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In November of 2015, National NASP® leadership and a group of NASP® educators and students met to discuss ways to further enhance the 15 year old program. One recommendation was to establish a uniform incentive and recognition format to recognize and promote academic achievement for participating NASP® students.

The concept of a NASP® Academic Archer was born. In its first year of implementation, AA finished with 8,517 students enrolled. Educators from 38 US states and two Canadian Provinces implemented the NASP® Academic Archer Program with their students. Easton Technical Products, a long time supporter and manufacturer of the only approved NASP® arrow, began discussions with NASP® leadership about the success of the program. Easton quickly recognized the value of the AA recognition program and gladly jumped on board as its financial sponsor.

Now in its second year, the academic recognition program has currently reached over 10,000 students in 39 jurisdictions for their success in the classroom and enrollments continue through April 30th.

Roy Grimes, president of NASP® said, “We are so pleased that schools and educators continue to see NASP® as a tool to motivate their kids through AA. We are certainly excited, along with our partner, Easton Technical Products to be able to recognize our students with this type of recognition.

Dr. Tommy Floyd, NASP® Vice President and General Manager was elated that the numbers for AA have continued to climb. “Educators tell us that AA is a tool for them to motivate their student archers to succeed in the classroom. We are especially excited about those students that have to work just a little harder to qualify as an Academic Archer – In doing so, NASP® is indeed achieving one of its long-standing goals of helping to motivate students for success in the classroom. ”

“Our next step with Academic Archer will be to help provide messaging to all NASP® participants on the importance of being prepared for College and Career. While our students continue to remind us that they want to know about archery opportunities beyond NASP®, we want them all to be thinking about the appropriate steps that each of them need to take to be ready for life after high school, life after NASP®.”

For more information on beginning the Academic Archer in your school: Please visit the toolkit at: http://naspschools.org/instructors/

For specifics about AA criteria, visit

http://naspschools.org/instructors/attachments/1472614732.pdf

Or

Contact Dr. Tommy Floyd at: tommy.floyd@naspschools.org

It is our hope that every NASP® jurisdiction will enroll students in AA. We’d like to see the AA numbers top 50,000 students someday.
It is our intention to increasingly send the strongest of messages about how teaching archery as part of the in-school curriculum can be important to the mission of educators. We believe that the more we emphasize in-school archery as an extension of the classroom, the more that educators can use programs like AA, and the greater likelihood that NASP® will be around to motivate countless generations of young students!”

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Archers in the Mountains
Bear Country Archery
Cincinnati Archers
Every Arrow Counts
Grace Chapel HisPins Archery
Nassau Bowmen
Noble County JOAD
Pinnacle Athletics LLC
Smith Point JOAD
Tri-State Hawkeyes JOAD
Wasting Arrows
West Texas JOAD
X-Ring Archery

Steve Cornell of Grace Chapel HisPins Archery commented: “By receiving this grant, we will be able to keep our costs down and provide a well-rounded archery program so that we can reach more young people and expose them to the great sport of archery.”

JOAD Grant applications are accepted and reviewed in April and August of each year. Please check back for the 2017 grant cycle information. For questions, please contact Program Manager Lorin Fiehler.

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MOUNT JOY, PA — October Mountain Products congratulates 13-year-old Sydney Phipps of Peterstown, WV on her recent International Bowhunting Organization (IBO) Championship win. Phipps used her October Mountain Products Smoky Mountain Hunter recurve bow to capture the top score in the Youth Traditional Recurve Division. The IBO championship event was held at Seven Springs Resort in Seven Springs, PA, the weekend of August 12–14.

“The October Mountain Smoky Mountain Hunter is very forgiving and smooth from draw to release,” said Phipps. “This bow allows me to enjoy hunting, target shooting and tournament situations. The Smoky Mountain Hunter’s precision helped me win the IBO Youth Traditional World Championship.”

Phipps became involved in archery just four years ago, and has been shooting the OMP Smoky Mountain Hunter for a year and a half. In addition to IBO and ASA shoots, she is on the Peterstown Middle School Archery Team, and has been named to the 2016 NASP Middle School All-Academic Team.

“In the future, I will be shooting in many more tournaments,” said Phipps. “I will try my best to shoot in the 3 legs of the IBO and as many IBO and ASA tournaments that I can, as well as participating in all the local tournaments if possible. I would like to expand my tournaments and shoot in some indoor, NFAA, and spot shoots.”

About the OMP Smoky Mountain Hunter:

The October Mountain Products Smoky Mountain Hunter is a traditional recurve bow featuring a low mass weight designed to provide the archer with smooth-shooting and superior performance, while withstanding the rigors of everyday hunting and recreational shooting. Crafted from hard maple wood, its three-piece take-down design provides easy storage. Online ordering and a dealer locator can be found at OMP’s website.  

