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Basic Certification archery instructor training the Official Certification Course of USA Archery & National Field Archery Assocation Basic Certification Fourth Edition Basic Certification Basic Instructor Course The Universal Basic Archery Instructor course is designed for Archery is a unique sport that can be Archery classes are easy to conduct camp and youth counselors, and other short-term recreational enjoyed by virtually anyone regardless and administer. Safe archery ranges programs. When you complete this course, you will have of age, gender, size, physical ability or can fit into almost any indoor or out- Archery learned how to teach the all-important first lessons of a previous experience. On the very first door space, and equipment is readily Instructor Training beginner’s archery career. day of class, your participants can be available and inexpensive compared USA Archery and NFAA both recognize taught how to shoot and hit the target, to other sports. There are three main sections of the course. this universal Instructor Certification which gives them a tremendous feel- under a joint Basic and Intermediate ing of success and pride. Course Objective First Section: You will learn all of the archery range safety rules This course will teach you to be a safe Instructor training agreement. and procedures by participating in an archery class and learning Using archery to teach sports success and effective basic instructor—how to how to shoot. Successful Basic Certification participants is a valuable lesson which transfers run a safe program, how to select and are encouraged to learn more about both into other recreational activities. maintain proper program equipment, Second Section: You will learn how to teach archery to organizations by visiting their websites. It appeals to participants who and how to teach beginning archers in beginners and how to help them develop good shooting skills. might otherwise not get involved a short-term recreational setting. in any sports. Third Section: You will learn how to run an archery program, Enjoy offering archery in your adult www.usarchery.org including equipment repair, class planning, and games. Archery instills confidence, greater or youth recreation program. Your attention spans, and a willingness to participants will love it, and it will keep try other sports activities. them coming back for more! www.fieldarchery.org Course Requirements • You must attend all 8 hours* of the course. • You must pass the written test with a score of 75% or better. • You must pass the practical portions of the course – coach and pupil exercises and safety class instructions. Chapter One The World of Archery Page 04 Chapter Two Archery Safety Page 06 Chapter Three Getting Started Page 13 Chapter Four Steps of Shooting Page 22 Written by Lloyd Brown, 2-Time U.S. Olympic Archery Team Coach, and other coaches of the USA Archery team. Copyright©2006 USA Archery except where indicated, published by USA Archery. Chapter Five Teaching Techniques Page 27 Thanks go to coaches Jerry Wenzel and Larry Wise for their editing skills. Chapter Six Class Plans and Activities Page 40 USA Archery and National Field Archery Association (NFAA) do not endorse any items depicted in this publication. They are used for illustration purposes only. Chapter Seven Equipment Page 41 USA Archery and NFAA have designated USA Archery as their sole official publisher and distributor for Basic and Intermediate Archery Instructor Certification manuals. *For up to 12 participants. More than 12 participants require 12 hours of course time. Funds from the sale of this publication directly support the training of new certified instructors, whose resulting Certification is recognized by both organizations. Other organizations may use the materials only with the written permission of USA Archery and NFAA. 02 www.teacharchery.org 03 Archery Instructor Training Archery Activity Chapter One Organizations The World of Archery USA Archery is the official organization for Olympic Archery and is the U.S.A. member organization of FITA. USA Archery provides training and Archery is an international sport with many types of equipment and many development programs to produce Olympic and World Champions. different styles of competition. Young archers can set goals to become a resident athlete at the Olympic Target Archery Training Center, represent the USA at International Competitions, or make US Archery Teams. The Junior Olympic Archery Development Program Target Archery is shot at a 5-color, 10-ring target face at fixed and the College Division are governed by USA Archery and hold their distances. Archers stand on the shooting line together, on a own local, state, regional and National Championships each year. USA level field shooting in the same direction at a row of targets. Archery also facilitates instructor training courses. Target Archery Rounds are shot both indoors and outdoors, at