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Page 20 America’s Newest Golden Boys by Roy Villasor

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Page 27 The Role of the Coach by Rick McKinney

Page 30 Visual Acquistion and Aiming by Larry Wise

Page 32 When two Worlds Collide by Diane Miller

Page 35 It’s Hunting Time Again! by B. Howard Coffey

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Gold Medalist in Rome, Italy,Braden Gellenthien The 31-year-old is the owner of two champion titles and four runner-up finishes in six appearances at the event. The USA’s Braden Gellenthien upset reigning World Archery Champion and world number one Stephan Hansen by three points, 148-145, to secure his second Hyundai Archery World Cup Champion title in Rome, Italy. He has now podiumed at all six editions of the event in which he has competed. “I’m excited. 1 really wanted to come back strong since I’ve been out of the World Cup [Final] for a while now,” said Braden. “I knew it was going to be a though match because he’s world ranked number one for a reason.” “It’s great, next year 1 want to make it three gold and three silvers [laughs], 1 want to keep going,” he said, emotional - and forgetting that he’d already had four runner-up finishes. Braden finished second in Dubai in 2007, Copenhagen in 2009, Edinburgh in 2010 and Paris in 2013. He was previously Hyundai Archery World Cup Champion after the 2012 Final in Tokyo, Japan.

In the Rome final clash against Hansen, Braden landed only two of his 15 arrows out ot the 10-ring and shot fast, often leaving more than 10 (out of 20) seconds on his clock. The pair opened with perfect 30s in the first end and then Gellenthien blinked first. dropping a nine in the second. Hansen was clean until his ninth arrow, which went low in the eight - and the advantage flipped. 8988, in Braden’s favour. Another perfect 30 from the US man, while Hansen posted a couple more nines, left Gellenthien needing an eight from his final arrow to win. He shot a nine, beat the world number one and favourite in Rome, and landed his sixth career podium and second win at the Hyundai Archery World Cup Final. “Throughout match I felt really confident, really relaxed. I've been training as hard as I have ever trained in my life in the last few months and it’s starting to pay off. My shot is feeling like if I was 20... I’m really excited for the World Championships in Mexico,” said Braden. On his way to the final in Rome, Braden beat former world number one PJ Deloche. 146-144, and then USA teamm ite Steve Anderson, 147-146. Anderson, shooting at his first ever Hyundai Archery V odd Cup Final, took bronze over the champion of the tour in 2015, Turkey’s Demir Elmaagacli, 143-142. “It’s funny, I always chose myself to win but if it wasn’t me. I would have picked Braden,” said Anderson.

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Gold Medalist in Rome, Italy, Sara Lopez The world number two previously won the Hyundai Archery World Cup Final in Lausanne in 2014 and in Mexico City in 2015. Colombian compound woman Sara Lopez beat Tanja Jensen from Denmark by seven points, 145-138, in the gold medal match at the 2017 Hyundai Archery World Cup Final in Rome, Italy to secure the champion title for the third time after winning in 2014 and 2015. “I’m veiy happy. This is what 1 wanted. I was really relaxed and happy because I knew I had some points of advantage,” said Lopez, who shot perfect three 10s to close the final. “I wanted to finish that way, strong and confident, to show people I’m still shooting the way I’m used to.” “This year has been difficult but I think this proves we’re at very good level in Colombia. I always wanted to be where I am right now.” Sara beat Chinese Taipei’s Chen Yi-Hsuan, 146-141, and then Turkey’s Yesim Bostan, coming from behind to force a tie and then win the shoot-off to secure a gold medal match berth in the Stadio dei Mamai.

“It’s been a while since my last shoot-off, so I was very nervous because the last arrows were awful. There was a lot of wind and I didn’t know where to aim, but I aimed in the middle and expected that the arrow would land there,” said Lopez. Drawn against world number nine Tanja Jensen in the final, the archer that snapped her incredible 31-match winning streak at stage two of the 2017 Hyundai Archery World Cup in Antalya, Lopez took the lead after the second end and never let her opponent get a foothold. She won the match and her third title on the circuit, 145-138. “I know my parents are watching me, they didn’t sleep. They’ve been awake since 4am [Colombian time] to watch me and this is for them. 1 always get as excited as the first time [1 won] and I like this because many other archers lose [the excitement],” Lopez concluded. Turkish compound woman Yesim Bostan, who finished fourth at the 2016 Hyundai Archery World Cup Final, beat world number one Sarah Sonnichsen to third place in 2017, 143-142.

