Tennis for Seniors

Background The background of this project was to promote tennis as a healthy lifestyle for senior citizens. Objectives The main objective of the project: Encourage senior citizens to active aging through tennisTARGET GROUP: seniors (55+)The specific objectives are:-To motivate seniors to practice tennis-To improve tennis recreational activities for seniors-To initiate a European network among local tennis clubs Implementation The main activities are:a) developing the adapted tennis programme for senior citizens (55+), b) sharing good practices among the project team and c) organising a final sport event). We achieved this with the mutual collaboration of 5 local tennis clubs from 5 European countries (one of them is a Partner Country from the Western Balkans area), all working with senior citizens. The project lasted for 24 months. Achievements 1) Adapted tennis programme for senior citizens2) Exchange good practices among the project team and 3) Successfully organised a final tennis event.