Coach Racae is the owner, director, and Head Coach of Archery Training Center, Inc. She began coaching in 1995, and is responsible for developing, directing, coaching and administering the JOAD and Adult Training Programs, which have included over 10,500 archers, and many podium placements. Her main passion is to grow archers, and through coaching, improve their confidence, positive self-image, focus, strength, work ethic, resilience and success.

Before moving to Austin in 1994, Coach Racae was a corporate interior architect and facilities director. She grew up in the United States, but then was educated and trained in England. She practiced in London, in San Francisco, and later in Manhattan, where she was Interior Design Director at Marcel Breuer Architects and Facilities Director for a national insurance company. Later she founded a successful corporate interior and graphic design firm, created and taught Construction Project Management to Corporate Executives at New York University, and was Chairperson of the Awards Committee for the Building Owners and Managers Association (BOMA) of Greater New York City for several years.

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Coach Chris Ching has been a competitive archer with Archery Training Center, Inc. since 2016. He coordinates and supervises ATCI archers while they are practicing on the north outdoor field. He also constructs, maintains and oversees the outdoor archery equipment, and liaisons with the owners and managers of the outdoor fields.

His previous martial arts interests have been in: Karate, Wado Style, 3rd degree black belt, under 10th degree Master Soke Kiyohisa Hirono; Tai Chi Chuan, many years of the self defense form under the late Grand Master Hu Ling Tung; and Taekwondo, two years of training under USA Olympic Coach, Grand Master Sang Chul Lee.

Chris is an engineer with degrees in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering with a Master´s degree in Business Administration with a strength in Information Sciences. He worked at Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard as a civilian and held top positions as a Chief Test Engineer, Reactor Plant General Foreman, Nuclear Ship Superintendent, Nuclear Test Manager, Nuclear Project Engineer, Project Superintendent, and retired as the Shipyard´s Production Superintendent who coordinated the civilian workforce of all US Naval Shipyards as the senior and Founding Member of the Corporate Submarine Workforce Planning Team. His most treasured awards include a US Presidential Letter of Appreciation and becoming the Federal Manager of the Year 2000.

Coach Jake started training at Archery Training Center with Coach Racae in August 2019. He is now one of the top competitive male recurve archers in the US, ranking about 20th in 2024. His goal is the 2028 Olympic team! He has applied the focus, strength, and discipline he previously used to become a nationally ranked cyclist to progressing really fast into competitive archery. His knowledge of nutrition, physical training and periodization makes him a very valued member of our team of coaches. He became certified as a USA Archery Level 2 Instructor in 2020, and Level 3 NTS Coach in 2022.

Coach Joel joined ATCI in 2023, first as a parent, then as a coach. Having been inspired by his daughters, he finally began training as an archer himself. He earned his Level 3 certification ahead of the 2024 JOAD Target Nationals. (Three ATCI U13 archers competed, and his daughter, Abigail, took home a gold medal in the U13 Girls' Team event)

Coach Joel brings a variety of coaching and leadership skills to Archery Training Center, and helps athletes discover their full potential through enjoyment of the sport, form work, and disciplined training.

Outside of archery, Joel works in energy policy and serves at a local church and on a number of non-profit boards.

Coach Lindsay first came to Archery Training Center as the parent of a new JOAD archer in 2017. After several years as a parent at ATCI, she became certified as a USA Archery Level 2 Instructor in 2020 and then as a Level 3 NTS Coach in 2022. Her experience of coming to the sport as a parent supporting their child and then persisting through eight years and counting helps her relate to young archers and their families.

Lindsay is also no stranger to instructional environments for adults. She holds a Ph.D. in English and is a professor at Austin Community College, where she teaches British Literature and Composition.

Coach Nick started training at Archery Training Center in October of 2023, after watching his two sons attend the first-time class. In 2024, he became certified as a Level 2 Instructor and then a Level 3 NTS Coach with the goal of becoming a resource not only for his own kids, but other archers. In 2025, his goals as an archer are to make it to 70 meters outdoors and set new personal bests indoors. As a coach, he is eager to advise and help, especially on equipment issues and always has his tools and supplies bag ready to handle almost any equipment emergency.

Professionally, Coach Nick is a CFA charterholder working as a fixed income portfolio manager. He enjoys walking his dogs, fishing and travelling with his family.

Instructor Josh and assistant Miles have been studying at Archery Training Center since May 2024. Josh and Miles currently help manage the ATCI North Field at Pioneer Farms and help instruct the Pioneer Farms Explore Archery courses. (https://www.pioneerfarms.org/shop-workshops-seminars/archery) They enjoy archery for its mental and physical health benefits, as well as for all of the welcoming and helpful archers and coaches on the ATCI team. They feel they have learned so much from everyone in such a short time!

Josh works professionally as a historian and archivist in Austin. Miles enjoys reading, gaming and volunteering.