Joshua Robinson
Director of Racket Sports
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About
Played tennis 30+ years, taught 20+ years, played one year for junior college getting to nationals, coached levels from beginner to WTA 359/ATP 637, earned PTR Master of Tennis Certification and worked as a PTR International Clinician. Majored in Chinese at University of Wisconsin Milwaukee. Lived abroad in China for 12+ years.
International business experience. October 2013: developed high performance juniors from China. Traveled with players abroad coaching, organizing schedules, and system creation. May of 2017: developed a grass roots tennis program in the northwest of China creating a thriving tennis program for local players, regional trainings, and a camp for high school grads attending top two universities in China.
October of 2023: returned to China as Director of Qimeng Tennis Club in Shanghai. Hired and trained coaches, created adult and junior programing, and took the club from 25 players to 100+ in under three years.
Experience
Director at Qimeng Tennis Club (2023-02 – 2023-05)
- Built systems for club development
- Took club from 15k yearly loss to 75K yearly profit
- Developed national level U12 players
Tennis Coach at Naperville Tennis Club (2020-10 – 2022-05)
- Coach players of all ages and levels
- Organized 20+ players for all day summer camp
Owner and Director at Qinghai Qiaoxi Sports and Culture (2017-05 – 2020-01)
- Developed grass-roots program
- Facility cooperation integration: tennis, golf, office rental, dormitory
International Tester at Professional Tennis Registry (2019-09 – 2020-01)
- Certified tennis coaches throughout country
- Directed a three day course in mandarin with written test
Summer Camp Creator/Director at Qinghai Qiaoxi Sports and Culture (2017-03 – 2020-01)
- Directed and managed all facets of summer camp with 50 students for one to three week camps
- Facility rental/cooperation, marketing, sales, parent communication, programing, training and transportation
High Performance Coach at Tianyoude (2013-10 – 2017-02)
- Full-time international traveling coach
Education
Masters Degree in Tennis Junior Development
Bachelors Degree in Chinese – University of Wisconsin Milwaukee
