Coach V1 (2) Pair | Finger/ Hang Board & Rings

Coach V1

The first tool in the Coach series, this is our first iteration of the Swiss Army knife of climber training tools.

All in one… A fingerboard. A hang board. Hanging rings. For practice with pull ups, using crimps, jugs, pinches, pockets. And more…

All-in-one Climbing Training Tool?

Is that the best phrase to describe this work of engineering and art?

Inspired by the coaching staff at Vertical eXcape in Bowling Green, KY, the first version of the Coach Series training tool allows the user to switch from a crimpy hold to a jug by simply changing the orientation of the rope. Pull the rope through one direction and you get a sloping crimp. Pull through the other direction and you get a great jug.

In nerd terms, the orientation of the rope creates a moment about the center of the Coach J device from the rope forces that changes the device orientation and the type of hold simulated.

By pulling the rope through the device and out of the back creates a sloping crimp.

Through the front, a jug.

Joined from both sides and in the middle, a great edge/ shelf is created.

The sides of the Coach Version 1.0 are like a pinch from one side, and a spline from the other.

Position the rope so the device sits at an angle and the corners can be used with a pocket feel.

And of course… You can grab the top of the Coach for the monster jugs/ rings.