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Adaptive Tennis

ADAPTIVE TENNIS

USTA SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

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USTA Southern California works with providers throughout the Section who host instructional, social, and competitive adaptive tennis programs that reflect the enduring vitality of SoCal’s tennis community. These programs provide an opportunity for all athletes to get on the court and experience the recreational and competitive nature of tennis.

Adaptive tennis programs prove that tennis is a sport without boundaries, and everyone can enjoy its benefits.

SoCal Adaptive Sports

ADAPTIVE TENNIS SPOTLIGHT

SoCal Adaptive Sports (Riverside)

SoCal Adaptive Sports is an organization that looks to make tennis an accessible sport for people of all backgrounds and abilities throughout Southern California. The organization was founded in June of 2020, and collaborates with other public, private, and non-profit organizations and individuals to fill the need for consistent access to sports opportunities for people with physical and intellectual disabilities in Riverside County and other Southern California communities.

The organization adheres to four core values–resilience, inclusiveness, service and excellence–and views sports as a pathway for athletes of all abilities to be able to lead full and athletically fulfilling lives.

ADAPTIVE UNIFIED DOUBLES TOURNAMENT

USTA Southern California Adaptive Unified Doubles Qualifying Tournament

Date: September 9th, 9:00-4:00pm
Where: Weddington Golf and Tennis – 4141 Whitsett Ave, Studio City, CA 91604

What’s the tournament format?
The tournament format will be a round robin with players playing several timed matches each day.

What is the level of play?
The tournament is geared toward high-performance, cognitively-impaired athletes.

What does “unified” mean?
Unified doubles involves a player with a disability (the Athlete) who partners with a player without a disability (the Unified Partner).

Doubles teams play for 30 minutes with no-ad scoring against the four other teams in their group.

– Schedule for five minutes between matches
– Total games won from four matches is recorded
– The two highest total games won from Group A and B play the final
– The final will be one set to six games with a ten-point match tiebreak at six-all

Adaptive Tennis

UPCOMING SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ADAPTIVE EVENTS

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ADAPTIVE TENNIS PROGRAMS

ACEING AUTISM

Burbank, Carlsbad, Inglewood, Long Beach, Los Angeles, Newport Beach, Palm Springs, Santa Barbara

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BEACH CITY TENNIS ACADEMY

Manhattan Beach

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BIOLA UNIVERSITY CHALLENGER TENNIS

La Mirada

LONG BEACH WOUNDED WARRIOR
TENNIS PROGRAM

Long Beach

PETE BROWN JUNIOR TENNIS PROGRAM

Los Angeles

WEBSITE

SAN DIEGO WOUNDED WARRIOR
TENNIS PROGRAM

San Diego

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SLOANE STEPHENS FOUNDATION
LOVE, LOVE COMPTON

Compton

SPECIAL NEEDS GROUP (SNG)

San Diego

LET’S TEACH – SPECIAL NEEDS

Pasadena

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SPECIAL OLYMPICS

Orange County

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SERVING ADVANTAGE

Orange County

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