Adaptive Tennis in Queens Opens the Court to New Yorkers with Disabilities - Columbia News Service
On Sunday afternoons at the Commonpoint Tennis Center in Queens, Joe Slaninka wheels himself to the baseline and locks eyes on the ball arcing over the net. With a sharp pivot of his chair and a clean swing, he sends it back cross-court. After more than 30 years of wheelchair tennis, the movement is now second nature.
Slaninka was born with spina bifida, a congenital condition that can often cause paralysis in the lower limbs. He was introduced to wheelchair sports at 18 while attending Stony B...
Slaninka was born with spina bifida, a congenital condition that can often cause paralysis in the lower limbs. He was introduced to wheelchair sports at 18 while attending Stony B...
