This project brough the method and capabilities of the NGO Value Sports into the wide network of the Israel Tennis and Education Centers. This collaboration began in 2018 with a training program for coaches in community programs through educational training programs and the coach’s role as an educator. Later, all of The Tennis and Education Center’s coaches joined the program and had three training sessions in a year on numerous topics, such as setting boundaries, standing up to parents etc.
The program combines numerous lecturers from Value Sports, that work with programs for at-risk youth and provide workshops on life skills.
In recent years, the collaboration has grown, through the Head Start program, in which children at the age of 10 enter a 3-year program, which includes 3 tennis units and a value unit each week. The contents are delivered jointly by a tennis coach and an instructor on behalf of Value Sports.
This program is unique to the periphery and is led by Andy Ram, one of the greatest Israeli tennis players of all time.
