District 8 4-H Shooting Sports Coach Training-REOPENED

Due to recent winter weather that swept the state, the District 8 4-H Shooting Sports Coach Training (Shotgun Only) was cancelled earlier this month.  The training has been rescheduled to be held January 25-26, 2014 in Fort Worth.  Registration for this event is currently open to anyone in the state who is eligible and enrolled in 4-H.  Registration is open on 4-H Connect and will close on January 9, 2014.  Anyone who enrolled for the training on the original date does not need to re-register for the event. 

Note that this training covers the Shotgun discipline only.

2014 Hunting & Wildlife Leader Trainings

Registration for the 2014 Hunting & Wildlife Leader/Coach Trainings will open on 4-H Connect Thursday!

4-H Hunting & Wildlife is a 4-H Shooting Sports discipline and much more. During the 4-H Shooting Sports State Games each summer, youth can register to participate in this discipline that offers live firing events as well as interactive events that challenge the knowledge and skills of the contestant. The live firing events are designed to simulate as closely as possible the type of shooting one would do in a hunting field rather than on a shooting range.

One design of this training is to prepare an adult leader to coach youth in the Hunting & Wildlife Shooting Sports discipline and certify them to train their youth to safely and responsibly use the four firearms (shotgun, smallbore rifle, muzzle loading rifle, and bow) in live firing situations. The training is also designed for any Adult Volunteer Leader wishing to work with their local youth in a hunting or wildlife project or a combination of the two.

Any actively enrolled Adult Volunteer Leader, Extension employee, or senior 4-H youth is eligible for this training. Actively enrolled youth who have reached age 14 by September 1 of the current 4-H year may participate in a training as an Assistant Coach/Leader Candidate. Please Note: to be eligible to become a fully Certified Coach in the Hunting & Wildlife Shooting Sports discipline, you must be minimum 21 years of age or older.

Detailed information will be available soon via the Texas 4-H Natural Resources website and blog.

Hunting & Wildlife Leader/Coach Trianing-College Station, Brazos County

February 1-2, 2014

Registration open December 12, 2013-January 9, 2014

To subscribe to text message updates for this event, text @hwcoach1 to (469) 804-3344

Hunting & Wildlife Leader/Coach Trianing-Monahans, Ward County

February 8-9, 2014

Registration open December 12, 2013-January 16, 2014

To subscribe to text message updates for this event, text @hwcoach2 to (469) 804-3344 

2014 Application for Shooting Sports Texas Teams/National Invitational--REOPENED

The 2014 Application for Shooting Sports Texas Teams/National Invitational has been reopened for the AIR RIFLE and HUNTING & WILDLIFE disciplines only. The application will be available via 4-H Connect today, through next Wednesday, December 18, 2013. See the Shooting Sports website for detailed information and application instructions.

To subscribe to general Texas 4-H Shooting Sports text message updates, text @tx4hss to (469) 804-3344

Updates via Text Message

Want information, updates, and reminders sent to your phone? The Texas 4-H Natural Resources Program is now sending text updates!

Text the following code(s) for the group(s) to which you wish to subscribe to: (469) 804-3344. New groups will be set up for each upcoming event. Event codes will be posted with each event's information. You may unsubscribe at any time.

General 4-H Shooting Sports Information--@tx4hss
4-H Archery Camp--@4harchcamp
East Region Shooting Sports Coach Training--@eastcoach

East Region 4-H Shooting Sports Coach Training--Registration Now Open

East Region 4-H Shooting Sports Coach Training
January 25-26, 2014--Tyler, TX
Registration Open on 4-H Connect December 5, 2013-January 9, 2014

See the Coach and Assistant Coach Training and Certification Information document for detailed information.

To receive East Region Coach Training event information, updates, and reminders via text message, text @eastcoach to (469) 804-3344.

2014 Texas 4-H Archery Camp

 TEXAS 4-H ARCHERY CAMP

Texas 4-H Conference Center, Brownwood, Texas

January 24-26, 2014

Registration on 4-H Connect December 5, 2013-January 9, 2014 $175/Youth or Adult Participant

“Archery is a Sport of Form and Mind, to be successful one must master both at the same time”

Texas 4-H Archery Camp is open to any youth 4-H member wanting to improve their shooting knowledge and skills in recurve and compound archery.  The camp is also open to certified 4-H archery coaches desiring to learn more about coaching archery, archery equipment, archery games, and improving shooting skills.  Youth participants should have beginning or intermediate experience in shooting archery and understand the basic archery safety, range rules, and whistle commands. 

Adult and youth participants must provide their own equipment.

Topics will include:

·         Introduction to Archery Equipment: Discussion and hands on introduction to various archery equipment including a variety of bows, arrows, and other accessories.  Introduction to equipment maintenance and tuning, arrow fletching, etc.  Additional/detailed topics based upon questions and concerns of participants.

·         30 Arrow Baseline Round: Shooting a 30 arrow round will give instructors the opportunity to review archers’ skill level, note strengths and areas needing improvement, and provide a base line for skill progression over the course of the camp.

·         Steps in Shooting: In depth training and hands on activities in the steps of shooting an arrow, shooting technique development, and the importance of repetitive practice.

·         On Range Practice of Steps in Shooting: Practice shooting the basic steps on the range. During this time Coaches will work with the youth archers while the camp staff observe and offer advice on coaching skills. Video of youth archers (on a volunteer basis) will be taken at this time to be used in later Video Evaluation Training.

·         4-H Competitions: Discussion of various tournament opportunities offered by 4-H Shooting Sports and other youth shooting entities, the rules of these games, and related topics.

·         Preparing for Tournaments: Discussion of the physical demands of archery and exercises to improve shooting abilities.

·         Video Evaluation Training: Review of videos from the previous day to show how video is used by the archer and coach as a learning tool.

To receive event information, updates, and reminders via text message,

text @4harchcamp to (469) 804-3344