ACEing Autism South Pasadena Serves Up Wins

ACEing Autism South Pasadena launched its inaugural program at the South Pasadena High School tennis courts on Oct. 21. Program directors, SPHS sophomore Mailani Ramos-Platt, SPHS junior Zachary Lee and parent Fayven Lee worked closely with coach C.B. Richards, SPHS Athletic Director, and Justin Belisario, M.D., ACEing Autism Director of Program Operations, to bring the…

New Voices Under 30: Greg Labanowski

Greg Labanowski’s passion for tennis fueled his start in sports business with the USTA, and his knowledge of the industry proved instrumental for a deal at Playfly along with an employee wellness platform during his time there. Now, he leads strategy and portfolio in marketplace operations with a focus on Asia Pacific and Latin America…

ACEing Autism meets kids where they are

A new program geared toward children with autism “meets them where they are,” Margate special education teacher Lisa Drexler said. The program developed in Massachusetts in 2008 teaches children ages 5-18 how to play tennis. “The adaptive curriculum helps with attention span and allows children to get involved in a sport,” she said. Read Full…

Nonprofit ACEing Autism connects kids through tennis

On the hard court surface, it looks like any other tennis clinic, and that’s exactly by design. ACEing Autism is a volunteer-based nonprofit organization born to connect kids through tennis. And for both the teens it serves and the peers who volunteer, it’s doing just that. “When we’re all on the court, the neurodiversity kind…

Local tennis program brings lessons to all

In 2012, Arcadians Chadwick and Elana Campbell spent some time in England. While there, their children took tennis lessons with an Australian coach named Matt Sunter. They were so impressed with Sunter’s techniques that they decided to bring them back to the U.S. and open a program called International Junior Performance (IJP) Tennis. Read Full…