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The London 2012 Olympic Champion took her third World Cup Final trophy in the Stadio dei Marmi - in front of her fiance. Korean World Archery Champion Ki Bo Bae succesfully defended her Hyundai Archery World Cup Champion crown in Rome with a powerfill display in front of the Italian crowd, beating Ksenia Perova of Russia in the final, 7-1, with sets of 28, 29, 29, and 29 points. “Before 1 came here I really wanted to win this tournament. 1 tried not to think about the result and I think that helped me to win,” said the winner of the London 2012 Olympic Games. “I’m so happy because I won last year and again this year. And my family is here to support me so its great give them a reward.” The trophy comes on the back of more big news for Bo Bae. “I’m getting married in November. My fiancee and his mother came here to cheer me on for this important tournament,” the 29-year-old revealed. While the final with Perova was close to a walkover, not every match was as easy. The now three-time Hyundai Archery World Cup Champion - after Tokyo 2012 and Odense 2016 - went to a shoot-off with Alejandra Valencia, who only arrived the morning before the finals but displayed the quality that pushed her to third in the world rankings arriving in Rome. Bo Bae had trouble finding the middle for the first three sets - but, with the match levelled, emphatically found the 10 that had eluded her early on, while Valencia could only reply with a nine.

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Ellison Takes Silver at Archery World Cup Final ir Rome 3 September 2017 Rome (ITA) ROME, Italy - At last year’s rchery World Cup Final, rady Ellison (Globe, Arizoa) became the first archer in istory to win the event four imes. He has competed at evry Final since 2010 and has odiumed at all but one— an bsolutely incredible feat. Ellison entered this year’s Final ranked 3rd after

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set to take the round to 5-3, Ellison was not ready to give up another shot at the champion title and he pierced the center of the target. Then with three ar rows in the X, Ellison solidified the victory to ad vance to the gold final. Feeling confident, Ellison al ready started motioning 5 to the cameras, ready for his fifth circuit win. Olympic Champion and current world record holder Kim Woojin opened the gold final with Elli son with more success finding the 10-ring and he took the set 2-0. Woojin took a 4-0 lead in the next set to turn on the pressure. Then with a perfect 30, Woojin closed out the match with the win. Ellison’s next shot at an international champi on title will be the World Archery Championships in Mexico City in the middle of next month. Complete results from this event are available at www.worldarchery.org. For more, follow USA Archery on Face book, Twitter, and Instagram.

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Korea has won five out of nine available recurve mixed team titles at the Hyundai Archery World Cup Final. Korean pair Kim Woojin and Chang Hye Jin beat the hosts of the 2017 Hyundai Archery World Cup Final Italy, represented by Mauro Nespoli and Vanessa Landi, 5-1, to claim the mixed team title in Rome. “Shooting here has been really nice because the Italian archers gave a good battle, they are always hard to beat but this time it was more difficult,” said Kim Woojin. “Although the crowd was very loud supporting their archers, we didn’t get nervous because they are very nice and they were smiley while shooting, so we thought they were enjoying themselves - and so did we.” The reigning World Archery Champion and Rio 2016 Olympic Champion, who were also the top-ranked individuals in Rome, shot 38 points to Italy’s 37 in the first set — before the two pairs split the second. Both mixed teams landed two 10s with their first two arrows of the third - and the crowd got loud. But Landi, shooting first in the second rotation, dropped a six, and that was the end of the Italians’ chances. Korea finished nine, 10 and took its fifth recurve mixed team title at the Hyundai Archery World Cup Final. “I don’t know what happened with the six, it

