Rachel Carr - No high-level FEMALE COACHES??

Rachel Carr - No high-level FEMALE COACHES??

From That's Not Real Climbing by Jinni Xia

February 2, 2026 · 1h 14m · Season 6 · Episode 5

About this episode

Rachel Carr discusses her experiences as a female coach in climbing and the challenges she faces in the sport.

Rachel is a Team GB coach and also Erin McNeice’s personal coach! She started as an athlete and competed in youth worlds, but moved down the coaching path shortly after. In this episode, we’ll talk about performance anxiety as an athlete, the difficulties she faced being taken seriously as a young female coach, and we’ll get insight into team GB’s training as well as Erin’s insanely huge team of coaches. Guest links : Rachel’s Instagram Rachel’s Youtube Reference links : Thank you Mad Rock for sponsoring this episode! Use code 'notrealclimber' for 10% off your ENTIRE order, even if you're a returning customer! https://madrock.com/ Learn more about the podcast at www.thatsnotrealclimbingpodcast.com Follow on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/thatsnotrealclimbingpodcast Join the FREE community in Discord! https://discord.gg/QTa668g8zp Join Patreon for a welcome gift, deleted scenes, and question priority: www.patreon.com/thatsnotrealclimbingpodcast Timestamps of discussion topics Timestamps of discussion topics 0:00 - Intro 1:23 - Mad Rock Shoutout!! 2:03 - Getting ready for British Bouldering Champs 4:41 - Performance anxiety as an athlete 8:59 - Being "realistic" on your…

People in this episode

Host: Jinni Xia

Guest: Rachel Carr

Topics covered

  • performance anxiety
  • female coaches
  • coaching youth vs senior
  • Team GB training
  • coaching challenges

Keywords

  • climbing
  • coaching
  • female athletes
  • performance anxiety
  • Team GB
  • youth coaching
  • sports

Sponsors

Mad Rock

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Team GB

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