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One way Kinsey’s has been able to contribute to youth archery has been sponsoring the local high school’s Archery Club for the past 11 years. Working with NASP and two physical education teachers at Donegal High School in Mount Joy, PA, Kinsey’s was able to help the educators get training and equipment to start the club. “Way back in 2005, my physical education colleague, Mr. Derek Nissley, and I were contacted about possible interest in receiving indoor archery equipment and instructor training in a new national archery initiative called NASP,” said Dr. David Eichler, Physical & Outdoor Education teacher at Donegal. “The original equipment (Genesis bows, arrows, targets and safety screen) as well as the fee for attending training was sponsored by Kinsey’s.”

“We take 16 students to the state tournament [each year]. Kinsey’s annually inspects, tunes and replaces (if necessary) any and all archery equipment for us and sponsors the archery team t-shirt. True appreciation and gratitude is to Kinsey’s, as without the company’s continued support, there would be no archery in physical education classes, nor an archery team. Literally thousands of Donegal High School students have been exposed to archery, and as their teacher and coach, I know the countless smiles of archery success has been noticed by me,” said Eichler.

Always an integral partner, Kinsey’s will become the primary sponsor of the Camp Mack Boy Scout Camp Shoot at the 24th annual shoot to be held April 8–9, 2017. The shoot attracts 800 archers a year and proceeds go to support the Boy Scouts and Lebanon-Lancaster Scout Council. There are five 20-target courses and novelties and the shoot also features a kids course.

“Kinsey’s has been a supporter since day one of this event,” said Sherri Gorman, Kinsey’s Vice President of Operations/Administration. “We recognized many years ago the importance of supporting events and organizations that introduce kids to archery. The Boy Scouts has been a longtime supporter of the sport that has been near and dear to the Kinsey family for more than 60 years.”

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It’s all too easy to feel alone in the world when you’re a small business owner. The entire concept of owning a business goes hand in hand individualism, but the archery industry has some unique options that aren’t available to the vast majority of other small businesses. There are a lot of organizations that are solely dedicated to increasing archery participation and laying foundations for future growth. Here are some of the allies that are already out there, and the ways they can help an archery pro-shop thrive.

Buying Groups

When considering organizations that help archery dealers, buying groups cannot be overlooked. They offer a lot of perks that many dealers find indispensable:

• Better prices: Buying groups reduce retailers’ overhead costs by combining the purchasing power of shops nationwide. Retailers get the same products they would buy on their own, but at much lower prices. Some buying groups also use their muscle to pay quarterly, annual or performance-based dividends to members.

• Improved payment options: Rather than paying multiple manufacturers for various products, buying groups combine a retailer’s bill for products into one payment. Manufacturers like this because they process only one invoice rather than hundreds of smaller invoices. Advances in Internet communications and other digital technology further streamline billing and receivables, eliminating paper and enhancing convenience for all parties involved.

• Marketing opportunities: Manufacturers get more bang for their buck by incentivizing entire buying groups to stock and sell certain products. Normally, they seldom contact individual businesses with special product/deal/marketing campaigns, but it’s convenient to ask buying groups to share something with their members. This gives retailers the chance to offer unique products or point-of-purchase items they normally wouldn’t stock. Some manufacturers go even further by providing buying-group members advertising programs from their professional marketing teams. Buying groups extend that expertise to their members, benefiting both parties by increasing exposure and sales.

• Access to the latest technology: Small businesses seldom have the time, money or knowhow to stay current with cutting-edge technology. Buying groups provide members with access to diverse digital advancements. Therefore, retailers can easily and conveniently oversee product shipments, inventory quantities and claims processing electronically. This means less hassle and fewer errors.

• Business advice: Small-business owners usually aren’t surrounded by friends and family who own small businesses themselves, let alone one in the same industry. This means when times are tough and difficult decisions must be made they struggle to find solid, informed answers. Another buying-group perk is simply picking up the phone and discussing important choices with an industry expert who’s invested in the small business’s success. Buying groups must also know which items are hot – or will be hot – each year. Such information is vital to negotiating the group’s best contracts with manufacturers. Therefore, as shop owners plan their inventory needs, they have easy access to well-informed industry experts.

