climbing escalade canada × sportsense
the pilot program
two months with six climbing coaches, each using sportsense with their own athletes, ending in a straight answer on continuing to use sportsense.
prepared for climbing escalade canada · september 2026
how it runs
what each side brings
sportsense provides
- an individual account for each person, with full access to the app for the whole pilot
- a weekly office hour with Rich, for questions and whatever you are working on
- email support throughout, at rich@sportsensetech.com
- check ins half way through and at the end, on a call or in person
- the coach setup guide at sportsense.coach/cec-setup
what each coach brings
- two sessions a week using sportsense with your own athletes
- film attempts and build a small set of reference clips
- compare athletes against those clips and track how they progress
- film at least one competition or mock competition inside the window
- tell us what is working and what is not, as you go
the use cases
what the pilot is testing
four workflows, chosen because they are things climbing coaches already do by hand. what the pilot tests is whether doing them in one place changes the coaching.
the athlete sees their own attempts
whether a coach can pick up the video analysis and use it well, so an athlete sees what actually changed between attempts rather than being told.
libraries built in a controlled setting
gym sessions and camps, where movement can be filmed cleanly and built into a reference standard the whole squad works from.
real events and mock comps
capture at a competition, and at the mock comps built to rehearse it, so the workflow is tested under the conditions it has to survive.
tags that mean the same thing to everyone
a shared vocabulary the coaches build during the pilot, specific enough to carry wall angle, hold type, movement context and problem type.
a setter workflow
assesssing the viability of a setter specific use case, including a setting reference library.
success criteria
how we know it worked
a proposed starting point rather than a finished list. we would rather agree these with you before the pilot starts than argue about them at the end.
coaches and athletes are using it
coaches and athletes using the app through the pilot, for video analysis at competitions and for sharing reference clips.
the tools change how a coach coaches
whether comparison and the other tools in sportsense help a coach coach better, and in what ways.
was it useful in a competition setting
tested at at least one competition inside the window, and whether it earned its place there.
the feed becomes a lasting record
whether the feed shows progression and stands as the record of an athlete improving.
climbing terminology gets built
we start to structure the terminology and the reference tags climbing needs.
can coaches and athletes use it independently
how much support they still need from us by the end of the pilot.
the window
october to december
accounts set up and coaches onboarded in the first week.
a check in for feedback and product updates, on a call or in person.
a final check in, the results against the criteria above, and the decision.
it ends with a straight answer from the coaches who ran it about whether there is enough value here to keep going. anything built during the pilot stays with the coaches who built it.