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Tennis,
Everyone
Adaptive tennis
programs in the
parks can bring
future players off
the sidelines and
into the game

By Mary Helen Sprecher

I

n the morning, you'll see them: athletes filtering onto the park tennis courts before the North Carolina heat catches up to the day. After a short warm-up and a
review from the coaches, lessons, drills and play begin in earnest.
The sounds - cheers when a point is scored, yelps of frustration over the occasional bad shot - can be heard any morning on a thousand municipal courts around
the country. Except, these players, who range from raw beginners to being able to hold
their own in league play, have developmental disabilities. Many still live with their
parents, despite being adults. Some have jobs, some don't. Some may never have jobs
and some live in group homes.
But, they all play tennis in the park,
where passersby stop and watch. And
that, says Jessie Taliaferro, who works
with Abilities Tennis Association of North
Carolina, is the biggest win of all. Without
ever saying a word, these players are opening the eyes of the general population.

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The Abilities Tennis program, which
began in 2007 inside a private racquet
club in Raleigh, North Carolina, has proliferated across the state. There are now
13 programs in different cities, and of
those 13, nine are held on public courts.
" Typically, we would have one to three



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