“Empowering female tennis players to be leaders on and off the court.”
In part of the Nova Scotian experience during the stay at home order in Quebec, a new program was on the cusp of blooming. A program tailored to reach lower-income communities and families to take part in the sport of tennis where most school programs and families do not have the access or the means to play or even try tennis. This outreach involves teenage-aged competitive female players in the region of Halifax to come together on Sunday mornings, not only train among themselves, but also give back to these younger girls and help mentor them.
As a coach and mentor for the competitive girls, I too joined in on Sunday morning gatherings. As the practice began, music in the speakers, girls waving batons, hoola-hoops, and dancing for the warm-up it definitely brought many smiling faces to the girls and their parents who were on-looking at the practice. The details and the organization of the single practices is to not be taken lightly. There is a lot going on behind the scenes that we do not get to see in order for this to work well — and I mean well. Huge shoutout to Mary-Anne MacDonald founding this organization after she saw the need as her daughter was not getting the attention she deserved at practice — in huge part that the guys always took over in energy and numbers. This can be understood by many female tennis player parents. This was a solution to get more girls involved so we can have more friends around and more fun! More importantly, staying in the sport longer and growing with it for life.
The foundation is always in search of sponsors and anyone who gives cares enough about this.. To become part of the growth of girls in tennis, I highly, HIGHLY suggest to follow and go to www.glgtennis.com for ways to connect and give a little.
