Lawn Tennis Coaching Camp, Mumbai

Indian Blind Sports Association (IBSA) and Maharashtra State Lawn Tennis Association (MSLTA) in a collaborative initiative conducted a Lawn Tennis Coaching Camp for coaches and players in Mumbai from 19-21 February. This is in continuation to the success of the first regional Coaching Camp held in Delhi from 13-15 February 2018 in collaboration with Delhi Lawn Tennis Association.

More than 20 coaches and visually impaired players took part and benefitted through the camp. Simon McFarland, a Tennis Level 2 (ITF Advanced) Coach and Tennis & Squash Director at Windsor Lawn Tennis Club in Belfast, Ireland was the main coach for this training and provided his services free of cost. McFarland had been coaching tennis for 15 years. They became the first club in Northern Ireland to coach blind and visually impaired tennis in association with the Royal National Institute for the Blind since 2015. He was accompanied by celebrated Dr. Davinder Kapur, a recipient of the MBE (Most Excellent Order of The British Empire) for his outstanding services in medicine and charity.