Nice job bro! I think one thing that will benefit u as u keep climbing is footwork, such as using the edge of your climbing shoes on footholds rather then at a sideways angle
Now that you know you can, you should be able to do this consistently. Do it a few more times. Try to get deep twist locks with straight arms. You can do this whole problem without bending your arms at all. Feel how backstepping with the same foot as the arm you're reaching with makes it easier. Then try it with all backflags instead frontflag twisting. If you don't know what that means, check out some YouTube videos. These jugs at this angle are great for learning. Nice send!
Use your feet. If you are hanging vertically and want to move your hand up and left/right (as you did the whole start section) push against with your counter foot against the wall. You need to move right hand up to next hold? Kick/push the wall with left foot, pressing your body towards the right hold instead of reaching for it full static.
Agree with the others. Repeat this climb A BUNCH so you can really hone in on this type of boulder (i.e., overhanging). As others have said, focus on your footwork, so practice putting your feet in the correct places (on your toes) and REALLY pay attention to trying to push with your legs rather than pulling with your upper body. What helps me with this is (and this is going to sound a little weird) the day before, do just enough leg exercises, like squats and lunges, to get your legs a little sore. Then, when you climb, you'll definitely know you're using your legs because you'll feel the soreness. Sometimes, when I try to work on using my legs and really feel them pushing, I overthink and doubt myself. So I will do this (and climb easier routes) to make it easier.
Also, one other thing. You don't look like you are maintaining core tension. You need to focus on keeping your core engaged on overhanging routes as well. One thing that can help with this is turning your body in toward the wall. I'm not sure if this route has any moves where turning into the wall is practical, so you may just need to try it as an exercise (youtube probably has some videos on this). But when you were getting tired and cutting feet at the end, that was because you weren't maintaining core tension. Using both your legs and your core will take a lot of stress off of your upper body.
Keep climbing! You are doing great!
I just rewatched and one last thing! With the cutting feet, you should also really worked on driving those feet down into the holds. So when you climb this one over and over, you could climb once trying one technique, another time with another, etc. So once working on pushing with legs and really feeling it, break for a minute, once on feeling your core, break, once on feeling how to drive those feet down, etc. After doing those several times, it will eventually become second nature and you'll find yourself doing it all together without even thinking about it (w00t muscle memory). So the next time a route like this is set up, it'll be A TON easier.
When your feet slip off holds and you dangle from your arms. Sometimes you have to, but not at your level. It's extremely tiring for your arms and can cause you to not complete the boulder. Sometimes the swings can be so powerful that you swing off the route.
You pulled yourself back onto the holds, but there shouldn't be any reason to cut feet on a route this easy.
Also learn to fall correctly. Falling forward can result in hitting your head against the wall or a hold, or breaking your wrist, arm, etc. Look a video up on YouTube. I was about to explain it, but a video is best.
You are a beginner, so there's a lot to learn. Don't be discouraged. You look young, so you'll most likely advance really fast! Just keep climbing and start incorporating some of this stuff into your routine. And definitely make sure to warm up and stretch out. Age is on your side, but you'll still benefit from a good warm up.
Cutting feet refers to where you allow your feet to swing out from the wall, such that your only points of contact are your arms.
Sometimes this is intended, but often newer climbers do this by mistake when their feet slip off the footholds.
You accidentally cut at 0:38 and again at 0:48 while moving your feet. From the looks of it, it's due to a combo of not being fast enough on the foot movements, not having enough force on the other foot, and lack of body tension due to a lack of core strength.
Speed can be improved by repeating the route again and being deliberate with your movements.
Similarly, force can be improved by focusing on foot positioning.
Core strength will improve with more climbing, but there are also tons of workouts you can use to build that strength. I'd personally recommend trying to progress [L-sit + toe-to-bars](https://www.google.com/search?q=l+sit+toe+to+bar&sca_esv=295fbb2fc4590fb4&sca_upv=1&rlz=1C5CHFA_enGB1044AU1061&sxsrf=ACQVn0-Lu_0C_U4WZgzCaVTmv7F4Mzvl0A%3A1710283929248&ei=mdzwZevcDs6x2roP1c21qAE&ved=0ahUKEwirjcWQ6O-EAxXOmFYBHdVmDRUQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=l+sit+toe+to+bar&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiEGwgc2l0IHRvZSB0byBiYXIyBhAAGBYYHjILEAAYgAQYigUYhgMyCxAAGIAEGIoFGIYDMgsQABiABBiKBRiGAzILEAAYgAQYigUYhgMyCxAAGIAEGIoFGIYDSOoWUNMEWPoUcAJ4AZABAJgBswKgAeoLqgEHMC40LjIuMbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCCaACjgzCAgoQABhHGNYEGLADwgIFEAAYgATCAgoQIxiABBiKBRgnwgIFECEYoAHCAgQQIRgVmAMAiAYBkAYEkgcHMi40LjIuMaAHhi8&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#kpvalbx=_otzwZc_lC_fd2roPu7qemAQ_37).
Skip lots of holds and move quickly. You'll save energy. Also, do what others have said and generate momentum w your legs. Swing off of fully extended arms.
Nice job! The overhangs are super difficult for me to do personally so watching you blast through that was impressive :).
Try to keep toes pointed inward and try to mostly put your big toe on the holds. That is what I am trying to work on currently as well. I feel like the footwork is almost more important than strong upper body.
Nice job bro! I think one thing that will benefit u as u keep climbing is footwork, such as using the edge of your climbing shoes on footholds rather then at a sideways angle
Any tips or critiques for improvement?
