2 May 2017

Secret body control training explains Watabe's extreme progress

Keita Watabe is #1 in the Boulder World Cup 2017 having started the season with being 3 - 4 - 1. He started climbing at eight years old and participated in two Youth World Championships 2008 (#10) and 2012 (#29). Last year he was #23 in the Boulder World Cup, averaging around #16 position. In 2015, which was his first year on the Boulder WC, he was on average #37 based on five events. In regards to the Olympics he has not been thinking about it yet. How can you explain the great progress? I practice body control. How to put force on each hold. How do you train this? The practice is beyond description. It is secret but relates to be conscious of where you are going to do the pull up and where to stop. How do you deal with the mental pressure? I focus on the front of the challenge of the problem to reduce the pressure.
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