Junior Climbing Coaching
More than just a sport, weekly climbing coaching helps young people develop confidence, determination and problem-solving skills while improving strength, balance and coordination.
Edinburgh Leisure offers a range of weekly climbing coaching courses at EICA Ratho, one of the world’s most famous climbing centres. With options for both beginners and more advanced climbers ages 8 – 17, there’s something for everyone.
Join a course and start your climbing adventure!
You can contact our team at EICA via email on coaching.eica@edinburghleisure.co.uk
Entry-level courses
We are an accredited partner and benchmark our classes to the widely recognised NICAS levels of achievement, measuring clear progress to work towards development goals.
Not sure which to choose? Feel free to contact us to help place your child in the right programme for their experience and skill set.
Climbing Rocksters (Ages 8 – 12)
Recommended for most children who are new to climbing or would like a foundational level in their skills.
A weekly 2 hour coaching session for children aged 8 – 12 years who want to learn and develop their rope climbing skills.
Participants progress through five levels of the official NICAS pathway in a fun and supportive environment.
Climb Youth Club (Ages 13 – 17)
A fun and welcoming climbing and bouldering programme for older children aged 13 – 17.
Whether new to climbing or looking to develop existing skills, participants can build confidence, learn new techniques and make friends in a supportive coaching environment.
Holiday Climbing Courses
We offer a variety of NICAS accredited courses for young people aged 8-14 during the school holidays. We also offer a holiday climbing Youth Club for teens aged 13 – 17 with or without previous climbing experience.
They offer a great way to try out climbing for the first time during the holidays without commitment to regular coaching, provide benchmarking on current ability or to focus in on advanced skill development.
Specialist invite-only courses
Whilst we get to know our climbers, some children develop particular interests or advanced skills where our instructors may invite them to join our specialised coaching groups to explore this and accelerate their development.
We’ll be in touch by email if we would like to recommend your child progresses to one of these courses and provide further information.
Like all our coaching classes, please get in touch if your child may have any additional support needs which we will endeavour to accommodate either through our main coaching programme or specialist courses.
- Geckos
- Cullins
- Development Squad
- EICA Youth Squad
- Advanced Youth Club
- Advanced Rocksters
Adult Climbing Courses and More
In addition to our junior climbing programme, we also offer coaching sessions for adult climbers of all abilities, from complete beginners to experienced climbers looking to improve their technique.
We also provide coaching across a range of other sports at other venues across the city from swimming, badminton or even golf, helping both young people and adults develop skills, confidence and a lifelong love of being active.