• Networking: A buying group’s greatest strength is its combined buying power, but people easily overlook its combined brain power. Buying groups build bonds between independent retailers, making life in a niche market more inclusive and less isolated. Buying groups often host special events for members, including their own buying shows. Besides being a great place to share hunting stories and make new friends, these gatherings are excellent forums for exchanging ideas and sharing ways to fix common issues. This can also help those who are considering selling their business. What better place to find potential buyers than a gathering of like-minded small-business owners? In fact, the buying group might help a member find a suitable buyer. After all, the group wants every member to succeed.

• Extra time: All these perks offer another hidden bonus to retailers: spare time. Because the buying group is handling things like marketing, negotiating contracts, monitoring technology, and scouting the season’s hottest products, the small-business owner has more time to interact with customers and employees. In fact, a buying group’s most valuable asset could be reducing stress for its members and allowing them to focus more on customer service.

NABA

NABA, a nonprofit organization, formed in 1995 with help from former PSE sales representatives Jerry Morrison and Scott Eastman in the aftermath of the Central Oregon Buying Group’s demise. That group’s treasury had a $225 balance at the time, which fueled NABA’s launch. The original board of directors included Norm and Tom Geertsen from Broken Arrow Archery of Milwaukie, Oregon; John Schauble, All seasons Archery in Boise, Idaho; John Nelson, Little Johns Archery in Roseville, California; and Wayne Piersol, Archery Only in Newark, California.

In 2003 they attended the ATA Trade Show, establishing a relationship that has attracted more dealers for NABA and expanded its membership base in Eastern states. NABA has grown about 10 percent each year, and currently has about 375 retailers on its rolls. NABA also hosts its own annual buying show in Reno, Nevada, where members network and address their inventory needs.

Learn more about NABA here.

ARRO

ARRO has roots extending to 1968, but was incorporated by Gordon Bentley of Oregon, Wisconsin, in 1981. It was once known as the Archery Lane Operators Association. ARRO is independently owned and operated, with Bentley’s daughter Lynn Stiklestad serving as its executive secretary and administrative director. It emphasizes bowhunting and competitive shooting in its membership, and supports ranges, leagues and 3-D shooting. With its community of experts, ARRO provides members with great product discounts, and valuable resources and networking. ARRO prides itself on being a member/stockholder cooperative buying group, meaning its members are stockholders who receive annual dividends.

Learn more about ARRO here.

S3DA and NASP

While buying groups interact directly with the business side of a pro-shop, there are a lot of organizations that provide assistance through different avenues. Younger generations must get involved with archery for the industry to have a solid future, and these are some of the organizations ensuring that happens.

S3DA

The Scholastic Archery Association, DBA Scholastic 3-D Archery, was created to foster, educate and guide youth interested in 3-D and target archery.

They consider themselves responsible for:

• Sanctioning and conducting national, local/state, and regional 3-D and target archery competitions and championships.
• Selecting, supporting, and managing teams and staff for 3-D and target archery competitions.
• Creating and maintaining the resources and infrastructure with local sportsman’s clubs that are necessary to support the growth of youth and high school 3D and target archery in the United States of America.
• Promoting the growth and development of instructional and competitive archery programs in the educational institutions in the United States of America.
• Establishing and enforcing rules, regulations, and procedures concerning eligibility to compete in order to ensure fair competition.

Recently they’ve really been picking up steam. Big-name sponsors like Bear Archery, Papes, Trophy Ridge and Extreme Archery Products have allowed them to appoint coordinators for each state. These state coordinators oversee all aspects of the S3DA program in their respective state, including organizing tournaments, dividing the state into regions that will allow S3DA participants multiple monthly competition venues as close as possible to their home location, and recruiting and hiring regional coordinators to oversee and manage these individual regions.

Learn more about S3DA here.

NASP

While S3DA has been providing young adults and competitive archers with quality tournaments, NASP has been instilling a passion for archery early on.

They focus on three main things:

• Archery Curriculum: Units of study that focus on education, conservation, and target archery written by experts to meet state and national educational standards. This enables NASP to speak the language of educators who are intent on teaching core content throughout the school day. These units were designed for inclusion in a school’s physical education curriculum but in a few NASP schools these archery lessons are presented by history, language, art, and even Spanish teachers.

• Teacher Training: Instructor Training was developed so teachers in every participating school could be certified to present NASP lessons that are safe for students, instructors, bystanders and the facility. To date more than 50,000 people have been certified by NASP. During the training, teachers learn how to set up and operate a safe archery range in their gymnasium.

• Universal Fit Archery Equipment: NASP uses highly standardized gear that’s safe, durable, economical, and most importantly, a universal fit for almost every student. In NASP, learning the process of shooting is stressed far more than arrow scores. The only bow used in NASP is a Genesis compound, which has no let-off and is adjustable from 10-20 pounds in draw weight at any draw length. Only full-length aluminum arrows are used in NASP to fit every student and to preserve NASP’s perfect safety record.

