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  AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION OF THE UNITED STATES
The AAU defines an amateur athlete as “one who engages in sport for pleasure.
The AAU administers the AAU/USA Junior Olympics, an annual nationwide athletic program open to all girls and boys between the ages of 8 and 18.
Each year the AAU gives physical fitness tests to millions of U.S. students between 6 and 17 years of age, in order to develop a fitness profile of American youth.
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 amateur. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05
Although almost all athletic structures not organized as professional ventures came to embrace amateurism as policy, athletes often subverted the code, forcing officials to constantly revise standards.
As evidenced by the return of Thorpe’s medals in 1982, amateurism by the 1990s was a concept of diminished importance and one more of technical than moral distinction.
The major organizations involved in the supervision of amateur athletics in the United States are the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), responsible for college and university sports, and the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), responsible for most other areas of amateur competition.
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  athletic - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Athletics (Greek athlos,“contest”), games or contests, played individually or in teams, involving physical strength, skill, and endurance.
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  Sports Organization, Amateur
In 1909, the Amateur Athletic Union of Canada was formed, comprising the MAAA and the CAAU.
The Fitness and Amateur Sport Act was passed on 29 September 1961, to promote and to develop fitness and amateur sport in Canada.
The most important consequence for amateur sport organizations was that in 1970 the Centre for Sport and Recreation became a reality, incorporated in 1974 as the National Sport and Recreation Centre.
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  The Sullivan Award   (Site not responding. Last check: )
It has been presented annually by the AAU since 1930 as a salute to founder and past president of the Amateur Athletic Union, and a pioneer in amateur sports, James E. Sullivan.
The AAU Sullivan Award was established in 1930 to honor James E. Sullivan, a founder and past president of the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).
For his service to amateur athletics at the Olympiads, Sullivan received the decoration of the Golden Cross of Knights of the Royal Order of the Savior from King George of Greece, Knight Royal Order of Wasa from King Gustave of Sweden and Olympic decoration of the Golden Eagle from the Imperial German Olympic Commission.
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 AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION
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 Georgia Amatuer Athletic Union
AAU does not govern these clubs except when they are participating in AAU sanctioned events.
AAU clubs do not report their tryout schedule to the GA AAU office.
The AAU office is not allowed to give out personal information in accordance with the current privacy laws on record.
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 Amateur Athletic Union of the United States - MSN Encarta
Amateur Athletic Union of the United States - MSN Encarta
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 Amateur Athletic Union - Definition, explanation
The Amateur Athletic Union, widely known as the AAU, was formed in 1888 to help support many different teams and players in almost every sport, and has sponsored many tournaments throughout the United States.
Until the 1970s it was the recognized governing body for many prominent sports in the United States, such as swimming and track and field, but it gave up its jurisdiction with the decline of amateurism.
In the past, AAU olympics included Aerobic dance and Sport Dance categories.
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 Essay - Canadian Olympians   (Site not responding. Last check: )
In the year of Confederation, Montreal dentist and lacrosse player George Beers established the National Amateur Lacrosse Association to instill self-discipline and a sense of citizenship among athletes through the orderly conduct of games and to foster pride in the new nation through dramatic athletic performances in international competition.
Subsequent amateur sports leaders adopted these goals and when they joined Pierre de Coubertin's modern Olympic Movement early in the 20th century, they made Canadian Olympic teams a flagship for these ambitions.
The Toronto-based Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), in keeping with its ambition to develop Canadian citizenship, advocated a strict amateurism, while the Montreal-based Amateur Athletic Federation (AAF) allowed amateurs to play on the same teams as professionals and advocated closer relations with the United States.
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 Directory Plug - Sports Baseball Youth Leagues Amateur Athletic Union - Free Directory Listings
The Amateur Athletic Union, widely known as the AAU, was formed in 1888 to sponsor teams and players in a wide variety of sports, and has sponsored many tournaments throughout the United States.
On August 29, 2006 Governor Sonny Perdue presented the Georgia AAU A Commendation recognizing the Amateur Athletic Union for its efforts in promoting Amateur Sport in Georgia.
North Carolina AAU Baseball - Offers tournament schedules and scores, point standings, rules and regulations, special events, photos, general announcements and related links for this Amateur Athletic Union division.
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Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) è un'associazione sportiva degli Stati Uniti d'America.
AAU sports (http://aausports.org/) - Amateur Athletic Union sports (in inglese)
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 AMATEUR ATHLETIC UNION
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Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles An organization endowed with surplus funds from the 1984 Summer Olympics, providing information about youth and amateur sports and an extensive sports library.
Minnesota Amateur Sports Commission Intended o elevate the social and economic benefits of sports to enrich the lives of all Minnesotans.
Amateur Athletic Union Dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs.
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 Amateur Athletic Union   (Site not responding. Last check: )
The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is one of the largest, non-profit sports organizations in the country.
AAU supplements the school season by allowing for a full schedule of games in the spring and summer.
An AAU season will offer close to forty games, the equivalent of two years of middle school or high school basketball in only three months.
