About
Danielle Griffith is a highly qualified and renowned coach with over a decade of experience working with climbers and gymnasts, with experience across the spectrum of ages and abilities including para climbers.
Coaching beginners and grassroots right through to high performance outdoor climbers and world championship competitors at International Federation of Sport Climbing (IFSC) events across the globe.
Danielle has a plethora of experience working, coaching and instructing within the climbing industry. From training and developing teams of coaches up and down the country, mentoring and delivering coach education courses for the British Mountaineering Council (BMC) and National Indoor Climbing Award Scheme (NICAS) as a coach developer, to; designing and delivering bespoke courses for climbing performance, with a specific interest in mental performance.
Regularly working with climbers and athletes on 1-1 sessions and runs group coaching sessions; with clients ranging from GB Climbing Team Members, Youth Performance Squads and at Women’s events such as The Women’s Climbing Symposium and She Climbs at the National Outdoor Centre, Plas Y Brenin.
Danielle is the Head Instructor/Coach at a commercial climbing wall and has been a head coach for an Olympic medallists Gymnastics Academy.
Danielle has worked with a number of companies as a coach, coach educator, route setter, lecturer and head of department over the years such as:
The British Mountaineering Council (BMC/GB Climbing), National Indoor Climbing Award Schemes (NICAS), DannyWG Mountaineering and Climbing Coach, Beth Tweddle Gymnastics, Women’s Climbing Symposium, She Climbs, Universities, Colleges and Councils such as Wellington College, University Academy 92 (UA92) Manchester, Southampton Solent University, Southampton City Council and Climbing Walls and Gyms such as; The Boardroom Climbing Ltd, Awesome Walls, Boulders Cardiff, Onyx Climbing, Freeklime Climbing, The Climbing Station, Rockover Climbing, Climbing Hut, The Hive Youth Zone, Machin; Ninja Warrior Exercise Studios, Plas Madoc and National Outdoor Activity and regional centres such as The Urdd Centres and Plas Y Brenin, to name a few.
Qualifications and Continual Professional Development:
Mountain Training:
Performance Coach Trained and working towards Assessment
Development Coach
Climbing Wall Development Instructor
Climbing Wall Instructor
Climbing Wall Instructor Abseil Module
Rock Climbing Instructor Trained
BMC:
FUNdamentals of Climbing 1, 2 (Provider) and 3
Physical Training for Climbing (Focus group member for comprehensive review of PT 1&2)
Coaching Children
Safeguarding Children Workshop
NICAS:
Coach Development Team member
Focus group member for Inclusive Workshops, supporting NICAS Ascend
Provider of coach education courses: Performance, Movement, Lead, Clip, Wild & bespoke
UK Coaching:
UK Coaching: ‘Elevate’ Women in a high performance coaching programme (ongoing)
UK Coaching: Safeguarding and Child Protection Training
UK Anti-Doping:
Clean Sport Advisor
Coach Clean
The Open University:
Training for endurance in sport and fitness: Level 2
Training for speed and power in sport and fitness: Level 2
Recovery strategies in sport and exercise: Level 2
Exploring the psychological aspects of sport injury: Level 2
Exploring sport coaching and psychology: Level 1
The science of nutrition and healthy eating: Level 1
Eating to win: activity, diet and weight control: Level 1
Climbing Psychology:
Coach-Athlete Communication
Coach Education Courses: Dealing with Emotions in Climbing
Coaching Youth Climbers
Other Qualifications, Certificates, Training and CPD:
Enhanced Clear DBS
Full Clean UK Driving License with experience driving abroad
Public Liability insurance £15 million
REC First Aid, 16 hours and Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health Advocacy in the Workplace: Level 2
Gymnastics Coach: Level 2
Neurodiversity in Sport
Provider of self curated Mental Performance Workshops
Manual Handling Training and Route Setting Experience
Southampton Solent University:
First Class BA Honors Degree
Awarded the Christian Drane Memorial Prize for Dissertation on:
‘The media’s representation of female athletes, specifically regarding gender inequality.’
Awarded the Team Solent colours for Rock Climbing at the Sport Awards
Final Major Project focused on the exploration of Route Reading
Other projects focused on mental preparation for competitive climbing
Fachhochschule Bielefeld, University of Applied Sciences, Germany:
Intensive German Language Course
Yale College:
DISTINCTION* BTEC Diploma: Level 3
Working with Others and Improving Own Learning: Level 3
Problem Solving and Communication: Level 3
Welsh Baccalaureate: Level 3
Application of Number: Level 2
Information and Communication Technologies (ICT): Level 2
Radio Broadcasting (Presentation): Level 2
Personal:
I’ve always enjoyed being active and competitive and have been participating and competing since a young age in a variety of sports such as gymnastics, judo and cross country as well as non competitively in lots of other sports such as aerial silk, skateboarding and latin dance.
I enjoy all disciplines of climbing, but if I had to choose one I do truly love a big multi-pitch adventure. My fondest climbing adventures have been in the Verdon Gorge, Hvar, los Mallos de Riglos, and on the North Wales slate. I am continuously reading, researching and practicing to improve my understanding of all things climbing and coaching for my own personal climbing journey as well as to help others improve, learn and enrich their lives through my coaching journey.
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