Tennis

     

 

Some of the disabilities that participate in this sport are:

 

• Amputees
• Hearing Impairment
• Learning Disabilities
• Cerebral Palsy
• Spinal Cord Injury
• Spina bifida
• Full use of their upper limbs
• A disability affecting all four limbs
• Limited mobility in their lower limbs
• Visual Impairment

 

Tennis have tried to make the sport accessible to many different types of disability and have created versions of the game to suit most. The variations are:

 

• Deaf Tennis
• Learning Disability Tennis
• Wheelchair Tennis
• Blind and Visually Impaired Tennis
• Transplant Tennis
• Other Disability Group Tennis

 

Deaf Tennis

While many of today's deaf tennis players integrate in to hearing tennis clubs and compete successfully in hearing tournaments, an increasing number of players are also making careers as LTA licensed CCA Coaches.

 

Meanwhile, the structure of deaf tennis, which allows deaf players to play on a level playing field against each other, continues to evolve and includes a range of international events and an international ranking system.

 

Learning Disability Tennis

Tennis helps people with a learning disability develop skills that are useful to them in their everyday lives and form friendships that can last a lifetime.

The sport is played by athletes with a learning disability at local, national and international level.

 

Wheelchair Tennis

Any individual who is medically diagnosed as having a permanent mobility-related disability resulting in a substantial or total loss of function in one or more extremities is eligible to play wheelchair tennis.

Within the above eligibility rule, those who can play wheelchair tennis include paraplegics, amputees, quadriplegics (quads/tetraplegics), people with spina bifida and people with brittle bones, among others.

 

The only rule change from the conventional game is that the ball is allowed to bounce twice, first bounce must be inside the confines of the court the second can be taken outside.

 

Wheelchair Tennis is played on a full size tennis court, using a full height net and full size rackets and tennis balls.

 

For more information about Tennis select one of the links below:

 

 

Wheelchair Tennis

 

Learning Disabilities