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The Texas Amateur Athletic Federation (TAAF) is a nonprofit organization established in 1925 to promote and organize amateur athletics in the state of Texas.
Membership is comprised of parks and recreation departments, individuals and organizations, of a permanent status, that are active and interested in the promotion of amateur athletics in one or more sports in their respective communities.
The Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) is one of the largest, non-profit, volunteer, sports organizations in the United States.
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Amateur Athletic Union - A US based organization dedicated to the promotion and development of amateur sports.
The parallel importance of athletics and academic achievement are stressed.
Oregon AAU - State chapter of the Amateur Athletic Union, a nation-wide non-profit sports organization in the United States.
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 AAU - Beach Volleyball
The Southern Pacific Volleyball Committee presents the AAU Junior Beach Volleyball Tour which is part of the Amateur Athletic Union of the United States.
The AAU beach volleyball program is the largest and most comprehensive in the country.
The Amateur Athletic Union is a member organization of USA Volleyball and the United States Olympic Committee.
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 Athletics -
Coach Bradley was the recipient of the school’s Jill Sterkel Leadership Award and earned recognition on the Athletic Director’s Honor Roll for all eight of her semesters.
A master at teaching the art of basketball, Coach Bradley was hired as a motivational speaker for coaching clinics, camps and athletic banquets throughout the state of Texas.
She also was an active coach in the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU).
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 FAQs
AAU refers to the national organization Amateur Athletic Union.
It is a non-profit corporation whose purpose is to organize youth sporting competitions to promote the well being of amateur athletes.
We pay yearly fees to AAU in order to place our teams in tournaments, secure insurance certificates for practice, and host AAU sanctioned events.
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 amateur athletic union
The Amateur Athletic Union (http://www.aausports.org/), founded in 1888, is the sanctioning body of the AAU Beach Tour...
GA AAU Annual Summer Meeting for all Clubs and Members and Prospective Members to be held June 12, 2005 at Smyrna Parks and Recreation, Smyrna, GA at 1:00.
The AAU Athletics Program is under the sole jurisdiction of the Amateur Athletic Union of the...
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Amateur Athletic Union, founded in 1888, is the largest nonprofit volunteer organization in the United States that focuses on developing and promoting amateur sports.
This means that you have not played on, been paid, etc., and that you are still eligible to participate in amateur athletics at the college level.
There are many rules involved in transferring, including grades, athletic eligibility, etc. You must also remember that many conferences have separate rules for athletes who want to transfer in conference.
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 2003 Amateur Athlete of the Year
NY, NY -- 2003 Amateur Athlete of the Year Nominees -- Lebron James, Apolo Anton Ohno, Michael Phelps, Philppa “Phil” Raschker and Diana Taurasi – will be present at the 2003 AAU James E. Sullivan Memorial Award Reception hosted by the Amateur Athletic Union (“2003 AAU Sullivan Award Reception”).
Annual AAU James E. Sullivan Memorial Award, based on the qualities of leadership, character, sportsmanship, and the ideals of amateurism.
A multi-sport organization, the AAU is dedicated exclusively to the promotion and development of amateur sports and physical fitness programs for all ages.
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 Amateur Athletic Union of Canada. Alberta Branch
The correspondence is primarily with the executive, chairs of committees, and member athletic clubs.
R.L. "Bob" Lucas served as the honorary secretary of the national Amateur Athletic Union of Canada in 1966-1967.
-- The majority of the records of the national Amateur Athletic Union of Canada are held by the National Archives of Canada.
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 USMS History - History of Masters Swimming, by Ransom Arthur, M.D.
I had been trying to interest people in Swimming and in the Amateur Athletic Union in such a program for the last ten years without any success, even though the track and field athletes had placed a trail for us to follow.
Even though the first meet was AAU sanctioned and every contestant was required to hold an AAU card, we were not yet officially accepted by the AAU.
His past swimming achievements in the Navy were: a first place medal as a member of the all-Navy medley relay team in 1964; winner of the Pacific Coast All-Navy 200 meter breastroke on three occasions: and champion in the Eleventh Naval District 200 meter breastroke on five occasions.
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 NCAA, NBA Could Team on Amateur Reform
Many high school and college coaches have long called for representatives from all levels of the basketball world to move toward reforming amateur basketball, which critics say exposes teenagers to many tempting outside influences while doing little to prepare them for life outside of athletics.
Comments by Brand and NBA Commissioner David Stern, who this year said the NBA would consider becoming involved in helping secondary schools to better prepare their athletes academically, are seen by some basketball sources as a significant move in the right direction.
The series included pieces on how foreign players arrive in the United States, prep schools with powerful teams but questionable academic credentials, the financial inducements used by AAU teams to recruit players as young as 9 and how one 16-year-old player and his family have been changed by the AAU experience.
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The AAU was founded in 1888 to establish standards and uniformity in amateur sport.
During its early years the AAU served as a leader in international sport representing the U.S. in the international sports federations.
After the Amateur Sports Act of 1978, the AAU has focused its efforts into providing sports programs for all participants of all ages beginning at the grass roots level.
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