Sunday, November 21, 2010

adaptive tennis!

every week at P.T. we see R and A (mom and daughter) who have the appointment just prior to ours. when we first met almost a year ago, she mentioned that A played soccer (in her wheelchair) each Friday, and that they would love to have us. Friday's have never been great for us due to the timing of the games, but we found out that there would be adaptive tennis today and immediately decided to go. E, being painfully shy, opened up within a matter of minutes (okay, 30 or so) and was playful, squealing, and generally being herself. coach J (seen in his wheelchair) played olympic level basketball, tennis and some other sports i believe i've forgotten. what started as volleying the ball ended in throwing it at one another, face-offs, and a lot of chasing each other around the court interrupting everyone else's game. the volunteers were absolutely amazing and great with the kids. really engaging and accepting of the fact that no matter how many times they asked with "please", E was not handing out any high 5's on her first day playing tennis. we're working on it. she is most definitely an "everything i do is on my terms" kind of girl when it comes to any kind of socializing.

we all had a blast.

(and will be purchasing an appropriate tennis racket for future games)!

on the net

ha!

smack!

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ready

the chase

throwing balls at coach johnny

face off!

sunset on the court

22 comments:

  1. Looks like E had a blast with her coach. And the tennis racket seems to be almost as big as she is :)

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  2. Huge smiles here. How totally AWESOME!

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  3. That is too cool! E makes me smile!

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  4. Really SUPER! I think I see a tennis raquet under the tree this year......
    She looks like she had a blast!!

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  5. i have to say that my heart was in my throat seeing these! Perhaps it's some of the OT in me (but I think I would be impressed anyway). Amazing girl you have.

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  6. Oh! How fun. Her face is absolutely brilliant with happiness.

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  7. As Alison would say, SIMPLY SPECTACULAR!!

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  8. Awesome!!! That child is destined for greatness! She is just beaming!!!!

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  9. Oh my goodness, that is absolutely fantastic! Does she look thrilled, or does she look thrilled? It's plain obvious!

    Jill

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  10. Woha! Look at her biceps! Tennis should be right up her alley!

    Beth

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  11. That girl has game! You can really tell she is keeping her eye on the ball!


    adaptive PE teacher is my dream job....

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  12. That SMILE of hers...says it ALL!!

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  13. How great is that!! Looks like EVERYONE on that court had a great time & was enchanted by E!! (hey, who wouldn't be??)

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  14. How awesome! I see her playing some sport. She's a natural in all she does. GO GIRL GO

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  15. She's got game!!! I am looking forward to BB taking to a sport.

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  16. What wonderful pictures! So exciting to see her so happy!

    Alyzabeth's Mommy

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  17. That is so awesome! It looks like she had a blast! And check out the guns on your girl!

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  18. Fantastic! Some of your story (way back now) gave us courage to move forward in our pursuit of our newest fella. Love these photos - she is just plain destined for greatness!

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