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08/26/2026

Our founders latest creation.

Anyone interested in testing write TossBuddy! in the comments.

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08/25/2026

Back-to-back Masters 1000 titles.

Rafael Matos won Montreal 1000. Then he won Cincinnati Masters 1000 a week later. Two of the biggest doubles titles on tour.

He’s our ambassador. He plays with the ShockSorb.

The ShockSorb is built with Sorbothane, the shock-absorbing polymer NASA uses for equipment isolation. It kills the sting stiff frames leave in your arm without deadening your feel.

Touring pros have access to every dampener on the market. Rafael chose ours. Then he lifted two Masters 1000 trophies in two weeks.

REAL PLAYERS. REAL PROOF.

08/19/2026

MASTERS 1000 CHAMPION! 🏆

A huge congratulations to our RTP ambassador Rafael Matos on capturing the Montreal Masters 1000 Doubles title! 🎉🎾

His first Masters 1000 title and what an incredible milestone.

We’re proud to have Rafa representing RTP and even prouder to be a small part of his journey. Hard work, perseverance, and belief pay off. 💪

Congratulations, Rafa! Well deserved, CHAMPION! 🏆🔥

08/13/2026

The best heel pad works like a great condom.

Barely there. You can’t even feel it. Still gives you all the protection.

The V2 Heel Pad XC is softer than V1, easier to peel, and thin enough that you don’t lose the fit of your shoe. It still eats the shock.

Proof: I dropped my son’s toy ice cream from 15 feet. It bounced back 12 feet. Then I put a Heel Pad XC down and dropped the same toy. It hit the pad. It went nowhere.

The material is Sorbothane. The president of Sorbothane told me it’s one of the most used materials in the world that people don’t know about. Medical devices. Space shuttles.

200,000 units sold. Multilingual instructions in the pouch because we ship worldwide.

We get thank-you letters from players with osteochondritis dissecans (OCD, not the mental disorder). It’s a rare knee condition. They tell us the Heel Pad XC helps them feel a lot better.

If you’re ready to take your game to the next level, let Road to Pro help you.

REAL PLAYERS. REAL PROOF.

08/11/2026

”There is only one perfect dampener in the world right now.“

His words, not ours.

He tried many, many different kinds of dampeners. Finally settled on the Pete Sampras dampener. Then he saw our ad and noticed the word Sorbothane.

”I bought two and tried it. You could tell the difference right away. From the first hit, it was already such a clean contact. It‘s like my hand healed from that moment on. My arm feels fine. I would say give it a try. That’s all you can do. Just try it.“

The ShockSorb is built with Sorbothane, the shock-absorbing polymer NASA uses for equipment isolation. It kills the sting stiff frames leave in your arm without deadening your feel. That‘s why players who tried other dampeners come back to this one.

REAL PLAYERS. REAL PROOF.

08/05/2026

”Even with custom insoles.“

Ena Shibahara plays on the WTA Tour. She‘s coming off 10 weeks of hard training with zero leg issues.

She’s also our ambassador. And she plays with the Heel Pad XC.

”I have custom insoles. I didn‘t even think it was possible to have heel pads on top of them. When I heard I could combine both, I’ll take it. I‘m not the youngest player anymore. I want to take every preventative action I can. I was worried it might change the feel of my feet. It doesn’t. It‘s part of my gear now.“

The Heel Pad XC is built with Sorbothane, the shock-absorbing polymer NASA uses for equipment isolation. It slides under any insole (including custom orthotics) without changing your fit or your feel. It just absorbs the impact your heel would otherwise take.

If a WTA pro who plays custom orthotics can add a Heel Pad without losing feel, so can you.

REAL PLAYERS. REAL PROOF.

07/28/2026

Rafael won Estoril. Ena won Istanbul.

Rafael Matos took the ATP 250 doubles title in Estoril. Ena Shibahara took the WTA 125 doubles title in Istanbul.

Rafael plays with the ShockSorb dampener. Ena, our ambassador, plays in the UltraGrip ankle socks and Heel Pad XC.

Different tours. Different weeks. Same brand on their gear.

Touring pros have access to every dampener, every sock, every insert on the market. When they pick ours and win with them, that’s the strongest signal we can give you that the product does what we say it does.

REAL PLAYERS. REAL PROOF.

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07/23/2026

“Losing is not always losing.”

That’s a line from my book, Art of War, Art of Tennis.

The full quote: “Losing is not always losing. Not being able to analyze why the loss happened is a true loss.” (p.113)

Most players walk off court from a loss and do one of two things. Blame something external (wind, line calls, opponent got lucky). Or bury the memory of the match because it hurts too much to sit with.

Both cost you the same thing.

The players who move up are the ones who can sit with a loss for 20 minutes after the match and answer three questions.

1. What patterns did I lose the most points on?
2. What was I trying to do that wasn’t working?
3. What’s one thing I’ll do differently next match?

That’s the actual loss you’re avoiding when you skip that 20 minutes.

Art of War, Art of Tennis came out in 2016. Every chapter opens with a Sun Tzu line and ends with a tennis move.

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07/21/2026

“My feet slid inside my shoes every match.”

Madison Shepperson plays for CSUN Women’s tennis team. Her old socks weren’t holding her foot in the shoe. Every new pair of tennis shoes came with a fresh round of blisters.

“With the _____ socks, I would move a lot when I would play matches. Sliding inside the shoes. It just sucked. Whenever I would get new shoes, I would get a lot of blisters. I tried out the socks and I loved it.”

She’s in the UltraGrip Socks for every match now.

The UltraGrip Socks has silicone grip pads on the inside and the outside. Inside pads lock the sock to your foot. Outside pads lock your foot to your shoe. No sliding, no friction, no blister.

REAL PLAYERS. REAL PROOF.

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