Conversation with my athletes: Paraclimber Steve Hinson

Steve Hinson is a member of the USA Paraclimbing Team and over 20 hours of coaching, we’ve been working on these key performance areas;

Re-defining his most performance enhancing goals
Laser focus and focusing on the 'right' things
Positive, productive and powerful language
Feeling confident, calm and relaxed around climbing and competing
5 key things he needs to work on to climb and perform at his best
Deconstructing pressure.

This led him to finish in the top 10 at the 2019 Paraclimbing World Championships in one of the toughest categories

“One of the things that we talk about a lot in climbing, is that it's equal parts, technique, rank and mental. Technique and strength are easy to train for, but the mental aspect isn't so much and with Adelaide’s help it's really given me the tools that I need to develop that aspect of my climbing, so I can't recommend her highly enough. It's very beneficial.”

Hinson is also one of my founding members of The Ultimate Mindset Transformation Summit and in our conversation on The Summit’s podcast, he discusses the value of mental coaching and training, and what techniques and strategies have been the most impactful for him: