Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on April 30th, 2009 | No Comments »

USA Archery recently made a posting about the coming plans of the JOAD program, and I was very glad to see it. The USA Archery has been undergoing some major changes and they have been coming in a top-down approach. With changes in the Olympic and Elite levels well underway, we’ve been seeing changes flowing down to the Collegiate level with CAP and the push to expand club participation in archery. All welcome changes.

As a community and club level coach, I must admit to feeling a little left out. It appears as if the changes are now flowing down to the JOAD level now, and I welcome them with open arms.

Two very important things are taking place in May that I would like to share with you. The first is that we are hiring a JOAD Coordinator. As with everything, it is difficult to ask a lot of time from our volunteers. The JOAD Committee does its best, but when it comes to the administrative and promotional legwork, we need a dedicated, paid leader. This hiring is expected to occur late May or early June.

The second important event taking place is a meeting of the JOAD Committee, along with me, scheduled for May 27-29th in Salt Lake City.

I must admit that our club just recently joined JOAD as we’re attempting to become much more efficient as a club. Up to this time, it has been 4-H that has taken care of our training and been providing us with funding and attention to grow our club.

I look forward to hearing what will be coming out of the JOAD meeting in May, and I look forward to working with whomever is hired as the JOAD coordinator. Of course, I shouldn’t be passive in this relationship. I should reach out to our regional JOAD representative, and introduce our club. We’re a young club and attempting to grow in the number of coaches which in turn will increase the number of kids that we can coach, train, and share this great sport of archery.

Well done USA Archery. I look forward to more news in regards to JOAD. We’ll do our part from the bottom up, especially if you continue to do great works from the top down.

Read more here:
JOAD – Where are we headed?

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Posted in Archery Stories on April 27th, 2009 | No Comments »

Some familiar names on this list:

1st place Male Recurve : Vic Wunderle
1st place Female Recurve : Jennifer Nichols
1st place Male Compound : Roger Willet Jr.
1st place Female Compound : Erika Anschutz

Read more here:
http://archery.usoc.org/news/article/12250

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Posted in Archery Stories, World Championships on April 27th, 2009 | No Comments »

The World University Games will be held in Belgrade Serbia, hosting unversity athletes from around the world competing in all sorts of sports including archery.

The US WUG team is selected at the World University Game Team Trials which are held in conjunction with USIACs. The U.S. team will be comprised of the top 3 qualifying men and women in both the compound and recurve divisions.

Additional information for potential WUG team members will be sent to Club Presidents, coaches, and advisors this week. If you think that you’d like to make the team, you must fill out some required paperwork prior to USIACs (WUG trials). These mandatory paperwork requirements are necessary in order to meet scheduled deadlines by FISU, the WUG organizing body.

Loretta Sinclair has the full update about the games, and more information about the history of the events.

Read more here:
WUG Team Trials …

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Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on April 27th, 2009 | No Comments »

Our club has been following the career of Ms. Cassandra and she strives to become the best archer that she possibly can be. We’re thankful that she’s sharing her story and journey with us on her blog.

This weekend she was in College Station, Texas competing in the Texas Shootout competition. Evidently it was very windy with an on set of nerves.

t was my time to shoot and I cant believe I’m actually saying this,but I got nervous in my legs, yep legs, my quads started to tingle and sort of shake, absoultly crazy. I dont get nervous anymore I said to myself, it didn’t mater though it was there. My first 2 arrows were uck, but I pulled myself together and said to myself “you HAVE to shoot good shots here, keep your bow arm strong and follow through on that shot no matter what, you have to do this” and I DID.

I’m thankful that she openly and honestly shared that with us. Our club and team archers struggle with the same nerves, and many times the same windy conditions. It’s great to read about an elite archer struggling with the same situations and how they overcome them.

Read more here:
Wind! awe come on….

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Posted in Archery Stories on April 27th, 2009 | No Comments »

If you are a college level archer, check out (and register for) the US Intercollegiate Archery Championships. The 2009 United States Intercollegiate Archery Championship will be held on May 14th through 17th at California State University, Long Beach. The deadline to register is May 1st so you only have a couple more days.

Good luck to all of the archers!

Read more here:
USIAC Registration

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Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on April 27th, 2009 | No Comments »

Please join me in welcoming Mr. Robby Beyer as the new High Performance Manager for USA Archery. Although I may never get to meet Mr. Beyer since I move in the club level, I’m hoping that his efforts and input will help not only the world class USA archers, but those effects will filter down to the regional and club levels.

“Elite athlete support is my number one priority,” explains Beyer. “My desire is to provide the support services necessary to compete and succeed internationally for recurve and compound archers alike. I want to maintain open communication with athletes, the athlete advisory council and coaches in an effort to galvanize everyone together to accomplish our organizational goals for London 2012.”

Read more here:
Robby Beyer is Hired to fill the High Performance Manager Role

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Posted in Club News on April 24th, 2009 | No Comments »

Just a quick not that there will *NOT* be archery practice tomorrow as the team will be at the 4-H tournament in Rock Eagle.

The next archery practice will be at 6:00pm-7:00pm on May 2nd, 2009.

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Posted in Club News, Photos on April 20th, 2009 | No Comments »

Wow, what a turn out. I think the organizers were pleasantly surprised with the turnout and they had to do some quick reallocation of targets to handle the influx. We shot from 6pm to midnight for the end of the tournaments. Again, I’m really proud of our archers. Some of them shot their personal best. We only have a couple of photos but you can see what a great turnout there was.

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Posted in Archery Stories on April 20th, 2009 | No Comments »

There has been lots of movement from the NFAA lately. This time they’re looking for an archery center manager.

As the leader of the NFAA/Easton Foundations’ Regional Archery Center of Excellence, the Manager will foster, promote and administer the NFAA/Easton programs to improve the proficiency of archers and bowhunters at all levels. The Manager will ensure consistency of the regional training and instruction with the NFAA and USAA coaching and training programs and techniques. The Manager will work in coordination with the NFAA President and Executive Secretary to oversee the development and implementation of the regional training programs, coordination of camps, clinics and seminars, instructor certification courses, curriculum updates and modification, and outreach programs to both athletes and coaches. Strong organization and communication skills are mandatory along with the ability to work with dual reporting responsibilities. Creative and innovative thinking is necessary to develop strong regional programs.

Read more here:
NFAA/Easton Foundation Job Posting – Yankton Regional Archery Center Manager

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Posted in Archery Stories on April 20th, 2009 | No Comments »

These look like tough requirements to fill, but if you are the right person for the position, send in your resume.

As the manager of the NFAA & WAF tournament trade shows you will be required to promote to manufacturers and dealers the four NFAA/WAF major tournament trade shows. As the Yankton Regional Archery Center Coach you will teach & coach all levels of archery and ensure consistency with the NFAA Instructor programs and USA Archery National Head Coach Training programs and techniques. Strong organization and communication skills are a must along with the ability to work with dual reporting responsibilities. Creative and innovative thinking is necessary to develop a strong regional coaching program.

Read more here:
NFAA Tournament Trade Show Manager & Coach Position Announcement

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