TENNIS for Individuals with Mental Retardation

Teaching Tennis to Individuals with Mental Retardation: Learning tennis should be simple and fun, regardless of a person's ability or disability. In the 1970s, Dennis Van der Meer and Billie Jean King developed the Standard Method of instruction, later adopted as the official method of instruct...

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Published inPalaestra (Macomb, Ill.) Vol. 17; no. 2; p. 34
Main Authors Roswal, Glenn M, Williams, Myles
Format Magazine Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Urbana Sagamore Publishing 22.03.2001
Sagamore Publishing LLC
Subjects
Amusements
Disabled persons
Mental retardation
Methods
Recreation
Sports training
Tennis
Tennis for the handicapped
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Summary:Teaching Tennis to Individuals with Mental Retardation: Learning tennis should be simple and fun, regardless of a person's ability or disability. In the 1970s, Dennis Van der Meer and Billie Jean King developed the Standard Method of instruction, later adopted as the official method of instruction for the United States Professional Tennis Registry (USPTR). This internationally recognized technique of instruction, based primarily on use of simple progressions, has allowed students worldwide to learn tennis in a quick and efficient manner. Using the Standard Method facilitates development of biomechanically sound strokes while still allowing for individual differences among students. The Method also allows instructors to adjust progressions by adding or subtracting steps to fit the ability levels of students. Some students may progress through each step at a slow pace and require more trials before mastery. Others may progress at a much faster pace and be able to practice the complete tennis stroke within a short period of time.
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ISSN:8756-5811
2372-1391