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Tennis clinic held in Pittsburgh for blind and visually impaired people

Nate Smallwood
By Nate Smallwood
1 Min Read Aug. 31, 2019 | 6 years Ago
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The Highland Park Tennis Club, with help from Envision Blind Sports, hosted a blind and vision impaired tennis clinic on Saturday afternoon.

Catering to each participant’s ability, volunteers from the tennis club and Slippery Rock University’s women’s tennis team gave hands-on instruction free of charge.

Jessica Kovacs of Plum watched from the bleachers as her son, Thomas, 9, was given specialized lessons.

She says Thomas gets a great deal out of events like this and will hold onto the memories for years.

In addition, she added it’s good for the average person looking on “to see a kid roll up with a (guiding) cane, and go do stuff like this.”

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Nate Smallwood is a Tribune-Review photographer. You can contact Nate via Twitter .

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