Wheel Chair Sports Activities: Tennis

Among all wheel chair sports activities, tennis is one of the fastest growing and most challenging. To meet this demand, USA Tennis offers programs geared towards the wheel chair player.

Rules are the same as stand-up tennis, except the player is allowed two bounces of the ball. Wheel chair tennis provides persons with disabilities the opportunity to share in the sport with their peers and family, whether able-bodied or disabled.

Playing wheel chair tennis adds to socialization and the normalization of life after sustaining a disabling injury. Proficient wheel chair users can play and actively compete against stand-up players.

A tennis player must have a medically diagnosed, mobility-related disability, with a substantial or total loss of function in one or more extremities. The player must master the game and the wheel chair.

Learning mobility on the court is exciting and challenging, and helps build strength and cardiovascular ability.

Source: United States Tennis Association (www.usta.com)

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