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LCRAC Guide - Winter/Spring 2021

Activities, programs, and events in Lexington County, SC.

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Tennis Player Development Programs – Ages 4-17

R.O.G.Y. – Red, Orange, Green and Yellow: What does it mean?

Tennis has, for years, been lagging behind other sports when it comes to coaching young children and newcomers to the

game. Other sports, such as baseball, football and soccer, have used age-appropriate equipment such as smaller playing

fields and smaller goals. Tennis has not. Things have changed and finally tennis is catching up with the other sports!

Red Ball

(Ages up to 7)

36 ft. court

Up to 21” racquet

Orange Ball

(Ages 8-10)

60 ft. court

Up to 25” racquet

Green Ball

(Ages 10+)

Full court (78 ft.)

Regular size racquet

Yellow Ball

(Ages 10+)

Full court (78 ft.)

Regular size racquet

10 and Under 10 and Over

This has all changed in the last 6 years or so with the introduction of Red, Orange, Green and Yellow tennis balls (R.O.G.Y.).

Red balls, which are 25% the compression of a full-compression ball (yellow) are used by young children on a 36’ court.

Orange balls are 50% compression and are used on a 60’ court.

Green dot balls have 75% compression and are used on a full size (78’) court.

Yellow balls are 100% compression and they are the ultimate step for the total development.

The result? Children can very quickly learn to rally with each other and start to play games and matches from a very young

age. This is in contrast to what used to happen, which was: children spending hours learning the game on a court that was too

big for them with a ball that bounced too high. This resulted in bad technique, low success rates and led to kids not enjoying

tennis as much as they should.

At LCRAC’s tennis facilities we offer a complete pathway of R.O.G.Y. tennis programs, designed by our professionals to offer

maximum success and enjoyment for your children to fall in love with the sport of a lifetime.

To inquire about our comprehensive R.O.G.Y. program, please contact:

Cayce Tennis and Fitness Center (CTFC) - 1120 Fort Congaree Trail, Cayce, SC 29033 803-227-3030

Lexington County Tennis Complex (LCTC) - 425 Oak Drive, Lexington, SC 29207 803-957-7676

For schedule of classes available at CTFC & LCTC, please refer to the previous pages (4-5)

Athletics - Sports League Directory

Football League

Soccer

Dixie Youth Baseball

Batesburg-Leesville

Marcus Chestnut

Cell: 803-730-6967

marcuschestnut@aol.com

Gilbert

Gene Hunter

Cell: 803-546-2677

genergunter@hotmail.com

Lexington

Michus Bridges

Cell: 803-571-0556

Michus_bridges@msn.com

Midlands

Andrew Shuler

Cell: 803-800-1603

Drewshuler21@yahoo.com

Pelion

Clay Stalnaker

Cell: 803-422-4518

Clay.Stalnaker@linde.com

Swansea

Zach Smith

Cell: 803-513-9536

mrzacharysmith@yahoo.com

White Knoll

Tracy Rushing

Cell: 803-404-9670

rushingfamily6@yahoo.com

Lexington County

Soccer

Brian Paulen

Cell: 803-603-6229

Lexington County Girls

Soccer Association

Greg Collins

Cell: 803-917-0201

mrexisting@yahoo.com

Sandhills United Soccer

Club

Kevin Forsythe

Cell: 803-386-4935

tforsythe@pbtcomm.net

West Metro Soccer Club

Chris Hooker

Cell: 803-760-8956

Chooker18@hotmail.com

Kevin Heise

Cell: 803-447-6496

Batesburg-Leesville

Matt Buzhart

Cell: 803-917-9207

mhbuzharte@gmail.com

Cayce-

West Columbia

Tina Bullis

803-446-3299

Carolinagirl4cmb@yahoo.com

Gaston

Jason Smith

Cell: 803-542-6943

gastondyb@gmail.com

Gilbert

Benji Hallman

Cell: 803-318-8532

Bh6289@att.com

Lexington

Tommy Frazier

Cell: 803-331-8084

Midlands

Stephen Knight

Cell:803-767-6321

Cockysc82@yahoo.com

Pelion

Clay Stalnaker

Cell:803-422-4518

Clay.stalnaker@linde.com

Pineview

Grant Gouveia

Cell: 803-331-8728

ggouveia@gmail.com

Swansea

PJ Calvert

803-730-7265

pjcalvert@lexington4.net

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