh no! I hope this helps :)

@eAFK 3 ай бұрын

For the heels down technique on volumes, isn't it less about maximizing surface area, and more about applying correct directional force? Because with heels up, you apply force almost directly downwards, essentially increasing the chance of slipping, because optimally, the force is 90 degrees against the volume. So by pushing your heels downwards, it ensures that your force is forwards, against the volume, rather than downwards? I might be wrong, but would love to hear your thoughts!

@soccutd77 3 ай бұрын

This is essentially the same argument as maximizing friction as friction is proportional to the normal force on the surface.

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Yes the force and the angle of your shoe are all just tools to maximize the amount of friction you can get out of a given surface. The simplest way to say it is just heels down!

@bambuzzz 3 ай бұрын

I've also been thinking a lot about the whole "heel down" story. Friction is independent of the surface area and is only calculated from the normal force and the properties of the two materials (coefficient of friction), as the force is distributed over the surface area of the shoe. What makes a difference, however, is the load on the rubber of the shoe. If the force is not distributed over a larger area, it tears the rubber off the shoe sole and you slip. Not due to a lack of friction, but due to abrasion. I have to admit I'm not a big fan of the general "heel down" tip, it's more a balance of enough pressure and enough surface area. It's also harder to put pressure on the foot if you bring the heel down too far.

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

That’s true. I think the advice is more geared towards new climbers who would only put the tip of their shoe on a wall to smear. Most aren’t flexible enough to get their full foot flat on the wall, so the heels down advice just queues them to get more of their shoe on the surface.

@linr3548 3 ай бұрын

Love this video! one of the only places I've seen address foot and leg positioning in dynamic movements. What brand of leggings is she wearing? I like the canadian flag in the back

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

That’s great feedback! I’ll definitely keep that in mind for future videos! And btw the leggings are Lululemon from the Team Canada line

@thomasthomas8049 2 ай бұрын

I will never every be flexible enough to do that heel hook lol

@wildchry 2 ай бұрын

좋아요~

@loiduongjr 3 ай бұрын

Can't forget the smedge!

@Aalii6 2 ай бұрын

👍👍

@TheBattemannen Ай бұрын

There you go kids, campusing is an expert move. love it and deal with it

@richardsonsclimbing Ай бұрын

😂😂

@oscr_zen Ай бұрын

If I'll ever start climbing I'll return to this video!

@harry_hydrogen 2 ай бұрын

If a climb has a full foot I’m all in on that. Soft shoes for life bb

@CalStephano 3 ай бұрын

How is this video so good with so little attention

@jonathandill2855 3 ай бұрын

I would have loved to see a figure 4 no hands rest!

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Oh thank you we totally missed those! Will remember for the next video!

@benk.7194 3 ай бұрын

Never climbed, but I'm a master of edging.

@chill0314 3 ай бұрын

I like to call the alpine knee a "tactical knee"

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Haha I love that!

@LiliiaSh 3 ай бұрын

As a beginner, drop knee is ma fav one:) Is this video a waisted opportunity for shoe advertising?😂

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Haha yes it is 😅

@lukewilliam4208 2 ай бұрын

I came for the feet- ehm I mean footwork. Anyways I was not disappointed.

@Glenners 3 ай бұрын

My foot work stinks, thanks for the tips!

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Happy to help!

@thess0414 3 ай бұрын

Thank you! Interesting choice to showcase footwork on chips with a very soft shoe - I hope it's sponsored. Any particular reason you switched from your usual? Was it for the smearing? The kick is also known as pancho if I am not mistaken? I see people doing heel hooks also downward but to the side combined. Is it recommended for a certain instance ?

@shadereal7679 3 ай бұрын

The heel depends on hold choice and where you want your hips to be, heel to the side= allows you to get closer to the wall

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Yeah the chips were big enough that the shoe didn’t matter but yes - stiffer is usually better for chips! I happened to train in my soft shoes that day for coordination practice and did the video right after 😅 I’ve never heard that term for the moon kick but that sounds legit! I’ve also heard pogo. @shadereal7679 is spot on with his answer!

@TheValinov 3 ай бұрын

only one thing to add. when you mantle try to turn the heel sideways so your foot wont stand in the way when you pull ypurself over the edge...

@richardsonsclimbing 3 ай бұрын

Ah that’s a good one!

@billking8843 3 ай бұрын

In australia we eat chips. So i got hungry. Otherwise a great video

@SmellyFeetFinder 3 ай бұрын

the footwork technique is what?!

@johndoh1000 3 ай бұрын

Toe cams are no where near V11 status. Someone who only has sent V3 can learn how to to cam. That being said, this tech is almost never necessary [in my gym].