Equipment, coaching and inclusion

Tennis.No matterwhere.

TennisAid takes racquets, coaching and the game itself to people who play and teach without equipment, facilities or resources.

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16countries in our shipment photos
4refugee camps, 2014 to 2019

Children standing barefoot on a dirt court, holding worn tennis racquets

South Africa
Rwanda
Malawi
Bulgaria
Uganda
DR Congo
Greece
Zimbabwe
Mauritania
Peru
Romania
Nepal
El Salvador
Guatemala
Mali
Ethiopia
France

Children practising with racquets on a clay court

Our philosophy

Opening the door to tennis.

Determined to promote our sport, we decided

to help those who work without adequate materials,
to support those who practice tennis without sufficient or proper equipment,
to support those who teach in places where there are no facilities,
and to open the door to people without resources, with disabilities, refugees or in a situation of social exclusion.

The TennisAid founders taking a selfie with a large group of children

Who we are

Meet the founders.

FounderAbel Rincón Reus: Former professional tennis player. High performance coach. Media expert.
FounderMartín Rocca Buenos Aires: Tennis coach and director. Specialised in young players development.

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Four ways we help.

Our work covers four areas. Select one to see it below.

Tennis practice promotional campaigns

Visits, shipments and follow-up for coaches and players.

Technical assistance for coaches

Seminars and courses on teaching large groups with few resources.

Equipment and gear shipments

Used clothes, shoes, racquets and bags, delivered to people who need them.

Social inclusion programs

Tennis for mental health, physical disability and rehabilitation programs.

Tennis promotion

What we do

We have different ways of interacting with coaches and players but our most successful actions are the ones when we visit them and we get to see face to face the problems they have to deal with every day. We also ship boxes with the items they lack the most according to their specific needs.

There is a follow-up in every single case to continue our collaboration and to supervise the progress of each program and player.

Who we help

Coaches who promote tennis in villages or primary schools.
Players with problems to access the right materials: racquets, clothes, shoes, bags, strings and more.
Associations, foundations and daycare centres who use the sport as a tool for social inclusion.

A coach handing equipment to a player in front of a line of young players on a blue court

A large group of children gathered around a coach

Players in blue shirts joining hands in a circle

Five schoolchildren in matching tracksuit tops

A schoolchild hitting a ball over a net in a school yard while classmates watch

Technical assistance

We offer seminars and courses to coaches to teach them how to work with large groups and maximise the resources they have when conditions are difficult.

A coach demonstrating a drill to a group of local coaches on a clay court

Children's hands stacking a tower of tennis balls and cones

Equipment shipments

Clothes, shoes, racquets, tennis bags. Players often replace them when they still can be used. We collect them and make sure that they are delivered to people who need them and end up in good hands.

A group of young players and coaches posing with donated shirts and racquets

Boxes we have packed

Each photo shows a shipment laid out before it left for its destination. Select a photo to enlarge it.

Social inclusion

We support tennis sessions for mental health programs.
We promote tennis for people with physical disabilities.
We collaborate with daycare, drug and alcohol rehabilitation, and social exclusion centres.