From LTA to USTA junior

[Ishanya]

My son was given a passport to play in Orange level in UK (LTA).
He is 7.5 yrs, Orange 3 now. He regularly plays orange in his club and sometimes yellow ball.

Now that we are moving to the US (Seattle) , he is very worried about whether he will need to go back to competing in Red ball tournaments. Does anyone know if that will happen?

Do we need to restart ? Does writing in to USTA help?

 

[krl2013]

red vs orange

I think different systems altogether. He can play anywhere he wants to. There are different levels of orange ball. Since you mentioned yellow ball, he might be able to also do the green balls (step down from yellow ball). Good luck.

 

[BMC9670]

Each USTA section (Seattle is the Pacific Northwest Section) has their own rules for colored ball progression. Usually, a player has to complete a certain number of tournaments or accumulate a number of "participation points" (there are no ranking points in 8U and 10U) to move on to green and yellow ball.

I've seen kids that are 8, 9, 10 that had to go through the process, but were way beyond red/orange ball. Was kind of unproductive for them, but the those were the rules. They moved through quickly and are playing where they should now.

Again, each section is different, so check with the junior development person of the section for specifics.

 

[Ishanya]

USTA sections

Each USTA section (Seattle is the Pacific Northwest Section) has their own rules for colored ball progression. Usually, a player has to complete a certain number of tournaments or accumulate a number of "participation points" (there are no ranking points in 8U and 10U) to move on to green and yellow ball.

I've seen kids that are 8, 9, 10 that had to go through the process, but were way beyond red/orange ball. Was kind of unproductive for them, but the those were the rules. They moved through quickly and are playing where they should now.

Again, each section is different, so check with the junior development person of the section for specifics.

Now it has become a lot clearer, after reading through Pacific Northwest rules. Thanks.