competition team
Grip Competition Team.
Grip Bouldering's Competition Team is a community built around helping our youth athletes excel. We provide instruction and coaching for all aspects of competition climbing.
Our coaches focus on individualized feedback and athletic development through both skill acquisition and physical conditioning.
This team is geared towards more experienced climbers, who are actively focused on competing in the USA Climbing circuit.
Joining the Competition Team is done through team try-outs, or by recommendation from a coach.
*All Grip Bouldering youth staff are certified through USA Climbing and Safesport. *
Schedule and team contact.
SCHEDULE - The competition team trains 3x week, Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday from 4-6:30 PM.
Pricing - $227 per month (Includes Membership)
Discounts available for family memberships and multiple enrollments
Pre-Requisite - Membership to Grip Bouldering
Pre-Requisite - Invite from Team Coach
Contact us if you are interested at: mike@gripbouldering.com
comp team starts: August 7th
Meet your Coaches
Mike is the head coach for the Grip Competition team, and has 15 years of experience in building and developing youth programs for climbing gyms throughout the Western US. He has coached hundreds of climbers and watched many excel to both the national and international stage. He is a dedicated rock climber himself, continuing to focus on improvement and constantly researching the newest methodologies of climbing science to help his athletes.
mike kimmel.
cody abshear.
Cody has been coaching rock climbing for most of the last decade, and his three boys are all dedicated competitive climbers. In addition to competition climbing, Cody is constantly striving to instill the values of both sportsmanship and enjoyment of the natural environment in outdoor rock climbing.
“confidence and strength build each other”
— The Grip Bouldering Team