AAU Junior Olympic Games

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The AAU Junior Olympic Games are the pinnacle competition held annually by the US Amateur Athletic Union.

Sports currently held

The following is a list of sports that currently take place at the Junior Olympic Games.

• Aquatics - Diving and Swimming
• Athletics Track & Field, Cross Country, and the Multi-Events
• Baseball
• Baton Twirling
• Basketball
• Beach Volleyball
• Bodybuilding - Teen, Collegiate, Women, and Men's Natural
• Bowling
• Cheerleading
• Dance/Drill
• Fencing
• Field Hockey
• Football
• Golf
• Gymnastics
• Inline Hockey
• Judo
• Jump Rope
• Karate
• Lacrosse
• Power Lifting
• Indoor Soccer
• Softball
• Sport stacking
• Table tennis
• Taekwondo
• Volleyball
• Weightlifting
• Wrestling

Bodybuilding

Bodybuildingwas considered an appropriate sport to be judged in the AAU due to its focus and "good moral values to athletic youth." It is divided into four classes: Teen (ages 14-18), Collegiate (19-28), Womens, and Men's Natural. As of 2011, there has been no notice of how the sport's admission to the event line-up will be viewed by audiences. Because the sport is not "athletic" in its competitive sense, contestants will have to do the following: do a posing routine with including the required poses in three stages (preliminary, solo, and final posedown), and they will have to submit a video essay on the sport and its effects on their lives, including nutrition, exercise, and the bodybuilding lifestyle. It is important to note that the Teen Bodybuilding event will take place at a local high school to promote the sport among the youth and popularize it with worried parents. Bodybuilders will be judged on the following: overall mass, symmetry, aesthetic presentation, posing routine, submitted video essay, and inquiry. Any contestant found to be using illegal substances will be automatically disqualified, without opportunity to qualify in future AAU events.

Locations

Dance/Drill Team event categories

• Ballet
• Pointe
• Jazz (dance)
• Lyrical
• Tap
• Novelty
• All Male
• Show Production
• Acrobatic/Dance
• Hip hop/Funk
• Modern/Abstract
• Prop
• High Kick
• Ballroom (DanceSport and Salsa)
• Clogging

Karate event categories

• Kata
• Kumite
• Team Kumite
• Kobudo

See also

• 1988 Junior Olympics

External links

• AAU national all-sports website
• AAU national Athletics (track & field, cross country, and multi-events) website
• AAU Jr. Olympic Games website
• AAU South Texas District website
• AAU 2008 Junior Olympics Coverage, An Official Partnership Between AAU and GoTrybe
• AAU Official Parter - GoTrybe