Tennis coach. Sustainability creator. Gold Coast, Australia.
I spend most of my life on court — coaching at Somerset College, hitting balls, watching players grow. Tennis isn't just my job. It's the sport I love, and I've dedicated my life to it.
But here's the thing nobody talks about: every single day, thousands of tennis balls die and go straight to landfill. They sit there for 400+ years. And nobody does anything about it.
I got tired of watching that happen.
So I started making things. A plant pot. An ottoman. A garland. Objects that people actually want in their homes — built entirely from dead tennis balls.
Then I posted it online. And the internet lost its mind.
10M+ views. 6.5M accounts reached. People from London to Los Angeles asking: "How do you make that?"
That's when I realised — the tennis world is massive. Millions of players, millions of coaches, billions of balls. And I had something to say to all of them.
This is Tennis Ball Upcycling. It started on a court in Gold Coast and it's becoming a global movement.
Come build something.
"I turn tennis waste into something beautiful."
📍 Gold Coast, Australia · Somerset College 📸 @coachalperez 🌐 coachaltennis.com
