OUR STORY
Built By A Coach Who Lived Through The Injury
Road To Pro exists because our founder, a former ATP tour player and Grand Slam-level coach, lost years of his career to injuries the gear at the time couldn't prevent. Every product since has been engineered to change that.
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Injury-prevention gear, built by someone who lived the injury.
Road To Pro (RTP) makes performance gear engineered around one question: what does this joint, tendon, or footstrike actually go through — and how do we absorb that impact before it turns into an injury? It started with one player's own body breaking down on tour, and it's grown into a line of Sorbothane-engineered dampeners, grip socks, and heel pads worn by athletes across tennis, pickleball, running, and badminton.
Sky Kim, on court.
THE FOUNDER
Meet Sky Kim
The Player
Sky Kim chased a professional tennis career from the age of six, going on to reach the ATP tour and a career-high world ranking of No. 481. Two knee surgeries and a shoulder injury eventually ended his playing days — sidelined not by his opponents, but by his own body.
The Coach
Sky moved courtside as a coach, working with Hyeon Chung through his breakout 2017 Next Gen ATP Finals title in Milan — making Chung the first Korean player to win it. That momentum carried into Chung's stunning run at the 2018 Australian Open, where he upset Novak Djokovic and became the first Korean man to reach a Grand Slam semifinal.
The Founder
In 2016, Sky founded Road To Pro to build the injury-prevention gear he needed as a player and saw his own students need on tour — patenting the Sorbothane-engineered ShockSorb dampener and, in 2020, inventing the Heel Pad XC. He's also written "The Art of War: Art of Tennis," bridging Sun Tzu's strategy with the modern game — the same teaching instinct that built RTP.
“I feel your pain. I gave it all I had to go pro since I was six, only to be sidelined by injuries. I started Road to Pro so players can stay at the top of their game.” — Sky Kim, Founder of Road To Pro
The Road So Far
WHAT SKY CREATED
Three products, one mission
Every RTP product is built around independent lab testing and real biomechanics — not guesswork.
ShockSorb Dampener
94.7% of impact shock absorbed, independently lab-tested
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UltraGrip Socks
Dual-sided non-slip grip that locks your foot in place — official sock of the 2025 APP Tour
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Heel Pad XC
Sorbothane cushioning tested past 1,000,000 steps with zero compression
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REAL ATHLETES. REAL PROOF.
Worn on tour — tennis and pickleball
From coaching legends to APP Tour pros, RTP gear is put through real match conditions before it ever reaches you.
🎾 Tennis
🏓 Pickleball
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