Tennis (Spring season 2025)
Area 26 Spring Tennis is open for registration! Special Olympics is fortunate to continue our tennis practices this season.
For Spring 2025, the tennis program will practice at the Arlington Y the entire season.
Registration closes on March 10, 2025.
FOR OUR ADULT PLAYERS - 18 years+
Season starts on March 2, 2025 and will run until June 1, 2025. Sunday mornings from 0830-0930. There is only ONE time slot for adults this year (due to limited court availability.)
You MUST have completed approved Special Olympics medical paperwork to register. That paperwork can be found here: (Barry - please add link) Once completed, please use this link to register:
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0548AEA723A1F49-55143097-special
FOR OUR JUNIOR PLAYERS - 8-17 years old
Season starts on March 2, 2025 and will run until June 1st. Sunday mornings from 0930-1030. You MUST have completed approved Special Olympics medical paperwork to register. That paperwork can be found on the Athletes Page of this website.
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30E0548AEA723A1F49-55143097-special
Welcome to any new athletes who want to learn how to play tennis and welcome back to those who have played with us before. Spring is our official season for practices, leading up to the summer games in Richmond where we will take a team of our athletes to compete on behalf of Area 26! Area 26 athletes reside in Alexandria, Arlington, Fairfax, Falls Church, Herndon and Vienna.
The tennis team consists of athletes of ALL levels - from beginners who play on smaller courts to more advanced players who compete in “match play.” If you are interested in playing in our program, or would like to volunteer, please click the button below this text to send an email to the Coordinator.
FOR FIRST-TIME VOLUNTEERS - To get started on the volunteer experience, you will find links below to the forms to complete to qualify for helping out our athletes! We look forward to seeing you on the courts.
https://www.specialolympicsva.org/volunteer/class-a-volunteer?locale=en
Coordinator: Molly Hooper
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Special Olympics Tennis is conducted under ITF rules.
The Special Olympics rules for Tennis provide modifications to control the length of matches through no-add scoring and options for short Sets. More recently, Special Olympics has introduced additional options for shorter courts and low-compression balls for athletes of lower ability.
Thanks to our Sponsors
SOVA Area 26 and the Tennis Program wish to thank the following dedicated sponsors
McLaughlin Ryder Investments
Springfield Country Club
Tennis Gallery
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