Team Texas: Youth Team Coach

El Cap; Carrollton (TX); On-site; USD 10,000 - 60,000; Part time

Job summary

A leading climbing gym is seeking a passionate Youth Team Coach to deliver engaging practice content for youth athletes. This part-time position involves coaching, athlete support, and collaboration with team managers to enhance the climbing experience. The ideal candidate will possess excellent communication skills and a love for developing youth climbers.

Benefits

Gym membership

Gear discounts

Guest passes

Qualifications

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience coaching youth climbers at the V4-V8 range preferred.
• Knowledge in creating climbs or facilitating workouts on a spray wall preferred.

Responsibilities

• Deliver practice content to youth climbing teams.
• Support and monitor physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing of athletes.
• Assist with administrative duties for the team.

Skills

Communication

Coaching

Passion for working with youth

Job description

At Movement, our core values of growth, connection, and integrity are at the heart of everything we do. We're not just a climbing gym - we're a community that's dedicated to transforming lives through climbing, yoga, and fitness and sharing that vision with as many people as we can. As the country’s largest network of climbing gyms, we're building an extraordinary team that's committed to growing our business, our value to our members, our future customers, and our industry.

By expanding our community, we can create rewarding career paths for our team members, continually improve the customer experience, build a sustainable business for the long term, and give back to the communities we are all a part of. We’re looking for passionate, resilient, and business-minded enthusiasts who share our values and want to join us in not only leading the climbing industry but defining it!

Job Description

The Team Texas Youth Team Coach is a part of a team of coaches who are responsible for delivering practice content to our youth climbing teams and crafting the experience for all levels of Team Texas. Youth Team Climbing Coaches partner with Team Managers to plan and execute programming that results in transformative experiences for youth athletes and teaches life skills through sport climbing.

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Monitor physical, mental and emotional wellbeing and supportexceptional experiencesfor athletes while ensuring team activities promote our core values and asense of belongingin team members
• Work with Lead Coaches and Team Managers to follow the season schedule and deliver the daily instruction for this level of team including Comps, Events, Training plan etc.
  • This includes providing feedback and coaching on existing climbs as well as facilitating problems and workouts on spray walls
• Coach at practices of this level of team, and competitions as needed based on athlete attendance.
• Provide supervision for youth climbers who will be bouldering and belaying.
• Assist the Team Manager with administrative duties for this team level, including monitoring team rosters, tracking belay training, organizing practice notes, and communicating with parents.
• Effectively communicateany issues or concerns with coaching staff and the management team in a timely manner.
• Collaboratewith Team Manager to facilitate mentorship opportunities and personal development for their team level.

Qualifications

• Embody Movement's Core Values (Growth, Connection and Integrity) and the desired culture of our youth team
• Passion for working with youth and developing youth climbing athletes
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to communicate professionally and effectively with athletes, coaches, parents, and gym leadership.
• Knowledge and experience in coaching, especially youth climbing required
  • experience coaching youth climbers at the V4-V8 range strongly preferred.
  • experience creating climbs or facilitating workouts on a spray wall preferred but willing to teach this skillset.

Additional Information

• This position is a Part Time (3-6 hours/week), non-exempt position, including gym membership, gear discounts, guest passes, and other benefits available to Movement employees.
• Starting pay is $13.00 with room for flexibility depending on experience.
• Please submit application by 7/7/25.

Movement is an Equal Opportunity Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, national origin, gender, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, or marital status.

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