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The Victoria Bowmen Junior Olympic Program

The Club also shoots at other times during the week, please check the Shooting Times Tab

Victoria Bowmen

Junior Olympic Program

Objective

To teach all areas of archery from Target indoor/outdoor, Field, to 3D shooting.  To encourage the youth to complete in tournaments hosted by our club.

Age

Minimum age is 9 years

Maximum is 21years

BCAA JOP Program

All members will be participating in the Badge program for indoor and outdoor.

The club will also supply a binder with archery information.  There will be talks with handout to add to there information binder.

Time

There will be 2 time slot to shoot for your JOP badges and receive coaching instruction. Saturday Group 1 is 9-11am, Group 2 11-1pm.  You must be there 15 minutes prior to your start time to set your equipment up. You must arrive on time if you do not, do not come.  Each group will be limited to 20-25 archers. If you do not attend on a regular basis you will lose your spot. We are looking for committed archers. There will be attendance taken and progress reports made (example, Hand in score cards, on time)

Indoor: October to March

Outdoor: April to June

Equipment

Your own archery equipment required. For anyone new they will not be allowed to use the Club equipment.  Current members who use Club equipment will have until December 31/06 to purchase there own. After that date Club equipment will not be available for them to use. (We are working with Island Outfitters).  Once they have there own equipment they my shoot anytime.

Parents

Parents are required to stay at the gym for archers who are 13 years and younger.  They are also encourage to help with the coaches (example: scoring, Attendance, blowing the whistle)

 Indoor/Outdoor tournaments

It is our goal to attend each of the JOP Championships

To compete at the FCA Indoors (hosted by our club on the first Saturday of March)

To compete in the MICA (hosted by our club on the first Saturday of February)

To compete at outdoor 900 rounds and work towards a FITA Star.

New JOP Members

All new JOP Members must have taken the club lesson prior to joining the JOP program.

*** We need a JOP Director

We need coordinator for each group which will help the director

We will need 2-4 coaches per group.

The Junior Olympic Program

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INTRODUCTION
The British Columbia Archery Association (BCAA) has recognized the need for a developmental program for junior archers. The main purpose of the program is to encourage maximum participation in the sport.

If the program is followed step by step, all participants should be able to develop their abilities to the maximum and at the same time, enjoy the oldest of sports. Long term training will encourage the pursuit of excellence with the possibility of JOP archers reaching international and Olympic standards as they progress.

First and foremost, the emphasis must be on SAFETY. To maintain safety, it is necessary that responsible adult supervision be on hand at all times during the shooting. It is not necessary that these persons be expert archers. However, all supervisors should be well versed in safety routines for archery.
 

1. All shooting must be under the direct supervision of a Director of Shooting.

2. All archers must know the significance of the whistle on a shooting range.

a] two short whistles to bring archers to the shooting line

b] one blast of the whistle to start to shoot

c] three short blasts for shooting to stop and to go to the butt to score

d] a series of more than three blasts for an emergency ... stop shooting and wait for instructions.

3. When you have shot your end (your "turn") of 3 arrows, step back from the line several paces to give the other archers a chance to complete their shooting. This will allow the Field Captain to see who has yet to complete the end.

4. When shooting indoors, before shooting starts, check the doors to ensure that side doors are locked to prevent someone accidentally entering the shooting area.

5. Archers should walk, not run on the shooting range.

6. Do not distract an archer during the process of shooting by talking to loudly.

7. Ensure that the archery target area is clear before shooting commences.

Individual Safety

1. Stringing a bow, if incorrectly done, can cause injury. Always use a bow stringer.

2. After stringing the bow, check to see that the string is on correctly.

Never use damaged equipment such as cracked or twisted bows, loose nocks or points on arrows. Cracks or chips could cause an arrow to break on release.

3. Destroy damaged arrows.

4. Never shoot with arrows that are too short for you. They can catch on the bow and split on release or they could go through the hand if overdrawn.

5. Ensure that bowstrings are properly fitted and not worn. Arrows must be maintained and other items of equipment, such as arm guards and finger tabs, must be properly fitted.

6. Wear a breast protector to contain loose clothing. Breast pockets should be empty.

7. When approaching the targets to retrieve arrows, care must be taken not to walk into an arrow sticking in the ground or target. Nocks are very sharp.

8. Never release the string of a bow when there is no arrow to absorb the weight of tension produced. This could cause breakage or injury.

Traditionally, courtesy and safety have been part of the heritage of archery. The Junior Olympian Program is determined to continue the training of your archers in these worthwhile and necessary traditions.

While any shooting is in progress, the individual archer should always try to be aware of the rights and feelings of the rest of the group he/she is shooting with. To this end, here is a list of things you should be aware of:

1. Don’t talk on the line or distract other archers in any way during the shooting of the end. However, visitors should be allowed to talk in a normal manner behind the waiting line. This will reproduce the same atmosphere you will find at a tournament and will permit the visitors to enjoy their visit to the club.

2. When practicing, do not shoot more arrows in an end than you would shoot in competition. It is unfair to hold up the line while you shoot extra arrows.

3. When you have shot your end (your turn) , step back from the line several paces to give the other archers a chance to complete their end. This will allow the Director of Shooting to see who has yet to complete the end.

4. Have an encouraging remark to pass rather than a sarcastic one.

5. Do not abuse your own shooting as this may upset or distract others.

6. Help others look for lost arrows. You may lose one of your own one day.

7. Respect the other arrows in the target while you are drawing your own.

8. Make yourself available for some club duties such as taking in targets, collecting score sheets, etc. This will help make a stronger club.

9. Above all, be a good sport and remember, it’s not the winning that counts, but the participation.

10. Ask permission before touching the equipment of other archers.

11. Take the time to thank the tournament officials for their help in organizing and running the tournament.

Outdoor Scoring and Badge award levels:

CLASSIFICATION ROUNDS FOR OUTDOORS
These are shot on FITA target faces.
50 meters and under use the 80cm face and the upper distances use the 122cm faces.
Scoring on the 50cm face takes place after each end of 3 arrows.
Scoring on the 122cm face takes place after 2 ends (turns) - 6 arrows.
For the badges up to 90M, the archer shoots 36 arrows for a possible score of 360. For all the "Olympian" badges, the archers will shoot a "full FITA" round. See details below the indoor scores for those distances/requirements.

 Indoor Scoring and Badge award levels:

CLASSIFICATION ROUNDS FOR INDOORS
These rounds are developed by the international Sport Body (FITA).
We use a five color target face with ten scoring zones, counting from 10 to 1.
Three arrows are shot in an end with 10 ends (turns) making up a round of 30 arrows and a possible score of 300.

Barebow:
FCA rules; no sights or stabilizers with a recurve bow.

Compound:
FCA rules; compound bow, scope, peep, release, stabilizers. The bow must be within 60# in draw weight. No electronic equipment.

Compound Limited:
JOP rules; a compound bow with a sight, peep, no scopes, releases or electronic equipment.

Barebow Compound:
FCA rules; a compound bow without a stabilizer; no sights, releases or electronics.

Arrow shafts must be marked with the archer’s name or initials and all arrows used for the same end shall carry the same pattern and color of fletching, nocks and cresting.

The Dress Code recommended for JOP Championships is white pants or shorts and white shirts. Girls may wear dresses, skirts, divided skirts, slacks or shorts. Clean, neat jeans and white shirt are optional.