Interview Albert Ok - The Speed Climbing Coach with a Global Athlete Team
Before he became a speed climbing coach, Albert Ok was a talented 110m hurdler, a nationally-ranked Guitar Hero player and a chess coach. Fascinated by the minutiae of movement after discovering climbing, he made YouTube videos analysing World Cup beta, earning him millions of views and the moniker 'Professor Ok'. Next, he became a nationally-ranked speed climber. Albert's talent for problem solving and teaching—and a willingness to think outside the box and go the extra mile, experimenting with AI, mathematics and learning Persian—led to his work as a speed coach. Today, Houston-based Albert independently coaches a growing team of 50 speed climbers across the world both in person and remotely, including two Olympic-qualified athletes and the current men's world record holder.
"I have a pipe dream of going to a sprinting-specific country like Jamaica and taking the "B" team sprinters and making them into the best speed climbers in the world."