Pictured left to right: Mixed Team runner-up Vanessa Landi and Mauro Nespoli from Italy and Mixed Team Champions Chang Hye Jin and Kim Woojin from Korea felt like a good shot so I will look back at the video and try to understand. I was maybe nervous, maybe. I don't know,” Landi said. “This was a big experience for me, it’s the first time 1 shoot at a World Cup Final and having it here in Rome, it’s fantastic... I had all my family and friends in the crowd.” Korea also took gold at the Finals in Istanbul in 2011, Paris in 2013, Mexico City in 2015 and Odense in 2016. 13

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three out of four possible team world records and are on track for strong finishes this weekend. The U.S. compound cadet women’s team, which has won every world title since the team event was added to the program in 2006, destroyed the standing world record score of 2019 this afternoon as defending champion Breanna Theodore (Hibbing, Min nesota) and teammates Savannah Vanderwier (Sheffield, Texas) and Sachiko Keane (Staten Island, New York) scored an incredible 2045, 12 points clear the rest of the competition. Keane’s 686 put her 4lh on the field while Thoedore and Van derwier were 7th and 12th respec tively with 683 and 676. The men, Dane Johnson (Laotto, Indiana) and Ethan Mer rill (Manchester, New Hampshire) came in strong ranking 2nd and 3rd with 701 and 699. Anthony Ferraro (Scranton, Pennsylvania) qualified 12th with 687 to put the men’s team solidly in first. The highest ranking team by 11 points, the USA’s 2087 demolished the previous record of 2038. Johnson and Keane ranked 2nd together for the mixed team event. USA’s compound juniors were also major standouts this morning with Alexis Ruiz (Glen dale, Arizona) and Jesse Clayton (Powell Butte, Oregon) taking the top spots on the female and male fields with 691 and 695 respec

tively. Together, they earned the top mixed team qualification slot by a solid 20 point margin over Great Britain. Along with their teammates, they also sealed the top male and female team qualifi cation spots for the U.S. The compound junior wom en’s team, 41 points clear the rest of the field, saw Cassidy Cox (Al buquerque, New Mexico) rank 4th with a 679, while World Field Champion Sophia Strachan (Fred erick, Maryland) ranked 12th with a 672. The team’s 2042 beat their world record of 2041 set at the last installment of this event. “It is really awesome and I’m proud of my team for shoot ing so well,” Cox commented to World Archery. “There have been so many great teams who have shot at youth worlds so it is cool to know that we shot well enough to set a record.” Compound junior men Cur tis Broadnax (Social Circle, Geor gia) and Kolby Hanle (Cam bridge, Vermont) qualifie-1 3rd and 20th with 689 and 676 respective ly to put the men’s team on top. Jack Williams (Irvine, Cal ifornia) led the recurve junior men’s USA squad, ranging 4th with his 677. Andrew P rk (Ma rana, Arizona) and Ada n Heidt (Springfield, Georgia) qualified 12th and 52nd respective y to put the team 4th and in good standing for the team events. Williams will be paired with top USA women’s qualifier U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniversary

Inga Pever (Houston, Texas) as the duo ranked I Oth for the mixed team event. Pever qualified 35th individually ahead of teammates Casey Kaufhold (Lancaster, Penn sylvania) and Amy Jung (Los Al tos, California) who were 51 st and 63rd respectively for a team score putting them 11 th. In the first round of elimina tion matches, Park and Heidt saw strong victories to advance, while Williams’ bye will put him straight into the 1/16th elimination. Pev er and Kaufhold came out on top with solid wins, but Jung fell 7-1 in a tough match with Turkey’s Tayarer. The recurve junior men’s team of Alex Bourdage (Rose mount, Minnesota), Joony Kim (Boise, Idaho) and Matthew Nofel (Colorado Springs, Colorado) qualified 49th, 57th and 72nd re spectively while the women, Anna Miscione (Ramona, California), Meghan Collins (High Springs, Florida) and Alex Zuleta-Visser (Orlando, Florida) were close to gether, qualifying 50th, 51st and 56th. Both teams came in 17th, just missing the cut for team com petition. Bourdage and Miscione were 20th as a mixed duo, needing to be in the top 16 to continue in the competition. In the primary elimina tion round, Kim and Nofel upset higher seeded archers, each with 6-2 matches in their favor while Bourdage fell 6-2 to Bogdanov of Kazakhstan. Miscione and Collins also both made it through to the second round with respective 6-2 and 6-0 victories. Teammate Zu leta-Visser was upset 7-3 by Swe den’s Lindstrom. Competition resumes to morrow with the next round of individual elimination matches in the morning and team elimination matches through the bronze final for all divisions in the afternoon. Live results are available at www. worldarchery.org. Stay tuned for updates on a stream of the finals. For more, follow USA Archery on Facebook, Twitter, and Insta gram.