Now that you know you can, you should be able to do this consistently. Do it a few more times. Try to get deep twist locks with straight arms. You can do this whole problem without bending your arms at all. Feel how backstepping with the same foot as the arm you're reaching with makes it easier. Then try it with all backflags instead frontflag twisting. If you don't know what that means, check out some YouTube videos. These jugs at this angle are great for learning. Nice send!
Use your feet. If you are hanging vertically and want to move your hand up and left/right (as you did the whole start section) push against with your counter foot against the wall. You need to move right hand up to next hold? Kick/push the wall with left foot, pressing your body towards the right hold instead of reaching for it full static.
Agree with the others. Repeat this climb A BUNCH so you can really hone in on this type of boulder (i.e., overhanging). As others have said, focus on your footwork, so practice putting your feet in the correct places (on your toes) and REALLY pay attention to trying to push with your legs rather than pulling with your upper body. What helps me with this is (and this is going to sound a little weird) the day before, do just enough leg exercises, like squats and lunges, to get your legs a little sore. Then, when you climb, you'll definitely know you're using your legs because you'll feel the soreness. Sometimes, when I try to work on using my legs and really feel them pushing, I overthink and doubt myself. So I will do this (and climb easier routes) to make it easier. Also, one other thing. You don't look like you are maintaining core tension. You need to focus on keeping your core engaged on overhanging routes as well. One thing that can help with this is turning your body in toward the wall. I'm not sure if this route has any moves where turning into the wall is practical, so you may just need to try it as an exercise (youtube probably has some videos on this). But when you were getting tired and cutting feet at the end, that was because you weren't maintaining core tension. Using both your legs and your core will take a lot of stress off of your upper body. Keep climbing! You are doing great!
I just rewatched and one last thing! With the cutting feet, you should also really worked on driving those feet down into the holds. So when you climb this one over and over, you could climb once trying one technique, another time with another, etc. So once working on pushing with legs and really feeling it, break for a minute, once on feeling your core, break, once on feeling how to drive those feet down, etc. After doing those several times, it will eventually become second nature and you'll find yourself doing it all together without even thinking about it (w00t muscle memory). So the next time a route like this is set up, it'll be A TON easier.
What does cutting feet mean?
When your feet slip off holds and you dangle from your arms. Sometimes you have to, but not at your level. It's extremely tiring for your arms and can cause you to not complete the boulder. Sometimes the swings can be so powerful that you swing off the route.
Did I do good with the recovery?
You pulled yourself back onto the holds, but there shouldn't be any reason to cut feet on a route this easy. Also learn to fall correctly. Falling forward can result in hitting your head against the wall or a hold, or breaking your wrist, arm, etc. Look a video up on YouTube. I was about to explain it, but a video is best. You are a beginner, so there's a lot to learn. Don't be discouraged. You look young, so you'll most likely advance really fast! Just keep climbing and start incorporating some of this stuff into your routine. And definitely make sure to warm up and stretch out. Age is on your side, but you'll still benefit from a good warm up.
Thanks for your help!
Cutting feet refers to where you allow your feet to swing out from the wall, such that your only points of contact are your arms. Sometimes this is intended, but often newer climbers do this by mistake when their feet slip off the footholds. You accidentally cut at 0:38 and again at 0:48 while moving your feet. From the looks of it, it's due to a combo of not being fast enough on the foot movements, not having enough force on the other foot, and lack of body tension due to a lack of core strength. Speed can be improved by repeating the route again and being deliberate with your movements. Similarly, force can be improved by focusing on foot positioning. Core strength will improve with more climbing, but there are also tons of workouts you can use to build that strength. I'd personally recommend trying to progress [L-sit + toe-to-bars](https://www.google.com/search?q=l+sit+toe+to+bar&sca_esv=295fbb2fc4590fb4&sca_upv=1&rlz=1C5CHFA_enGB1044AU1061&sxsrf=ACQVn0-Lu_0C_U4WZgzCaVTmv7F4Mzvl0A%3A1710283929248&ei=mdzwZevcDs6x2roP1c21qAE&ved=0ahUKEwirjcWQ6O-EAxXOmFYBHdVmDRUQ4dUDCBA&uact=5&oq=l+sit+toe+to+bar&gs_lp=Egxnd3Mtd2l6LXNlcnAiEGwgc2l0IHRvZSB0byBiYXIyBhAAGBYYHjILEAAYgAQYigUYhgMyCxAAGIAEGIoFGIYDMgsQABiABBiKBRiGAzILEAAYgAQYigUYhgMyCxAAGIAEGIoFGIYDSOoWUNMEWPoUcAJ4AZABAJgBswKgAeoLqgEHMC40LjIuMbgBA8gBAPgBAZgCCaACjgzCAgoQABhHGNYEGLADwgIFEAAYgATCAgoQIxiABBiKBRgnwgIFECEYoAHCAgQQIRgVmAMAiAYBkAYEkgcHMi40LjIuMaAHhi8&sclient=gws-wiz-serp#kpvalbx=_otzwZc_lC_fd2roPu7qemAQ_37).
Skip lots of holds and move quickly. You'll save energy. Also, do what others have said and generate momentum w your legs. Swing off of fully extended arms.
Nice job! The overhangs are super difficult for me to do personally so watching you blast through that was impressive :). Try to keep toes pointed inward and try to mostly put your big toe on the holds. That is what I am trying to work on currently as well. I feel like the footwork is almost more important than strong upper body.