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
