Sport climbing is becoming an increasingly popular sport in Slovenia. Climbing exercises bring numerous positive effects on children, their motor skills and physical characteristics. Through climbing, children not only develop better coordination, flexibility, endurance and balance, but also stronger arms and shoulders, which is crucial during the period of their physical development. Each year, schools offer their students various free extracurricular activities. Implementing sport climbing as an extracurricular activity leads to higher-quality lessons, because in the sport climbing group there are students of a similar age, interested in learning and practising sport climbing. There is an increasing number of climbing walls in school gyms, however, they are often not fully utilized or even remain unused. The reason for this may be the lack of knowledge and compentance among physical education teachers for providing climbing content. The purpose of this master's thesis is to present climbing content through practical and theoretical examples that will help physical education teachers and others involved in teaching climbing, plan and implement lessons. Part one presents the general theoretical background of extracurricular activities and sport climbing together with the description of organizational approaches for more effective lessons. Part two presents climbing contents including theoretical, practical and visual examples that can be implemented during a sport climbing lesson in primary schools. The emphasis is on climbing techniques and exercises to improve them. It also describes belaying with a self-actuating device and top-rope climbing, the safest climbing method for beginners on a large climbing wall. In the end the thesis provides nine lesson plans with a climbing content for three separate three-year periods to help teachers prepare and provide climbing lessons.
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