ADAPTIVE
AND WHEELCHAIR

The USTA Texas Tennis Foundation believes tennis should be accessible to everyone, regardless of physical or intellectual ability. Through education, training, and grant funding, we provide critical financial support to adaptive and wheelchair tennis programs across Texas, helping individuals of all abilities experience the life-changing benefits of the sport.

 

Tennis has many benefits for both mind and body for everyone.  Physically, playing tennis helps to improve balance, mobility, agility, strength, and fitness.  Mentally, tennis works on one’s focus, concentration, and reactive and problem-solving behaviors. Emotionally, it can promote self-confidence, instill feelings of success, relieve stress, and provide social outlets, such as meeting new friends, enhancing relationships, or providing great family outings. All of these benefits are incredibly important for those with disabilities.

 

Adaptive tennis may apply to individuals who may have some form of physical or intellectual disability, including hearing impairment, blindness/visual impairment, dwarfism/short stature, birth defect(s), previous stroke(s), Downs Syndrome, Fragile X Syndrome, Autism Spectrum Disorders, and other intellectual disabilities.