What is the ultimate goal?
'To give opportunities to children that without the charity's support they would not other wise have'. The focus of the charity is to improve the quality of life for our chosen children through playing tennis and at the of their journey get them into a position where a career in tennis coaching is an option should they so wish to pursue it.
Along the way this would involve keeping fit, having good role models supporting them, learning lifelong social skills and ultimately giving them something to be proud of.
Of course a coaching career will not be for everyone, but we feel the project is a fantastic way of giving children access to several career possibilities and most important of all helping them develop into well rounded people.
Why Tennis?
Unlike team sports where it is easy to blend in, tennis is a game where you’re out there on your own. You have to learn to fight hard without violence, try your best whilst learning to accept defeat and respect the rules. These are great life skills that through tennis any child can learn. By having coaches and older tennis players as role models along with learning the discipline that tennis teaches we feel that most children who go through this process with us will also go on to become far better people in society.
Children will be made to stick to rules, volunteer their time as they get older and have the sort of role models around them to ensure ‘good people’ come out of the programme regardless of whether they become ‘good’ tennis players. If through this charity we develop average tennis players, no tennis coaches but lots of ‘good people’ then everyone involved will feel its been worth while and a real success.
