Drill 3Normal⏱ 30–60 minutes across a few sessions

Drill 3 — The Two-Hop Climb

Chain exactly two catches — one on each wall — and stop. The first drill where you actually alternate, and the point where most people land their first real wallhop.

Pass criteria

Ten consecutive two-catch climbs starting from each side.

Before you start

Drill 2 passed on both sides

Setup

Same forgiving gap you used for Drill 2. Do not narrow it yet.
Camera squared, hand off the mouse, jump held before you begin.

The drill

1
Catch on the left
Hold Space, press A, get the catch you drilled twenty times. Nothing new so far.
2
Switch in one motion
The instant the catch registers, release A and press D together — one motion, no overlap, no pause at neutral. This single transition is the entire content of this drill.
3
Take the second catch
The right wall gives you a second jump. You are now higher than any single jump could have taken you. Stop here.
4
Release and reset
Let go of everything, land, reset. Two catches only, then stop, every time.
5
Repeat ten consecutive times
Ten clean two-hop climbs in a row. Restart the count on any miss.
6
Mirror it
Now start on D and switch to A. The mirrored version is often noticeably harder, and drilling it now prevents a wraparound from stopping you later.

Troubleshooting

The first catch works, the second never does.

Cause: Almost always key overlap — A and D held together for a moment, cancelling your horizontal travel.

Fix: Practise the swap on flat ground with no jumping. Release-and-press should be one motion your fingers do without thought.

You drop straight down between the walls.

Cause: You passed through neutral, so you had no horizontal velocity when the jump came.

Fix: The keys must hand over directly. Any gap between them is a moment spent falling.

You switch too early and miss the first catch entirely.

Cause: Switching on a mental count instead of on the catch.

Fix: React to the pop. Watch your height rather than listening to an internal rhythm.

Techniques this drill trains

The Wallhop

Insane

Climb a vertical shaft by alternating strafe inputs between two facing walls while holding jump. The technique the whole obby exists to teach.

Jump Chaining (Holding Space)

Easy

Holding the jump key makes the character jump again the instant it registers a landing. This is the engine behaviour that every wall technique is built on top of.

Shift Lock and Camera Control

Easy

Lock your character's facing to the camera so strafe inputs stay predictable. Almost every failed wallhop starts as a camera problem.