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ClimbingDad for Coaches

Coach climbers.
Not spreadsheets.

A planning panel for you, the ClimbingDad app for your athletes, and billing that runs itself. You set the price. You keep 85%.

How you join

Four steps. I do two of them.

  1. 1

    Apply

    Tell me who you coach, where, and how many. It takes five minutes and I read every application myself.

  2. 2

    Get your panel

    I set up your coach account and send you a one-time sign-in link. Nothing to install, nothing to configure.

  3. 3

    Invite your athletes

    Generate an invite code in the panel. Your athlete enters it in the app and you are linked — they keep their own account, always.

  4. 4

    Get paid

    Your athlete subscribes at your price. Stripe pays out on whatever schedule you choose, without you sending a single invoice.

What the panel does

Five things, in the order coaches actually need them.

Roster

See everyone at a glance

One row per athlete on a single timeline. Coloured bands are mesocycles, marks are sessions — filled if done, outlined if planned, struck through if skipped. A vertical line is today.

Three months back, six weeks forward. You can see who is peaking, who is deloading, and who has not ticked anything in a fortnight — without opening a single profile.

Coach panel roster view with one timeline row per athlete
Cycles

Build the cycle, not just the week

A macrocycle with a goal date, and mesocycles inside it — base, strength, power, endurance, peak, deload. Each block knows its weeks and its phase, and the roster colours itself from them.

Sessions stay untouched when a cycle changes: a session belongs to a block by date, not by foreign key, so deleting a cycle never deletes anyone’s training.

Coach panel cycle builder with a macrocycle and phased mesocycles
Calendar

Plan on real dates

Not a “weekly rhythm” — an actual calendar. Drag a session from one day to another, pull sessions in from your library, and leave a note on the day itself.

Everything you can do by dragging you can also do with a button, so the panel works on a phone on the gym floor.

Coach panel calendar with sessions planned on dates
Session builder

Build the session properly

Full-screen editor: catalog on the left, warm-up, main block and cool-down on the right. Prescription fields match the kind of exercise — a hangboard set does not ask you for a grade.

Coach panel session builder with exercise catalog and training blocks
Library

Your exercises, not just mine

Seventy-one exercises come built in. Copy one and trim it, or write your own from scratch. Your athletes see your catalog. Nobody else does.

Coach panel exercise library with the coach's own exercises

A line the panel will not cross

Your athlete’s log stays theirs

The panel writes plans, sessions and notes. It cannot write down what an athlete actually did — not by accident, not by design, not even for you. That record has exactly one author, and it is the person who was on the wall.

It sounds like a small thing until the first time an athlete asks whether their history is real.

What your athletes get

The full ClimbingDad app, included in what they pay you. English and Polish.

Today screen with one clear session

Today’s session

Your plan, waiting for them. One tap to start — no deciding, no scrolling.

Live training session screen

Live logging

Sets, rest timer, sends and grades logged while they train, offline if the gym has no signal.

Coach note on a session

Your notes, in context

What you wrote about the session appears before they start it — not buried in a chat thread.

What it costs

One number, and it is not charged to you.

You set the price. You keep 85%.

Payouts run through Stripe. You onboard once with ID and a bank account; after that it is automatic.

Questions coaches ask

What does it cost me?

Nothing out of pocket. The panel is free while you have at least one paying athlete. ClimbingDad keeps 15% of what your athletes pay you, and payment processing fees come out of that 15% — not out of your share. You keep 85%, net.

Who sets the price?

You do, per athlete, per month. You know what your coaching is worth better than I do.

How do I get paid?

Through Stripe. You onboard once with ID and a bank account, and payouts land automatically on a regular schedule. No invoicing anyone, no chasing transfers.

Do I need a registered business?

Not always. You need to be able to take payment for coaching legally where you live, and Stripe will verify your identity and a bank account either way. In Poland, small coaching income can fall under unregistered activity up to a monthly cap, and above that you register a business. Say where you stand on the application and I will point you at the right one — but your tax status stays yours. I run a platform, not your accounting.

Do my athletes pay for the app separately?

No. The ClimbingDad app is included in what they pay you. One subscription, one charge.

Can I bring athletes I already coach?

Yes — that is the point. You generate an invite code in the panel, they enter it in the app, and you are linked. Nobody creates an account on anyone else’s behalf.

What happens if an athlete stops?

The subscription runs to the end of the paid period and then stops. The coaching link ends. Their training history stays theirs — it does not disappear because they left you, and it does not follow you either.

Is it available in Polish?

Yes. Both the app and the coach panel ship in English and Polish, and each person picks their own — you can work in Polish while an athlete reads English.

Why is it an application instead of a sign-up button?

The first cohort is ten coaches and I set up each account personally. I would rather onboard ten coaches properly than a hundred badly.

Do I have to move all my athletes across?

No. Start with one. If the panel does not save you time, you have lost an evening, not a business.

Apply to the network

Send me a note with the six things below and I will come back to you personally. If it is a fit, your panel is ready the same week.

  1. Who you coach, and where you coach them
  2. How many athletes you work with right now
  3. What you use today — spreadsheet, paper, another app
  4. What you would charge per athlete, per month
  5. How you invoice today — registered business, unregistered activity, or nothing set up yet
  6. A link: Instagram, your site, your gym
Apply by email

Or write to climbingdad@mateuszkuba.com in your own words — the list is a prompt, not a form.