13. Obeying Reflexes or Death on the Climbing Wall

2005 ◽  
pp. 211-226
Keyword(s):  
Climbing Wall

Close to the Edge: Imagining Climbing in Southeast Queensland

2000 ◽  
Vol 7 (2) ◽  
pp. 67-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Meadows ◽  
Robert Thomson ◽  
Wendy Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Young Athletes ◽  
Prize Money ◽  
Winter Olympics ◽  
Climbing Wall ◽  
Artificial Hand ◽  
Southeast Queensland ◽  
Indoor Climbing

In 1992, the Climbing World Finals event in Birmingham attracted around 5,000 spectators to watch 24 males and 16 females compete in two separate competitions for prize money. In this entertainment spectacular, super-fit young athletes climbed walls using artificial hand and footholds, racing against the clock to determine who would claim the title of the world's ‘best’ climber. In the same year, climbing appeared as a demonstration sport at the Albertville Winter Olympics. And also in the same year, the first indoor climbing gymnasium in Australia opened its climbing wall. There are now around 80 operating around the country under the auspices of the Australian Indoor Climbing Gyms Association Incorporated.

scholarly journals "Han går oppover mens han går nedover!" Femåringers refleksjoner om vertikal forflytning i klatrevegg

2013 ◽  
Vol 6 ◽  
Author(s):  
Per-Einar Sæbbe ◽  
Reidar Mosvold
Keyword(s):  
Content Analysis ◽  
Motor Skills ◽  
Kindergarten Children ◽  
Mathematical Ability ◽  
Spatial Thinking ◽  
Spatial Understanding ◽  
Classical Studies ◽  
Climbing Wall ◽  
Children's Development ◽  
Indoor Climbing

Previous research has shown that children seem to have better ability to decenter than what the classical studies of Piaget indicated. Decentering can be connected with spatial understanding, and the development of spatial thinking has proven important for children’s mathematical ability. There is, however, little research about how children’s development of spatial thinking is connected with motor skills. In this article, we analyze the reflections of kindergarten children concerning a video of their own climbing activity in an indoor climbing wall. Content analysis of the transcriptions indicates that the children are conscious about direction and localization. The analysis also indicates that children are most concerned about whether or not they reach the top. Keywords; decentering, climbing, localization, direction

Inexperienced Sport Climbers Might Perceive and Utilize New Opportunities for Action by Merely Observing a Model

2002 ◽  
Vol 95 (1) ◽  
pp. 3-9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marc S. J. Boschker ◽  
Frank C. Bakker
Keyword(s):  
Center Of Gravity ◽  
The Body ◽  
Motor Action ◽  
Body Center ◽  
Climbing Wall ◽  
Video Model

The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether observing an expert climber would enable inexperienced climbers to perceive and accomplish new possibilities for action and whether this would facilitate their climbing performance. The focus was on what information is obtained during observation of a motor action. Three groups of inexperienced male participants ( N=24) observed either a video model of an expert method of climbing, a video model of a novice method of climbing, or the climbing wall on video without a model. Participants subsequently climbed the wall. This procedure of observation followed by climbing was repeated five times. Analysis showed participants perceived and subsequently utilized information from the videotapes and that this resulted in faster and more fluent climbing (as assessed by the geometric entropy of the body center of gravity). The results are discussed in terms of perceiving and accomplishing opportunities For action or affordances.

scholarly journals Changes in the perception of action possibilities while climbing to fatigue on a climbing wall

2007 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 97-110 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. (Rob) Pijpers ◽  
Raôul R. D. Oudejans ◽  
Frank C. Bakker
Keyword(s):  
Climbing Wall ◽  
Perception Of Action

Research on the Application of Fiber-Reinforced Composite Materials on Sports Equipments

2014 ◽  
Vol 687-691 ◽  
pp. 4244-4247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lun Li ◽  
Huang Jing
Keyword(s):  
Composite Materials ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Composites ◽  
Reinforced Composites ◽  
Fiber Reinforced ◽  
Fiber Reinforced Composite ◽  
Reinforced Composite ◽  
Climbing Wall ◽  
Wall Materials ◽  
Materials Used ◽  
Equipment Performance

Composite materials help to improve the needs of all types of sports equipment performance and lightweight. In recent years, composite materials used in the race bike, a variety of bats, climbing wall materials and other aspects have made new progress. In this paper introduces the composites and the characteristic of fiber-reinforced composite materials and indicate several examples about fiber reinforced composites in sports equipment applications.

Training with anxiety has a positive effect on expert perceptual–motor performance under pressure

2009 ◽  
Vol 62 (8) ◽  
pp. 1631-1647 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raôul R. D. Oudejans ◽  
J. Rob Pijpers
Keyword(s):  
Heart Rate ◽  
Motor Performance ◽  
Motor Tasks ◽  
Basketball Players ◽  
Perceived Effort ◽  
Dart Throwing ◽  
Perceptual Motor Performance ◽  
Climbing Wall ◽  
Positive Effect ◽  
Performance Under Pressure

In two experiments, we examined whether training with anxiety can prevent choking in experts performing perceptual–motor tasks. In Experiment 1, 17 expert basketball players practised free throws over a 5-week period with or without induced anxiety. Only after training with anxiety did performance no longer deteriorate during the anxiety posttest. In Experiment 2, 17 expert dart players practised dart throwing from a position high or low on a climbing wall, thus with or without anxiety. Again, only after training with anxiety was performance maintained during the anxiety posttest, despite higher levels of anxiety, heart rate, and perceived effort. It is concluded that practising under anxiety can prevent choking in expert perceptual–motor performance, as one acclimatizes to the specific processes accompanying anxiety.

scholarly journals Anxiety-Induced Changes in Movement Behaviour during the Execution of a Complex whole-body task

2005 ◽  
Vol 58 (3) ◽  
pp. 421-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. R. (Rob) Pijpers ◽  
Raôul R. D. Oudejans ◽  
Frank C. Bakker
Keyword(s):  
Motor Task ◽  
Empirical Support ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Movement Behaviour ◽  
Movement Execution ◽  
Conscious Processing ◽  
Climbing Wall ◽  
Additional Support ◽  
Induced Changes ◽  
The Impact

We investigated the impact of anxiety on movement behaviour during the execution of a complex perceptual-motor task. Masters’ (1992) conscious processing hypothesis suggests that under pressure an inward focus of attention occurs, resulting in more conscious control of the movement execution of well-learned skills. The conscious processes interfere with automatic task execution hereby inducing performance decrements. Recent empirical support for the hypothesis has focused on the effects of pressure on end performance. It has not been tested so far whether the changes in performance are also accompanied by changes in movement execution that would be expected following Masters’ hypothesis. In the current study we tested the effects of anxiety on climbing movements on a climbing wall. Two identical traverses at different heights on a climbing wall provided different anxiety conditions. In line with the conscious processing hypothesis we found that anxiety had a significant effect on participants’ movement behaviour evidenced by increases in climbing time and the number of explorative movements (Experiments 1 and 2) and by longer grasping of the holds and slower movements (Experiment 2). These results provide additional support for the conscious processing hypothesis and insight into the relation between anxiety, performance, and movement behaviour.

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