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Causes: Racquet Sports, Sports
Mission: The organization was created for the purpose of teaching tennis to children and young people and to promote social integration among the young people in israel. Over the years, since the first center opened in 1976, more than 350,000 israeli children have participated in the organization's programs.
Programs: The tennis achievement program: children ages 8 and up are placed in the tennis achievement program, in which they compete with one another and gradually attain different skills. The program encourages participants to explore inner boundaries and strengths, thereby developing their natural competitiveness, determination and willpower abilities.
the competitive program: talented tennis players join the competitive program, which affords them the opportunity to develop their full potential to become world-class tennis champions. Players in this program compete in regional, national and international tournaments in israel and abroad, while also receiving complementary fitness training and sport psychology sessions.
the kindergarten program: implemented at hundreds of kindergartens throughout israel, the kindergarten program aims at improving motor skills such as balance and coordination in child ages 4-6, while promoting a healthy lifestyle from an early age. The program is implemented weekly by the itc's child education specialists at the kindergartens themselves, while special events take place at nearby israel tennis centers.
centers - advancement and nurturing of tennis
This organization's nonprofit status may have been revoked or it may have merged with another organization or ceased operations.