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Activities Offered
  • Tennis
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  • Accessible by Public Transportation: No

  • Transportation Provided by the Program: No

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DhhEAF (Deaf & hard of hearing Educational Athletic Foundation), an approved project of Community Partners, is an innovative grassroots program designed to teach life's lessons to hearing impaired youth through tennis.

DhhEAF Program

Free of charge, professional lessons have been provided to DHH children at 8 schools in Southern California since DhhEAF's inception. Roy Trafalski's sound foundation of teaching skills addresses the wide array of athletic abilities in each group.

Advanced players and quick learners with a comprehensive conceptual understanding are utilized as mentors for students where these skills are more difficult to master. As mentors, they gain their own level of self-confidence and gratification. The program is then customized so that each student progresses within his/her own level of success.

Students understand they can play at a competitive level or socially just to have fun. In the future, for those so inclined, teams will be organized. Here, the advanced players will appreciate the rewards of hard work and practice and can enter tournament competitions as they wish.