These companies sow the seeds for the future of archery. Keep an eye on them to watch their continuing development. A local tournament or event could be a great way to get interested younger archers in your pro-shop.

Learn more about NASP here.

ATA

The ATA is probably the first thing that comes to mind when one considers organizations growing archery. The Archery Trade Association works year-round for the industry, and its role is only growing. Programs like their Retail Growth Initiative and Explore Bowhunting form a two-pronged strategy for making dealers more successful.

The Retail Growth Initiative helps dealers on the storefront side of things, showing them ways to make their business more appealing and profitable. This program focuses on increasing foot traffic to stores, increasing traffic to websites, increased shooting range profits, and increasing equipment sales. This program is 100 percent free to ATA members and truly worth checking out.

Explore Bowhunting works on the other side, increasing interest in bowhunting to ultimately drive more customers to archery shops. Explore Bowhunting is an educational program designed to help instructors, program leaders and educators teach students ages 11-17 the basic skills of bowhunting. The Archery Trade Association has created this program to spark an interest and passion for bowhunting in today’s youth. Through these hands-on experiences students gain confidence interacting with the natural environment and strengthen their appreciation for wildlife and the woods. Explore Bowhunting is offered nationwide through state wildlife agencies. Educators can receive the complete Explore Bowhunting curriculum packet by attending a development workshop.  Contact your state wildlife agency to locate and register for an Explore Bowhunting workshop near you.

Meanwhile, the ATA also acts as a strong-arm for the archery industry for legislative and legal issues.

Check out all the ATA’s amazing resources here.

USA Archery and World Archery

Although USA Archery and World Archery are currently up to their neck with Olympic archery coverage and promotion, they work year round to place archery in front of the eyes of the public. They work hard to promote archery, support athletes, and provide valuable resources for the industry as a whole.

An excellent recent example just occurred.

USA Archery partnered with First Lady Michelle Obama and her “Let’s Move!” initiative. The program’s goal is to get more kids healthy and active by capitalizing on the Olympic and Paralympic spirit this summer. USA Archery and many national governing bodies affiliated with the U.S. Olympic Committee made this commitment to the Partnership for a Healthier America to provide beginner athletic programming to kids in their communities during the year ahead. As part of the commitment, USA Archery will facilitate grants for archery kits, programming and instructor certification to help grow archery. Its goal is to introduce 50,000 children to the sport through the Explore Archery and Junior Olympic Archery Development program during the next 12 months.

This is another excellent organization that’s solely devoted to celebrating archery and the people who love it.

Check out USA Archery’s website and World Archery’s website to learn more about the resources they provide.

JOAD

US Archery also sponsors JOAD (Junior Olympic Archery Development), a nationwide program that provides youth age 8 to 20 with ongoing archery classes to help them progress from beginner to advanced level archery, at their own pace. This is another great organization getting kids involved. Learn more at USA Archery’s website.

Easton Foundations

Created by Jim Easton, CEO of Jas. D. Easton, Inc., the Foundations support the building and/or operation of outdoor and indoor archery facilities at city parks, schools, universities and sports complexes throughout the U.S.  In addition to these facilities, the Foundations provide programs to train aspiring archers, trainers, coaches and administrators.

The first Easton Sports Development Foundation was created in 1984 with the mission to introduce this lifetime activity and historic Olympic-style sport of archery to more people in Southern California. The success of that effort led to the formation in 2006 of a second Easton foundation, Easton Sports Development Foundation II.

The Easton Foundations sponsor a variety of programs to increase the awareness of archery. Among the programs initiated by ESDF are Olympic Archery in Schools (OAS), which helps schools to form archery teams to compete in a unique league.  The Foundation also sponsored the 2009 Archery Youth World Cup and the 2010-2012 Archery World Cups in Ogden, UT and runs various youth archery programs from its Archery Centers in Newberry, FL; Salt Lake City, Utah and Van Nuys, CA.

Easton Sports Development Foundation II (ESDFII) also awards several grants every year to clubs, programs, schools, colleges and universities, and organizations that propose archery-related plans or projects. Check out the Easton Sports Development Foundation website to learn more.

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US and International response from educators and coaches to NASP®’s new Academic Archer program has been outstanding! Registration concluded for the 2015/2016 school year on April 30th with 8,517 students enrolled into the program. Educators from 38 US states and two Canadian Provinces implemented the NASP® Academic Archer Program with their students.
Using the existing pool of registered Academic Archers that will compete in the upcoming national tournament, NASP® will soon name the first ever NASP® All-Academic Archery Team. Dr. Tommy Floyd, Vice President of NASP® said, “We will soon identify the top 24 boys and girls who were registered as AA and who shot at the US or Canadian Nationals. To qualify for the AA Team we will go through the National tournament standings and match top scores with AA enrollees. It is our hope, that the competitive nature of some of the teachers and coaches, will result in students who on the cusp of being stand-out students or archers, will be encouraged to get over the hump to make the team next year.”

