{"id":19029,"date":"2018-11-19T10:52:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-18T23:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?page_id=19029"},"modified":"2024-10-24T15:53:03","modified_gmt":"2024-10-24T04:53:03","slug":"deaf-and-hard-of-hearing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/play\/inclusion\/deaf-and-hard-of-hearing","title":{"rendered":"Deaf &amp; Hard of Hearing"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Deaf &amp; Hard of Hearing<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\"><strong>For players who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, there are a number of opportunities to participate in State and National Camps.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">View the full list of opportunities<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/play\/inclusion-and-diversity\/deaf-players\/deaf-players-pathway\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Deaf and Hard of Hearing players do not require any equipment modification. However, whilst playing in mainstream competition\/tournaments, effective communication is key to ensuring players have the best opportunity to play the game.\u00a0 Some tips include;<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Face the player when speaking to them<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Use hand signals to call the ball out or in<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000\">Be understanding if players continue playing the point and have not heard the call<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">Some players who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing may speak Auslan (Australian sign language) \u2013 you can find some tennis specific Auslan signs<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/?p=21358\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Deaf and hard of hearing tennis | Tennis Victoria Inclusion\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/TQcLOcUdgDc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000\">For further information, visit Deaf Tennis Australia:\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.deaftennisaustralia.org\/\">www.deaftennisaustralia.org <\/a><span style=\"color: #000000\">or\u00a0contact<\/span> <a href=\"mailto:inclusionvic@tennis.com.au\">inclusionvic@tennis.com.au.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Deaf &amp; Hard of Hearing For players who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing, there are a number of opportunities to participate in State and National Camps. View the full list of opportunities\u00a0here. Deaf and Hard of Hearing players do not require any equipment modification. However, whilst playing in mainstream competition\/tournaments, effective communication is key [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6038,"featured_media":0,"parent":18842,"menu_order":3,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-modules.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-19029","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19029","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6038"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19029"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/19029\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/18842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tennis.com.au\/vic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19029"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}