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.

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Wind! awe come on….

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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.”

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Robby Beyer is Hired to fill the High Performance Manager Role

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Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on April 17th, 2009 | No Comments »

USA Archery is looking to hire a contractor to fill a part-time JOAD Coordinator role. This position would be contracted for approximately 20 hours per week. Ideally this position would be filled by a person that is familiar with the JOAD program and is motivated to help grow the program by providing the energy, enthusiasm, determination, oversight and attention to detail that will make JOAD a competently managed program. It is USA Archery’s hope that this position grows into a full time JOAD coordinator position as funds increase.

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USA Archery Hiring JOAD Coordinator

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Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on April 10th, 2009 | No Comments »

Miranda Leek aims to be there representing the United States in archery.

The Dowling Catholic High School sophomore travels across the country to compete nationally and has competed outside of the U.S. since taking up archery at age 5.

She most recently took home a first-place prize in the National Field Archery Association’s National Indoor Championships. She won the young adult female freestyle limited recurve/longbow division in Louisville, Ky., in mid-March, beating the record in her division by 32 points.

Read more here:
Des Monies girl takes aim at 2012 Olympics

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Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on April 6th, 2009 | No Comments »

Jake Kaminski talks a bit about his arrow setup and competing at the Easton Cup. Great silver finish Jake!

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Easton Cup and other things

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Posted in Archery Video, Olympic News on March 19th, 2009 | No Comments »

As a club we’ve been following Jake’s archery career so I guess you would say we’re fans. Jake was kind enough to share his technique in a video. I keep looking at the great form from his elbow position, relaxed hand, and anchor point. Take a look!

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Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on March 9th, 2009 | No Comments »

Please join me in welcoming Denise Parker to the CEO position at USA Archery. Of course, she’s already a little bit settled in as she’s been “Acting CEO” for several months now. During her tenure, I’ve seen a marked increase in communication and openness from USA Archery. The changes that I’ve seen, I’ve liked. Keep up the good work Ms. Parker!

“I believe we made some progress over the past few months putting together a strategy and securing funding to help execute that plan,” explains CEO Parker. “We have much more work to accomplish, including filling a couple of key staffing positions, but I believe we are on our way to rebuilding the organization. I thank the Board for their confidence in me. I am humbled by all the support I have received and am very excited about the future of USA Archery.”

Read more from the official announcement here:
USAA Board Removes “Acting” from CEO Parker’s Title

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Posted in Archery Stories, Archery Video, Olympic News on March 3rd, 2009 | No Comments »

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Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on February 25th, 2009 | No Comments »

As the regional leader of the Easton Foundation national archery programs, the Manager will administer the Foundation programs to improve proficiency of archers at all levels, and insure consistency of the regional training and instruction with the USAA National Head Coach Resident Athlete Training programs and techniques.

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ESDF Hiring a Coach for Regional Training Center in Newberry, Florida

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Posted in Archery Stories, Olympic News on February 23rd, 2009 | No Comments »

The 125th National Target Tournament moves from Colorado Springs, CO to Hamilton, OH for 2009.

“With all the changes in staffing this year, we knew we had to have the Nationals in a location where we had a good, strong team. The City of Hamilton, Butler County Visitors Bureau and the Cincinnati Junior Olympians Club stepped up to provide us with plenty of support,” says Denise Parker, USAA Acting CEO. “The added benefit is that we will be in a proven location for maximizing participation. We have always done well when the Nationals are held in Ohio and in a year where the economy is weak, it will be good to be within driving distance of many of our members. The City of Hamilton is within a day’s drive from 65% of the nation’s population and is an ideal location to celebrate such a historic event for USA Archery.”

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125th US National Target Championship to be held in Hamilton, Ohio

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