Abilities Tennis Volunteer Registration - Gastonia Spring 2025

Abilities Tennis Association of NC (ATANC) is thrilled to partner with United Tennis Org. and Special Olympics Gaston County to provide free, friendly tennis clinics for those with intellectual disabilities ages 8 and up.

Thank you for your interest in volunteering! Volunteers play an important role in making these clinics possible for the athletes. We do require that you have some level of tennis knowledge. Those 18 and over must complete this form for a background check. Adobe Acrobat Sign (adobesign.com)

The clinics will be held on Saturdays, 1:00-2:00 pm, from March 1 - June 7 (not April 19). A training for volunteers will take place immediately before the first clinic (Saturday, March 1) with the meeting time being 12:00 pm. The clinic will be part of the training, so you will have a chance to work directly with the athletes.

Volunteers will help on the courts assisting with ball and racquet drills to help teach the Abilities athletes the highly adaptive game of tennis. Abilities athletes range in skill level with some learning how to hold and swing a racquet to hit red-dot starter balls and others playing full court with regular yellow balls. Here is ATANC's Volunteer Overview Video that helps explain the way clinics are run and how volunteers support the program. The head coach is Belen Gomez-Jordana, who can be reached at [email protected].

Thank you again for your time and support. This time on the court will certainly be the highlight of your week! Learn more about the program at www.atanc.org.

Host or Publisher Abilities Tennis Association of North Carolina (ATANC)