TENNIS IS FOR EVERYONE

BY KARL LEE AND GABBY HESSE

The Junior Tennis Champions Center is a tennis center in College Park, MD with the mis-sion of “Tennis is for Everyone.” In pursuit of this mission, the Junior Tennis Champions Center (JTCC ) provides people with disabilities adaptive tennis programs that allow them to learn, play, and compete in the sport. These year-round programs include wheelchair tennis, Special Olympics tennis, tennis for military veterans, and the newly-added Para Standing tennis. Para Standing tennis serves people with

nis, Special Olympics tennis, tennis for military veterans, and the newly-added Para Standing tennis. Para Standing tennis serves people with physical disabilities that prefer to play standing, including amputees, people with limb loss/differences, and mobility impairments such as Traumatic Brain Injury, Multiple Sclerosis, or Stroke.