Aging up is another aspect of ranking to manage. On your child’s birthday, they will ‘age up’ to the higher age division and their ranking will disappear from the division they were in and they will get a new ranking in the higher division.
A percentage of points are used from the age group they were in for the new ranking in the higher age division. Below are the percentages use:
- U11 to U13 age up: 45% of points
- U13 to U15 age up: 50% of points
- U15 to U17 age up: 60% of points
- U17 to U19 age up: 65% of points
Example:
- Henry has a average ranking point total of 1000 in the BU11 which gives him a ranking of approx. 30 in the US (winning 1000 points from his top 4 tournaments = 4000).
- On his birthday his new BU13 ranking will be 45% of 1000 which is 450.
- 450 will give Henry a probable ranking of approx. 150s in the new BU13 ranking.
- For each of the first four tournaments that Henry plays in the new BU13 age division, one of his age up BU11 exposures will be replaced with the new real points from the BU13 tournaments.
CONSIDERATIONS FOR THE ‘AGING UP’ STRATEGY:
- When is your child’s birthday?
- Is the challenge in the higher age group something your child needs before they age up?
- Playing in the upper division but at a lower tournament level could help their age up ranking.
Example: If Henry plays any U13 tournament before his actually ages up these tournaments will count for this new BU13 ranking. Henry plays two U13 silver tournaments and comes in 1st place and wins 840 points for each. His age up points on his birthday are:
- 840 (BU13 Silver 1st Place) + 840 (BU13 Silver 1st Place) + 202.5 (45% of 450 points from BU11) + 202.5 (45% of 450 points from BU11) = 2085 divided by 4 = 521.25 average ranking points.
- Playing up for the 2 silver tournaments before Henry aged up helped his new BU13 ranking as with 521.25 average points he would have a probable ranking of 130 instead of 150.
