"I want to teach more kids to play tennis, but there is no shortage of good coaches in big cities," he said.

In 2017, Robinson decided to start his new career in Qinghai. "The children here are still unfamiliar with tennis, even many of them have not come into contact with it. I went to a couple schools and only recruited two children." Robinson said that although he was a little depressed, he devoted himself to teaching both tennis and English.

In the spring of 2018, Robinson had nearly 20 students, but most of them were there to learn English.

"Teaching both English and tennis can attract more parents and children, but I just want to teach tennis well. Later, I decided not to teach English, and many children gave up," he said.

With students of varying levels of skills, Joshua has set up beginner and advanced classes, with the oldest student being 13 years old and the youngest being only 4 years old. In order to broaden the children's worldviews, he often takes the children to Xi'an, Lanzhou, Chengdu and other cities to play amateur competitions on weekends.

Every summer and winter vacation, Robinson holds intensive camps. Many children from Chongqing, Beijing, Hunan, Guangdong and other cities come to play tennis with the local children.

"With the improvement of education policies, more and more Chinese parents are now aware of the importance of sports, which can help their children go to a better school and make their future more possible. Instead of being poor in math, culture, and English, then the kids learn sports," Robinson said.

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