Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to Julian Morales. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Hi Julian, thanks for joining us today. Let’s kick things off with your mission – what is it and what’s the story behind why it’s your mission?

As a kid growing up playing tennis in a non-tennis community, there weren’t many opputunities to play outside of the local program they had for us. So if any of us really wanted to grown wih the sport we didn’t really know what that would look like. As much as I loved my coaches at that program at the time they didn’t really have the tools to give those opptunities either. By the time I started coaching I vowed to create a tennis enviornment that was, community driven, afforable, and a space that welcomed growth.

Great, appreciate you sharing that with us. Before we ask you to share more of your insights, can you take a moment to introduce yourself and how you got to where you are today to our readers.

Our business is called Urban Backspin and we really want to promote inclusion and diversity for the sport of tennis. We also want to make the sport more accessable by lowering the bar for entry whether it’s the prespective of difficulty or lowering price points that normally exsist. Brining an experience that really speaks to tennis being for everyone.

Can you tell us about a time you’ve had to pivot?

Currently we are working on trying to find a way to still get the ball rolling without the use of tennis courts. Getting a permit for teaching purposes in NYC is not easy or affordable for a start up. We have some ideas to continue to get our names out there. We want to set up pop-ups with portable nets and show the power of where and any time. Along with content creation

Can you tell us the story behind how you met your business partner?

My business partner and I acctually gree up playing tennis together through our local program. We grew up together and as we got older noticed we had a common interest and goal for helping under resouced populations with health and fitness.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://urbanbackspin.com
• Instagram: @urbanbackspin