Rachel is a Team GB coach and also Erin McNeice’s personal coach! She started as an athlete and competed in youth worlds, but moved down the coaching path shortly after. In this episode, we’ll talk about performance anxiety as an athlete, the difficulties she faced being taken seriously as a young female coach, and we’ll get insight into team GB’s training as well as Erin’s insanely huge team of coaches.

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Timestamps of discussion topics

Timestamps of discussion topics

0:00 - Intro

1:23 - Mad Rock Shoutout!!

2:03 - Getting ready for British Bouldering Champs

4:41 - Performance anxiety as an athlete

8:59 - Being "realistic" on your performance

13:46 - Becoming a coach

15:44 - AUDIENCE Q: Difference between coaching youth vs senior?

20:48 - Weirdness of coaching your past competition

23:47 - Lack of trust in female coaches

31:44 - AUDIENCE Q: What advice would you give to aspiring female coaches?

34:29 - Erin's crazy huge team of coaches!

40:23 - Team GB's philosophy on training style

43:48 - Erin's 1 weird weakness...

45:47 - Overrated and underrated training techniques?

50:17 - Climbing goals

53:57 - What's better than coaching at the Olympics?

56:44 - AUDIENCE Q: Why was GB Climbing funding so bad?

58:43 - AUDIENCE Q: Team GB is so strong right now, how has that impacted camaraderie amongst athletes?

1:03:05 - AUDIENCE Q: How do you coach the mental side of competition?

1:07:53 - AUDIENCE Q: How do you think new comps like PCL will impact the scene for athletes and coaches?

1:10:05 - AUDIENCE Q: Tips for new coaches?

1:12:47 - Where to find Rachel