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| Nick Taylor |
USTA Wheelchair Tennis
is one of the fastest growing and most challenging of all wheelchair tennis sports. To meet this demand, USTA Tennis offers programs geared towards the wheelchair player.
Rules are the same as stand-up tennis, except the wheelchair player is allowed two bounces of the ball. USTA Wheelchair Tennis provides persons with disabilities the opportunity to share in activities with their peers, whether able-bodied or disabled. Playing USTA Wheelchair Tennis adds to socialization and the normalization of life after sustaining a disabling injury.
Proficient wheelchair users can play and actively compete against stand-up players. A wheelchair tennis player must have a medically diagnosed, mobility-related disability, with a substantial or total loss of function in one or more extremeties. In USTA Wheelchair Tennis, the player must master the game and the wheelchair. Learning mobility on the court is exciting and challenging, and helps build strength and cardiovascular ability.
USEFUL LINKS
USTA National Wheelchair SiteWheelchair Tennis Resource Reference GuideHow to Start A Wheelchair Tennis ProgramWheelchair Integration IdeasUSTA Wheelchair Tennis SurveyTournament Links for USTA Wheelchair Tournaments
The Confluence -- The Confluence provides coaching, support and assistance to wheelchair athletes in the St. Louis area.
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| Jim Lewis (St. Louis, Mo.) |
USTA MISSOURI VALLEY PLAYERS IN THE NEWS Video clips of Wichita's Nick Taylor playing tennis
CLIP 1 CLIP 2 Cover story of CrossCourt Fall 2006 edition on Nick Taylor
Item in St. Louis Post-Dispatch on the USTA Missouri Valley's first ever wheelchair league player, Jim Lewis
*Congratulations to
2007 USTA National Collegiate Wheelchair Championships singles and doubles winner,
Kevin Green of St. Louis!
*Congratulations to
2007 US Open Winners Jim Lewis (St. Louis),
Kevin Green (St. Louis) and
Nick Taylor (Wichita, Kan.).
For more information or, to get involved with USTA Wheelchair Tennis,
please contact the USTA Missouri Valley office at
at (913) 322-4800 or information@movalley.usta.com.