Oscar Preston Takes 1st Place at the Southern Youth Bouldering Championships 2018

Jurassic Team Climber Oscar Preston takes 1st place podium at the Southern Youth Bouldering Championships 2018. Since Oscar started with our Jurassic Team and Coaching scheme we have been working on his base conditioning but now we are moving forward to improve his already awesome strength and power. This podium has followed one after another at National Level Competitions of 2017 and 2018. In fact, Oscar is not often off the podium these days! Here in his own words is what happened!

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Oscar Preston – I went to the Southern Youth Bouldering Championships in Swindon on 7 July. The qualifier boulders looked awesome and I could tell some of them would push me to the max. I came 1st in the qualifiers which meant I was through to the semi-finals. The semi-finals were a further 6 problems. I topped 4 out of 6 which kept me in 1st place. The finals were held in the style of an International Competition. This included isolation which meant we didn’t get to see the problems until we climbed them, I flashed the first 2 problems but only got halfway up the 3rd and final problem. That was enough and I still came 1st overall. So happy with my progress at the moment! 😊 👌 💪

Why has Oscar done so well and why is he improving all of the time? Well, basically Oscar shows true dedication to following his coached training plans, is totally motivated and puts in the maximum effort. The coached training plans that he follows are written specifically for Oscar by our Head Coach, Paul Jackson following monthly 1:1 coaching sessions. This way we can look at where Oscar needs to improve and write that into a plan that meets this needs and without injury.