The benefits of embracing inclusive tennis with Louise Assioun & Sue Morrison
In this podcast industry leaders, Luoise Assioun & Sue Morrison, with more than 27 and 30 years of inclusive coaching experience respectively, discuss opening up sporting environments to people with disabilities and the benefits of embracing inclusive tennis within your coaching programme. Across Great Britain, an estimated 11 million people have a disability, and they are less likely to participate in sporting activity than non-disabled people, which can be a result of a lack of inclusivity and accessibility to sport. Embracing inclusive tennis then represents a huge opportunity for coaches to help grow their programmes. Louise Assioun and Sue Morrison have worked throughout their coaching careers to make tennis more inclusive, and to equip coaches with tools that facilitate the delivery of disability tennis sessions. In their commitment to ensuring sport is an environment for all, one of Lou’s and Sue’s most recent ground-breaking moves was founding LUSU Sports in 2016, which focuses on the designing of equipment and activity programmes to support coaches involved in disability tennis. To this date, many tennis programmes and schools have benefited from their projects and ideas, meaning more disabled children and adults with long-term health conditions being active while engaging with tennis. Listen to this podcast to discover the top tips Louise and Sue use to be more inclusive, and explore what benefit this can bring to you and your coaching programme. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
