Wheelchair Coach Development Workshops

General Overview

This course is designed to be the definitive wheelchair tennis course for a new coach. The main goals are to introduce the sport, focus on sport-specific themes, apply best coaching practices, and understand how to get involved. This is an engaging course where the overall teaching objective is for students to learn by doing. The standard format for the distribution of this workshop is a 1-day, 8 hour course. 

Learning Outcomes:

1. Coaches will demonstrate a higher self-efficacy in working with an athlete with a disability.

2. Coaches will comprehend disability-specific and sport-specific considerations for wheelchair tennis.

3. Coaches will apply best coaching practices in wheelchair tennis.

For more information, please contact the Wheelchair Tennis Team at wheelchairtennis@usta.com

2026 USTA Wheelchair Coach Development Workshop Schedule

April

Orlando, FL - USTA National Campus

Date: April 4

Coordinator: Josephina Vargas, josephina.vargas@usta.com

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May

College Park, MD - JTCC

Date: May 15

Coordinator: Gabby Hesse, ghesse@jtcc.org

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October

West Deptford, NJ - RiverWinds Golf and Tennis Club

Date: October 18

Coordinator: Katie Miness, katie.miness@ms.usta.com

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November

Bronx, NY - Cary Leeds Tennis Center

Date: November 7

Coordinator: Andres Sanchez, sanchez@eastern.usta.com

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