Visually Impaired Tennis

Visually Impaired tennis (also known as VI tennis, Sound tennis or Blind tennis) is one of the leading sports for blind and partially sighted people in the UK. The sport is open to players of all abilities, experience and fitness levels who are blind or have a visual impairment.

This format of the game is different to traditional tennis as it is played on a smaller court with a lower net and uses an audio tennis ball that makes a noise so players can hear it bounce and being hit. Sound Tennis Sussex organises and develops Sound Tennis in Brighton & Hove with plans to expand across Sussex, it is part of the East Sussex Vision support. Defiant Sports hold a weekly tennis session for those with a visual impairment.

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