Youth Female Performance Clinics with Maya Stasiuk

This four-session clinic is designed to give young female competition climbers a deeper understanding of how to perform, think, and move under real competition conditions. Drawing directly from her experience competing on the IFSC World Cup circuit, Maya will guide athletes through the technical, tactical, and psychological skills that have the greatest impact on competition performance — particularly those that cannot be developed through strength training alone.

Photo credit IFSC

  • Hi, I’m Maya! I’m a Melbourne based competition climber with 14 years of climbing experience, 12 of which spent competing at both national and international levels. I’ve competed on the IFSC World Cup circuit since 2023 and recently became a World Cup semi finalist in 2025. 

    Alongside my own training, I’m deeply passionate about helping young female climbers grow not just as athletes, but as confident, thoughtful competitors. Having spent many years on the receiving end of high-performance coaching, I’ll deliver a strong understanding of what truly helps athletes improve — from technical movement and competition tactics to mindset, confidence, and decision-making under pressure. These sessions will also place a strong emphasis on skill development, creativity, commitment, and building trust in one’s own abilities. 

    In tandem with this, I’m particularly focused on creating a positive space where young female climbers feel empowered to take risks, ask questions, and back themselves — both in training and in competition.

  • This clinic is intended for motivated youth female climbers who are currently competing, or preparing to compete, at state or national level and who already train regularly.

    It is best suited to athletes who want to improve their competition performance by developing stronger decision-making, better movement skills, and a more confident, composed mindset in competition environments.

  • Week 1: Monday 26th Jan
    Week 2: Tuesday 3rd Feb
    Week 3: Monday 9th Feb
    Week 4: Tuesday 17th Feb

    Each session will be held at 9 Degrees Waterloo from 4pm - 7pm with a maximum of 6 participants. At this stage bookings are for the 4 week block and individual sessions are unavailable.

    Cost:
    $320 for the 4 weeks
    Gym entry included

“I’m so excited to share my experiences, lessons, and love for climbing with the next generation of competitors and I look forward to helping athletes get the most out of their climbing journey!”
— Maya

Lesson Plan


Session 1 | Introductions & assessments

  • Group welcome, introductions, intention settings and warm up

  • 5 on 5 off competition simulation on 3 boulders, used to assess the athletes

  • Post comp sim reflection

  • Psychological strategies workshop

  • A second mini comp sim, applying the lessons learned

 
Session 2 | Confidence, commitment & first attempts

  • Warm up: intentional movements and commitment

  • Off the wall visualisation activity

  • Limited attempt boulders

Session 3 | technical climbing & movement efficiency

  • Warm up: movement and mobility focused

  • Spray wall: technical climbing

  • Complex movement and dynamic climbing

  • Competition style boulders & dynos

Session 4 | technical climbing & movement efficiency 

  • Warm up: slow slab traversing

  • Creativity and visualisation

  • Slab climbing techniques

  • Sequencing of boulders within competitions

  • Final comp sim

@itskevin7c, AG holds 

“Looking back on my 12 years of experience these have been the common threads of some of the best training camps and coaching lessons I have attended; with particular emphasis on slab training (in lesson 4) as it has fast improvement/development and makes a great difference to comp climbing if done well - advice I only learned through coaching from Japanese Coach Katsu Miyazawa.

Having said that though, something I wish I could have taught my younger self earlier would be the confidence training - this is something that has helped me dramatically recently and has unfortunately never appeared at any of the training camps I’ve attended. I think this will greatly benefit young female athletes and instil a stronger sense of confidence, self-efficacy, purpose, and intent in their climbing to bring better quality to attempts. ”
— Maya

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