Recently, NASP® conducted a random computer drawing and selected ten students names from among registered AAs. Each of these young people won a new Genesis Bow and custom Easton AA Arrows! Due to a generous sponsor who purchased the bows, and Easton Archery for donating the arrows, these ten lucky Academic Archers will soon be receiving their new equipment. This year’s Genesis Bow and Easton Arrow Winners were from KY, SC, GA, IL, TN, IA, OK, AK, and MI.

NASP® President Roy Grimes reminded everyone, “We will launch the Academic Archer program in early September for the 2016/2017 school year. We hope that every NASP® jurisdiction will enroll students in AA. We’d like to see the number top 50,000 students next year. It is our intention to increasingly send the strongest message possible, about how teaching archery as part of the school curriculum, is important to the mission of educators. As I’ve stated before, the more we emphasize in-school archery as an extension of the classroom, the more that educators can use it, as a motivational tool to reach more students!

For more information on beginning the Academic Archer in your school, please visit the AA Toolkit or contact Dr. Tommy Floyd.

Since 2002!

Check out the NASP® promo video.

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Workshop topics include hunter education, for both student and instructor certification. Missouri’s hunter education course is required for any hunter born on or after January 1, 1967. It is also recommended to all hunters, regardless of experience. Hunter education has a proven track record in Missouri for helping to instill hunting safety and ethics. Since it became mandatory in 1987, hunting incidents and deaths have been reduced by more than 70 percent.

The workshops also provide certification for Missouri’s National Archery in the Schools Program (MoNASP). MoNASP teaches the basics of archery as part of the school curriculum. Archery has demonstrated it can help motivate kids to attend school, increase their self-esteem and get them outdoors. It’s an activity accessible to students of almost any age or level of physical ability. Grants are even available through MoNASP to help schools acquire archery equipment.

Another workshop offers teachers the chance to become Discover Nature—Fishing instructors. MDC’s Discover Nature—Fishing Program is based on studies that show it requires multiple contacts with an activity to get someone to stick with it. Discover Nature—Fishing is a free program that consists of four progressive lessons. Each one propels newcomers one step farther through the basics of the sport, and empowers them with the knowledge to make fishing a life-long activity.

A detailed listing of each workshop is as follows:

Hunter Education Student Certification
Date: Monday, June 20, 2016
Time: 8:30-5:00
Location: Jay Henges Shooting Range and Outdoor Education Center, High Ridge

Hunter Education Instructor Certification
Date: Tuesday, June 21, 2016
Time: 8:30-5:00
Location: Jay Henges Shooting Range and Outdoor Education Center, High Ridge

MONASP Basic Archery Instructor Certification
Date: Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Time: 8:30-5:00
Location: St. Peters Catholic School Gymnasium/Parish Center, St. Charles

Discover Nature: Fishing Instructor Training
Date: Thursday, June 23, 2016
Time: 9:00-4:00
Location: August A Busch Memorial Conservation Area, St. Charles

Each workshop is free but advanced registration is required. For more information on MDC’s multi-day outdoor skills workshop for teachers, contact Outdoor Skills Specialist Scott Sarantakis, or 314-301-1506, ext. 4217.

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Tournaments will be held:
• April 2, East Middle School, Rapid City
• April 9, NFAA/Easton Archery Facility, Yankton
• April 30, Jones Co. School, Murdo
• May 7, Outdoor Adventure Center, Brookings

The tournaments will include regular bulls-eye target archery at Rapid City and Yankton and 3D archery in Murdo and Brookings.

The events are sponsored by South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks (GFP) and will include over 600 youth from across the state. Students will compete for individual and team honors in three age divisions. The top three individual and team winners will receive trophies and the overall individual winners from the bulls-eye target tournaments will receive a custom-made bow courtesy of GFP. Students who participate in NASP within their schools or home school program are eligible for the competition.

“It’s gratifying to see so many schools introduce the sport of archery into their curriculum,” stated Patrick Klotzbach, NASP coordinator for GFP. “Studies have shown that students who participate in NASP like school better and attend school more often. NASP is a great partnership between GFP and local school districts.”

There is no charge to attend the tournaments, and the public is welcome. Individuals who wish to volunteer with the tournament can email or call 605.220.2130.

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