Coaching
If you're anything like me, then you've struggled with something in your climbing that has held you back from performance, fun, or both. After surviving an abusive climbing relationship, enduring many injuries and surgeries, and battling issues with chronic illness, I realized that my mental game was key for progression and enjoyment in climbing.
These trials led me to research climbing mental performance, try strategies on myself and the teams I've coached, and develop new ways of managing fear and thoughts while climbing. I've dug into ideas such as interrupting scripts, prioritizing self-compassion, and employing Stoic philosophy to enhance climbing mental game... and now, I want to share what I've learned with you. My coaching business is called Sage Sending.
Backed by 11 years of coaching teams and clinics, my coaching helps anyone who is facing challenges in their climbing by emphasizing self-compassion and Stoicism. I love teaching clinics and doing remote coaching to help others who are up against challenges in their climbing.
I firmly believe everyone has the capacity to take charge of their mental performance (and physical training) to optimize their climbing. I hear time and time again from folks I have helped that I changed their life, and that they can finally enjoy climbing again thanks to the work we did together. I'd love to help you, too. Get in touch to discuss custom training plans, my mental training programs, clinics, etc.
I've been climbing since 2003. I competed in climbing for 12 years, and I've been coaching climbing for over a decade (a mixture of youth teams and adult clinics). I also have my NASM Mental Toughness Certification.
Testimonials
"I gained useful tools and techniques I've continued using on my own and seen a huge jump in progress. Fallon's coaching gave me a much more helpful perspective on facing my challenges than how I'd been thinking about it before working with her. The program was so thoughtfully tailored to work on the mindset I was struggling with - no cookie-cutter approach here.
The most valuable thing to my climbing practice was that we didn't just focus on the technical aspects of climbing, but really got to the root of my fears and concerns, developed tools to address them, and worked on putting all of that into practice. And it didn't end there. Fallon followed up with a program review I could (and do!) continually use as reference. She also followed up with me weeks later to check in and ask if I had any questions or anything I wanted to discuss. It felt really caring. 10/10 recommend working with Fallon!"
-Ledvi
"I initially chose to work with Fallon because of her familiarity with and knowledge about climbing with chronic illness. Upon doing more research about her coaching philosophy, her focus on mental coaching and addressing fear in climbing solidified my decision to work with her. And I am so thankful that I was able to find someone who focuses on this side of training! I struggled with a lot of fear when climbing based in unrelated chronic illness and PTSD.
Fallon gave me tools to address these fears and honestly learn how to be more compassionate towards myself while climbing. When working through fear, Fallon taught me never to push myself too hard so that I never enter a "terror zone", which is counterproductive to making progress. With this tool and many others, I was able to go from being terrified of leading a 5.8 to confidently leading 5.11s outside in just a few months. Additionally, she gave me strength training routines that made me more comfortable using the gym equipment and helped me go from struggling on v5s to projecting v7s and 8s in a few months as well.
I think that most importantly, Fallon was extremely understanding and supportive -- the calls, Zoom meetings, and text message support she offered throughout our training plan helped me understand and trust my own strength in addition to the more objective sides of the training plan. Thank you Fallon!"
-Cecelia
"I attended your clinic and I wanted to say how great the day was and how helpful I found all the info and tips. I've shared with so many friends already and took so many practice falls in the gym!
I’m seeing improvements in mindset just from more awareness and reframing, and I started a climbing journal too so I could set intentions and reflect afterwards. Thank you again and I really appreciated the experience!"
-Jessie
"I keep chipping away at the massive content you delivered me, trying to engrain it. I hear your voice in my head saying to do this or do that, or not do something else. You are such a good teacher, such a great coach! I had a goal of leading a 5.11a outside before the end of the year. I did it last Friday on a trip. It was so great to accomplish the goal - it was an onsight too.
But for your coaching and help, I don't think I would've progressed like I did. The way you explained things to me and helped me change was so helpful and satisfying. Thank you, Fallon!"
-Nathan
