A couple of months ago, I dove into my first session of Adaptive Standing Tennis. This isn’t “wheelchair tennis”, rather it’s a brilliant style of tennis that often allows for extra bounces, making the sport accessible for people with different abilities to play socially.
And honestly? It was a brutal reminder of where I was at in my rehab journey. I was completely hopeless. Trying to keep up was near impossible; my balance was shot, and attempting to shift my weight and step backwards felt like climbing a wall. As an amputee, that ability to react and re-centre your balance is fundamental to everything, and getting it wrong left me really disheartened.
But the court gave me clarity. It showed me precisely where my focus needed to be.
Since then, I have begun working this week with my amazing physio, Peita, to specifically target that crucial backward stepping and my overall stability.
I might still be “hopeless,” but I’m definitely not as hopeless as I was two months ago, and that’s a massive win!
Even if I don’t end up at Wimbledon, these sessions are a powerful and fun way to force my body to build better prosthetic control and achieve better balance. And that balance is key to confidence in all areas of life.
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