AAU - Age Determining Date (ADD)
The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) has changed its Age Determining Date (ADD) effective January 1, 2009, to allow girls with "early" birth dates to play with girls in their same class scholastically.
The Albany Capitals favor the intent of this change and will be implementing it this year by using a player's grade in school as the primary criteria in determining at what age level she will be allowed to compete. A secondary age criteria will be applied to prevent an unfair competitive situation from occurring because a player is old for her grade due to poor scholastic performance or other factors. In this case, the age criteria will be controlling.
Those interested in trying out for the Capitals to participate in the 2010 season should use the following criteria to guide them in determining which tryout to attend:
11U - 6th grade (born no earlier than January 1, 1997) and all
5th
graders
12U - 7th grade (born no earlier than January 1, 1996)
13U - 8th grade (born no earlier than January 1, 1995)
14U - 9th grade (born no earlier than January 1, 1994)
15U - 10th grade (born no earlier than January 1, 1993)
16U - 11th grade (born no earlier than January 1, 1992)