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Welcome to one of the most rewarding challenges you will ever undertake. The Special Olympics Tennis Coaching Guide will be your best friend throughout the experience.

Professional Tennis Registry (PTR) is the Official Training Partner of Special Olympics, which is why this guide has been compiled by some of the best minds in training the sport of tennis. With the collaboration of experts in the Special Olympics arena, as well as highly respected PTR tennis teaching professionals, you will find this coaching guide translates what you thought were difficult tennis skills, into simple, easy to follow instructions for all coaches.

Read more of this welcome letter by Geoffrey S. Norton, PTR Director of Development, and hear a message from Dan Santorum, CEO of PTR. Be sure to learn about the benefits of tennis and preview the events offered as well.

 

Table of Contents

I.  Tennis
 
 
 
 
 
II. General Information
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Download the entire Tennis Coaching Guide as a Microsoft Word Document or PDF file — Click on the appropriate icon below
 

 
Download the Tennis Quick Start Guide as a Microsoft Word Document or PDF file — Click on the appropriate icon below
 

 

Acknowledgements

Special Olympics wishes to thank the professionals, volunteers, coaches and athletes who helped in the production of the Tennis Coaching Guide. They have helped fulfill the mission of Special Olympics: to provide year-round sports training and athletic competition in a variety of Olympic-type sports for people 8 years of age and older with intellectual disabilities, giving them continuing opportunities to develop physical fitness, demonstrate courage, experience joy and participate in a sharing of gifts, skills and friendship with their families, other Special Olympics athletes and the community.
 
Special Olympics welcomes your ideas and comments for future revisions of this guide. We apologize if, for any reason, an acknowledgement has been inadvertently omitted.
 
Contributing Authors
 
Anne Krupp, Professional Tennis Registry
Kirstie Marx, Special Olympics North Carolina, Coach
Ryan Murphy, Special Olympics, Inc.
Geoff Norton, Professional Tennis Registry
Steven Parker
Glenn Roswal, Special Olympics, Inc. — Tennis Technical Delegate
 
Special Thanks To the Following for All of Your Help and Support
  Jack Barker, Special Olympics South Carolina, Volunteer
Sandra Boyette, Special Olympics North Carolina, Coach
Floyd Croxton, Special Olympics, Inc., Athlete
Dave Lenox, Special Olympics, Inc.
Sue Maner, Special Olympics South Carolina
Kellie Walls, Special Olympics, Inc.
Paul Whichard, Special Olympics, Inc.
Professional Tennis Registry
     Dan Santorum, CEO and Executive Director
     Julie Jilly, Vice President of Operations
Special Olympics North America
Dennis Van der Meer, Founder and President of Professional Tennis Registry
Pat Van der Meer
Van der Meer Tennis Center, Use of facilities for filming of video clips
Video Clips Starring Athletes from Special Olympics North Carolina
     Rob Williams
     John Gray
Video Clips Starring Athletes from Special Olympics South Carolina
     Sue Taylor
     Steven Cole
     Suzanne Darveau
     Peggy Cole
     Betty Strathern, Coach
 
 
 
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