different marked distances and varying sizes of target faces. www.USArchery.org Target archery is shot in the Olympic Games. National Field Archery Association incorporates numerous styles The Olympic Games of archery, with many equipment divisions, rounds, and age groups. The Archery is an Olympic Sport with more than 140 countries par- NFAA hosts indoor archery tournaments and sanctions numerous Field & ticipating in Olympic Style Archery. The Olympic Round consists 3-D Rounds each year. Popular league programs and mail matches are of exciting Match Play elimination rounds for both men’s and also sanctioned by the NFAA. women’s classes. A fast paced Team round is also shot, in both the men’s and women’s classes. All Olympic round competitions The NFAA is a member of the International Field Archery Association. are shot at a 122 cm. target face at 70 meters. Members compete in regional and international competition such as the North American Field Archery Championships and the World Field Archery The International Archery Federation, FITA, also holds World Championships Championships sanctioned by the IFAA. and a World Cup series during non-Olympic Years. There are opportunities for juniors under the age of 18 and Collegiate archers to compete at FITA World www.FieldArchery.org. Championships. International Bowhunting Organization (IBO) and the Archery Field Archery Shooters Association (ASA) are the primary organizations for 3-D Field Archery is shot on a challenging course, with targets placed at different Archery in the United States. They each host numerous 3-D tournaments, distances, up hill, down hill, or on the side of a mountain. The archers walk some with large Professional Divisions. the course from target to target, often in the woods. Most Field courses have and targets at marked distances. However, some field rounds are also shot at un- www.IBO.net www.ASAarchery.com marked distances, requiring increased skills of the competitors. Several orga- nizations offer field rounds, and other types of rounds that may include a hunter National Archery in the Schools Program provides round or an animal round. The types and sizes of target faces differ, as well as in-school physical education programs. the scoring. www.ArcheryintheSchools.org 3-D Archery 3-D Archery is shot on a course like Field Archery, however the targets are Archery Trade Association is the industry trade organization, made of foam that is molded and painted to resemble game animals. 3-D and posts locations of proshops, clubs and instructors on one of their Archery is extremely popular throughout the United States. Most courses are websites. unmarked to closely resemble bowhunting. www.AcherySearch.com 04 www.teacharchery.org www.teacharchery.org 05 Archery Instructor Training Archery Activity Outdoor Archery Range Layout Indoor Archery Ranges Safety Area An indoor range should also have a Shooting Line, Waiting Line, Chapter Two Archery Safety Minimum 50 Yards and a Target Line just like an outdoor range. The surrounding Behind Targets walls can serve as safety barriers. Being indoors, the range needs to have special attention towards safety and protection Outdoor This includes holes, roots, branches, against accidental damage caused by errant arrows. stakes, etc. Archery’s High Target Ranges at least 5 feet to targets Safety curtains should be hung slightly away from walls to catch Outdoor ranges should be located A range should have a shooting line, Safety Record Target Line arrows and help protect property. Curtains should never be with safety as the main priority. A waiting line, and a target line. These Archery is one of the safest sports, relied upon, however, to protect personal safety or expensive hillside backstop is ideal. On flat can be made with paint, rope, tape or with a reported injury rate of less items or windows. Never allow anyone to pass behind a safety fields, the safety area behind the chalk. To prevent tripping, DO NOT than one incident per 1,000 partici- curtain while shooting is in progress. Always check behind Safety Area Safety targets should be a minimum of 50 secure the ends of rope or tape. The pants in 2004. Other activities like the curtain before returning to the shooting line to start yards. Safety areas to each side of shooting line should be at a distance golf and fishing have an injury rate shooting again. the range should be no less than 15 close enough for the kids to hit the of up to 1.5 to 2 times the rate for yards. These areas should be roped target every time. This will vary with archery. Sports like soccer, baseball Lock all doors that are in the line of fire with the archers or that off unless the archery range is in a the age and ability of the archers, and and basketball have injury rates 15 are in the general shooting area. Post warning signs on the the size of the target butts. to 25 times higher than archery Shooting Line protected area.
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