IS YOUR TENNIS GAME IN NEED OF A NEW TENNIS EXPERIENCE?
IF SO, VOLUNTEER WITH HIGHLAND PARK TENNIS CLUB.
HOW YOU ASK.
NUMBER 1, BECOME INVOLVED WITH OUR TENNIS PROGRAM FOR THE BLIND AND VISUALLY IMPAIRED. WE ARE IN NEED OF INSTRUCTORS AND ASSISTANTS.
IF YOU MISSED THE INITIAL B&VI INSTRUCTORS TRAINING AND REFRESHER, NO DOUBLE FAULT, WE HAVE AN INSTRUCTORS MANUAL AND B&VI INTERNATIONAL RULES BOOKLET TO HELP YOU ACE YOUR TRAINING.
BELOW ARE SOME PICS FROM SATURDAY:
WELCOME AND TRAINING OBJECTIVES PRESENTED BY HPTC PRESIDENT AND B&VI PROGRAM DIRECTOR DANA.
IF YOU THINK THAT YOUR TENNIS GAME IS TOUGH, TRY THIS:
OUR TRAINING CONSISTS OF GROUP 1 ACTING AS INSTRUCTORS WHILE GROUP 2 WEARS BLACKOUT GOOGLES TO SIMULATE WHAT A B&VI TENNIS PLAYER EXPERIENCES. PART 2 OF OUR TRAINING EXERCISE IS ROLE REVERSAL.
AND WE HAD SOME FUN ALSO:
HPTC IS AT THE FOREFRONT OF DEVELOPING A COMPLETE MODEL AND PROGRAM THAT IS EASILY ADAPTABLE FOR INDOORS AND OUT. ALSO, THIS PAST SUMMER ASSISTANT PROGRAM DIRECTOR, JEN, PREPARED AND EXECUTED A SOUND RESEARCH STUDY TO IMPROVE B&VI TENNIS BALL TECHNOLOGY.
NUMBER 2, VOLUNTEER WITH OUR 20TH YEAR FREE TENNIS CLINIC.
SET UP
REGISTRATION
INSTRUCTOR
INSTRUCTOR ASSISTANT
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