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USA picks up Mixed Team Bronze and five shots at Gold at Youth World Championships Courtesy of the USA Archery

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ROSARIO, Argentina - The World Archery Youth Championships continued today with individual and mixed team eliminations through the bronze finals. In addition to yesterday’s compound junior men and women’s bronze medals and both compound cadet teams and the recurve cadet men’s teams’ semifinal wins, the U.S. athletes added the compound cadet mixed team bronze and guaranteed four compound archers and the compound junior mixed team spots on the podium the gold finals. The compound junior mixed team featured both top individual seeds Jesse Clayton (Powell Butte, Oregon) and Alexis Ruiz (Glendale, Arizona) for a powerhouse duo. With a bye into the quarterfinal, they came out of the gate hot with a strong 150 to Canada’s 148 to head to the semifinals. There, Clayton and Ruiz continued to build momentum, coming out with an early lead and never looking back to take the win 153151 to advance to the gold final this weekend. Their cadet counterparts, Dane Johnson (Laotto, Indiana) and Sachiko Keane (Staten Island, New York), seeded 2nd, also had a bye into the quarterfinals where they faced the team from India. Both scored 147s for a one-arrow shoot off. The USA’s perfect 20 took the win. With another 147 in the semifinal, and Turkey's 150, the U.S. duo headed to the bronze final where they faced another tough match with Russia. Down two points, Keane and Johnson posted a perfect 40 in the third end to swing the match to a tie. The next four arrows matched shot for shot on each team and they reached a 148-all tie. Winning the bronze in spectacular fashion, Johnson and Keane took the shoot off win bringing an excited crowd of supporters to happy tears. Jack Williams (Irvine, California) and Inga Pever (Houston, Texas) led the recurve cadet mixed team effort, upsetting India in the first round in a shoot off win. The 10th ranked team was stopped in the ■quarterfinals 6-0 by No. 2, Chinese Taipei. In the individual competition, USA compound archers sealed spots in four individual gold finals. —'layton and teammate Curtis Broadnax (Social Circle, ZZGeorgia) will go head to head for the compound junior —nen’s world title after decisive wins throughout the ■6

India’s Gold Medal Mixed Team winners Ankita Bhaka and Jenison Ningthoujam day. In the 1/16th, 3rd seed Broadnax had a 142-134 victory over Mexico’s Elizondo Del Bosque while Clayton skated through by a point. Both U.S. men scored 142s in the l/8th match as well, claiming solid wins to hit the quarterfinals where Clayton took a 144131 win over Boggiatto of Italy and Broadnax forced a shoot off after a 146-146 tie with Brent-Meek of South Africa. Broadnax’s perfect 10 took the win. In the semifinals, their respective opponents each scored 142s, but the U.S. archers came back stronger with a 145 for Clayton and a 148 for Broadnax to advance to shoot for gold this weekend. Ruiz also gave the crowd a show, reaching a dead tie half way through her semifinal match. Still tied with three arrows to go, Ruiz and Italy’s Ret each scored another 27 points to bring the tally to 138-138. Both archers continued the suspense, shooting 9s, but Ruiz’s was closer to the center and she earned the U.S. another shot at gold and the compound junior women’s world title. Throughout her earlier matches, Ruiz had taken victories by at least 5 points in each, proving herself a dominant contender over ti e rest of the field. Ruiz will face Great Britain’s San h Moon this weekend. Compound cadet Ethan Merrill (Mai.Chester, New Hampshire), seeded 3rd in qualification, also earned a slot in the gold final with a 10 poin victory in the 1/16th this morning 141-131, a 138-135 win in the 1 /8s and as the field narrowed, a 142-140 success in the quarterfinals. Merrill took on Australia’s Rowley in the semifinals and took a four poin lead in the first end. He followed with a perfect 30 and then never looked back, taking the win 137-132 to face Puerto Rico’s Alvarado Fernandez for gold. Adam Heidt (Springfield, Georgia), seeded 52nd, was the only U.S. recurve archer to ciear the 1/16th round with a 7-3 upset of Spain’s Garcia Caumel. He continued to drill arrow aftei arrow U.S. Archer Inc. 34th An: iversary

