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Believe it or not, this can make a difference in the kind of climbing grades you achieve.

12. Visualisation

The power of visualisation lies in the fact that the mind cannot differentiate between a real memory from a visual image that has been made up. If you create enough visual images and store them as memories, you can fool your mind into believing that these are past memories rather than created images.

Here is an example from a book called, "The Mind Gym". In one chapter, the author writes about a golfer who had been stuck in a POW camp for many years. The only way that golfer survived the torment he had to endure was to imagine himself playing golf. He would visualise the golf course right down to the breeze that blew through his hair. When he finally escaped from the POW camp, he played golf again and discovered that his handicap had improved despite the fact that he had not touched a golf club in years! His improvement was the direct effect of having played golf in his mind all those years.

Summary

Regardless of whether you follow all of these training tips or whether you just follow some of them, you will eventually get better at rock climbing. At the end of the day, it all comes back to the fundamental first rule - climb more.

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