OUTDOOR CLASSES
OUTDOOR CLASSES
WHO WE ARE
Our guiding pillars, ROCK:
Routesetting
Sportrock has some of the best routesetters in the country and one of only a handful of level 5 USA Climbing Certified Routestters. They work hard to set the most creative, challenging, diverse, and fun boulder problems and routes. With all of our expansions over the years, we offer state of the art climbing terrain with the tallest walls in the Metro DC area.
Original
We are one of the first indoor rock climbing gyms in the country. Sportrock was founded in 1994 by a group of climbers who outgrew a home wall in Zich’s Garage, an unused auto garage shop. Even after 5 expansions over 26 years, we have stayed true to being a climbing gym rooted in top-notch climbing and building a strong community of climbers.
Community
Whether it’s within the walls of Sportrock or on a larger scale reaching out to various audiences. We use rock climbing as a platform to expand our community. We host a weekly Parkinsons Group, adaptive climbing, at-risk youths, fundraisers for various causes are just some examples.
Routesetting
Sportrock has some of the best routesetters in the country and one of only a handful of level 5 USA Climbing Certified Routestters. They work hard to set the most creative, challenging, diverse, and fun boulder problems and routes. With all of our expansions over the years, we offer state of the art climbing terrain with the tallest walls in the Metro DC area.
WHO WE ARE
Our guiding pillars, ROCK:
Original
We are one of the first indoor rock climbing gyms in the country. Sportrock was founded in 1994 by a group of climbers who outgrew a home wall in Zich’s Garage, an unused auto garage shop. Even after 5 expansions over 26 years, we have stayed true to being a climbing gym rooted in top-notch climbing and building a strong community of climbers.
Community
Whether it’s within the walls of Sportrock or on a larger scale reaching out to various audiences. We use rock climbing as a platform to expand our community. We host a weekly Parkinsons Group, adaptive climbing, at-risk youths, fundraisers for various causes are just some examples.
Knowledge
We are committed to being a teaching/learning gym. With the addition of the Sportrock Performance Institute, Sportrock is committed to developing youth and adult athletes of every skill level, from beginner to high-performance athletes. Whether they only climb indoors or want to venture outside, we are committed to educating and preparing climbers to reach their goals.
Knowledge
We are committed to being a teaching/learning gym. With the addition of the Sportrock Performance Institute, Sportrock is committed to developing youth and adult athletes of every skill level, from beginner to high-performance athletes. Whether they only climb indoors or want to venture outside, we are committed to educating and preparing climbers to reach their goals.
TRAINING CAMPS + WORKSHOPS
THE SPORTROCK PERFORMANCE INSTITUTE IS A SPACE THAT GIVES COACHES AND ROUTESETTERS COMPLETE CREATIVE FREEDOM
This unique dynamic translates into amazing growth opportunities for those who are looking to hone their craft. Whether you are an aspiring routesetter or a youth athlete, our training camps & workshops will help you take your game to the next level.
Youth Training Camps
SRPI Youth Training
Camp | Pre Nationals
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Session #1 July 13th & 14th
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Day #1 | 12pm - 5pm
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Day #2 | 10am - 3pm
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Session #2 July 16th & 17th
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Day #1 | 12pm - 5pm
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Day #2 | 10am - 3pm
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Come for just one session or signup for both! Athletes will train either lead or bouldering (and have the option to train Speed on our 15m walls) at each session.
Coaches for the Sportrock Performance Institute's Nationals Training Camp:
Head Coach Taylor Reed is a national and internationally-recognized coach. His athletes just within the past year have achieved medals at this past year's youth nationals, collegiate nationals, national cup series, and adult team trials.
Head Setter and Coach Jeremy Hardin is a Level 5 routesetter who has set both at the national- and world cup-level. He specializes in facilitating the climber's ability to understand his problems through his setting toolkit.
Coach Mohammad Jafari is a respected athlete-coach who was a part of Iran's national climbing team for over a decade. He's been competing internationally since 2001 and has even won the US Bouldering National Championship in 2015.
Coach Hongyu (Jay) Zhao is a respected athlete-coach. He was one China's national level athletes and has significant experience competing, judging, and routesetting. Coach Jay is currently confirmed for Session 2 only. This will be updated if he plans to make Session 1.
Coach Charlie Osborne is the current collegiate lead national champion and recently made the final of the 2022 US Team Trials Lead Discipline. In 2021 he attended his first World Cup.
Athletes will train, undergo competition simulations, learn principles of priming, undergo habit forming and mental training, and generally seek to understand the relationship between the environment and effective/efficient movement.
The session will end with plenty of time to deload prior to Nationals.
Check out images from past training camps!
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