The Central Bucks Senior Activity Center in Doylestown, which provides programs to entertain, stimulate, and educate seniors, recently added a new sport: chair volleyball, reports Matteo Iadonisi for 6abc.
Audrey Jefferson, 82, president of the Central Bucks Senior Activity Center, credits the sport for keeping her moving and alive.
Jefferson first learned about chair volleyball while she was living with her late husband, a Native American, in Oklahoma. She noticed it during the games the Choctaw Nation hosted for seniors to help them improve their physical and mental health.
She introduced the sport in Bucks County two years ago at Pennridge Senior Center before bringing it to the Central Bucks Senior Activity Center.
“It was a huge success,” said Jefferson. “The basic rule is you can’t get up out of your seat. You’re hitting a beach ball. You can hit it with your hands, you can hit it with your foot. You can hit it with any part of your body. Just get it over the net.”
Her aim is to spread the sport far and wide to as many senior activity centers and residential spaces as possible.
Watch the entire segment on how seniors at the Center Bucks Senior Activity Center are staying active at 6abc.
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