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NYC Titans

NYC Titans is FULL for the 25/26 season. Join the interest list below to receive information about 26/27 tryouts, happening in August!

NYC Titans provides an engaging climbing and fitness experience with the opportunity for younger climbers to either be introduced to climbing, or further their climbing knowledge. Through technical clinics, creative challenges, and skill-building activities, participants will learn climbing techniques, basic fitness knowledge, as well as build self-confidence and a healthy climbing mentality.

NYC Titans is for younger kids (ages 8-12 years old) who are looking for a group class that provides a fun, supportive, and educational climbing experience.

Our NYC Titans program is designed to accommodate youth climbers looking for consistent climbing instruction while getting to enjoy climbing with their peers. During the semester, participants will learn proper falling technique, footwork fundamentals, and how to approach new climbs. This program includes warm-ups, activities, and exercises to make their experience engaging as they begin to immerse themselves in the sport of climbing.

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Ages 8-12

Schedule

NYC Titans sessions meet twice per week. We offer three distinct blocks of NYC Titans programming, which participants stick to for the duration of the semester. The blocks are:

Mon. 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM & Sat. 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
OR
Thur. 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM & Sat. 12:00 PM – 1:30 PM.
OR
Wed. & Fri. 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Summer: NYC Titans does not meet during the summer
25/26 School Year: Monday, September 8th through Saturday, June 27th

Pricing

$340

$340/month per climber for up to 2 sessions per week. Program access is limited by availability and roster size.
Discounts available for siblings enrolled together in CRG programs

Monthly price is made up of two portions – the $105 youth membership, and the $235 class fee.

$50 for a trial session, which will be rolled into the first month’s dues if the child is accepted into the program.

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What is included

Program Includes:

  • Up to 2x a week practices
  • Technique training
  • Instructor supervised free-climb time
  • Group games & team building activities
  • Outdoor climbing movie & competitive climbing video showings
  • Climbing gear rental included for the duration of the program

Participants also receive:

  • Full membership to the gym, and are encourage to climb outside of their class times as well
  • Access to all CRG locations (specific age restrictions may apply at each location)
  • Two team shirts

How to Register

CRG Manhattan strives to provide the highest quality in climbing education and social development to our youth program participants. As such, we have limited roster sizes and access to our programs is highly competitive. Prospective participants can find registration information below:

All children must participate in a trial session and be evaluated before joining one of our youth programs. Access to trial sessions is contingent in open spaces on the program. Use the Calendar at the bottom of this page to register for a tryout session when the enrollment period opens.
Trial sessions generally occur once per year, in August. Should a spot open up on one of our programs mid-year/mid-season, we will go down the list of participants in order of those who have already tried out, and then to those on our interest list.
If you have not already done so, please use the button at the top of this page to join our e-mail Interest List. We will use this information to communicate to everyone when there are program openings.
Please note the following:

***Filling out the interest list form does not guarantee placement in either a trial or the youth programs themselves*** This is only used to keep track of those who wish to receive notice when the trial session booking period is about to open.

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Try-Outs

Tryouts occur during the last week of August and first week of September. Use the calendar at the bottom of the page to book a tryout session that works for you.

Tryout sessions cost a non-refundable $50 per participant. Should a participant be accepted into the program, their tryout fee will roll into their first month’s dues.

Booking a trial session does not guarantee program placement. Coaches will inform participants of their decision after every prospective participant has completed their tryout session, and no decisions are made until everyone has tried out.

A child’s level of physical fitness or inherent climbing ability is not the most important factor for us. We consider the following when evaluating a child for our youth programs:

  • Social/emotional maturity and ability to focus on the task at hand in a group setting
  • Ability to receive constructive criticism from coaches
  • Willingness to learn and enthusiasm for the sport
  • Ability to meet program schedule

The program schedule is set, and children are assigned to ONE of the blocks described in the Weekly Schedule blocks based on availability. There is no crossover between the blocks, except in the event of someone needing a makeup class. We ask that people not book a tryout if they cannot commit to one of the blocks as described in the schedule for the entire duration of at last the Fall/Winter semester.

 

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Questions

For any questions not addressed here, feel free to e-mail manhattanyouth@centralrockgym.com and our coaches will be happy to help.

Registration for our youth teams cannot be accomplished by emailing this inbox.

Access to tryout sessions is first-come, first-served and is limited to the availability shown in the calendar below.

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