LOVE TENNIS - Mission

What does LOVE TENNIS do?
LOVE TENNIS offers therapeutic tennis lessons to children and adults with special needs. This includes those with physical or mental challenges, chronic illnesses and those with behavioral or emotional problems.
LOVE TENNIS uses the sport of tennis to enhance the quality of life of these individuals by providing a rewarding recreational and social outlet while providing a unique therapeutic component supervised by healthcare professionals.
By participating in the LOVE TENNIS program, participants may gain improved physical fitness, balance and coordination, self-confidence, self-esteem and discipline, as well as have a way to develop concentration while pursuing a goal.
Therapeutic instruction in the LOVE TENNIS program entails the teaching of tennis skills to the special needs athletes while emphasizing identified strengths and remediating and/or compensating for each individual's unique physical, psychological and/or cognitive issues.

How LOVE TENNIS Operates

The program, based in Nashville, Tennessee, is carried out through a cooperative partnership of several professional therapists, one professional tennis instructor, and generous donations of volunteer time, equipment and facilities, as well as donations from individuals and organizations.
Lessons are offered on a fee-based and scholarship funded basis, dependent upon the level of need. No special needs athlete who wishes to particpate in LOVE TENNIS is turned away because of financial need.
History of LOVE TENNIS

LOVE TENNIS was founded in 2001 by Beth Williamson. The organization received non-profit status from the IRS in November of that year.
Since its founding, LOVE TENNIS has provided therapeutic tennis lessons to dozens and dozens of individuals who might otherwise not have the chance to play and enjoy the sport of tennis.
LOVE TENNIS Staff

Beth Williamson, Executive Director and Lead Instructor of LOVE TENNIS, is well qualified to lead LOVE TENNIS. She is Masters trained in audiology and speech therapy and brings an extensive background in competitive tennis to the organization. Beth competed in junior tennis on the state, regional and national levels, and went on to the University of Tennessee where she earned a spot on the University of Tennessee's Varsity Women's Tennis Team.
Beth has put together a staff of experts to assist with the LOVE TENNIS program. The staff includes physical therapists, occupational therapists, and a behavioral specialist. This extensive distribution of talent makes LOVE TENNIS a program that can be tuned to athletes no matter the challenge or ability.

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