into the told to take another 7-3 victory in the l/8ths against Colombia’s Cadena Marin, who had upset 4th seed, USA’s Jack Williams 6-2 in the previous match. In the quarterfinals, Heidt took on No. 5, Tang of Chinese Taipei. After two sets, they were tied 2-2, but Tang scored just one point higher than Heidt in each of the next two sets to take the win 6-2. Compound archers Cassidy Cox (Albuquerque, New Mexico) and Sachiko Keane were upset in bracket shaking l/8th matches. Cox fell to Italy’s Ret; the two matched arrow for arrow for two ends, and were tied again with three arrows to go. Ret’s 27 outscored Cox’s 25 and the archer from Italy took the win 136-134. Keane was up a point after two ends, but scored a miss in the third end and was unable to recover the points against her opponent from Great Britain. Sole remaining recurve junior Matthew Nofel (Colorado Springs, Colorado) made a strong run in Rosario, overcoming a 72nd place seed to upset several archers to earn a spot in the 1/16th elimination today. However, his run came to a 6-2 end, stopped by Jan Van Tongeren of the Netherlands. In the same round, compound cadet archers Johnson and Anthony Ferraro (Scranton, Pennsylvania) faced early upsets. Johnson, ranked 2nd, suffered a 6 and a missed arrow in the first end. While he shot strong to come back, India’s Rawat took the win 135-122. Ferraro had a close matchup with Turkey’s Demirbas. Down four points after the first three arrows, Ferraro closed the gap to a tie at the half, but Demirbas edged ahead taking the win 136-135. Last standing recurve cadet Pever, seeded 35th, opened the 1/16th strong with a 29 to her opponent from Korea’s 29 to split the set 1-1. But, as the archer from Korea took the lead, the score shifted in her favor until she took a 7-1 win to stop Pever. Meanwhile, compound cadet archers Breanna Toedore (Hibbing, Minnesota) and Savannah Vanderwier (Sheffield, Texas), ranked 7th and 12th respectively, were also upset in the 1/16th. Vanderwier had a very back and forth match, ending in Haney of Turkey’s favor by a single point, 138-137. Iran’s Haddad took out Theodore 138-133. Competition resumes for the U.S. archers on Saturday with the compound gold finals. Live results are available at www.worldarchery.org. Stay tuned for updates on a stream of the finals. For more, follow USA Archery on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. About USA Archery USA Archery is the National Governing Body for the Olympic sport of archery in the United States. USA Archery selects and trains Olympic, Paralympic, World Championship, and World Cup teams, as well as developing archery at the grassroots level across the United States. For more information, visit www. usarchery.org.

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USA Wins Compound Cadet Men’s Team World Title and Two Team Silver Finishes October 07, 2017

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Today, Team USA had a shot at three gold finals at the World ROSARIO ARGENTINA Archery Youth Championships. Guaranteed a spot on all six MUNDIAL JUVENIL DE TIRO CON ARCO podiums of the day, the U.S. 2 AL 8 DE OCTUBRE had already picked up bronze in the compound junior men’s and women's team events and the compound cadet mixed team event. After obliterating the world record in qualification by an outstanding 49 points this week, the compound cadet men’s trio of Dane Johnson (Laotto, Indiana), Ethan Merrill (Manchester, New Hampshire) and Anthony Ferraro (Scranton, Pennsylvania) took strong wins of 226-219 over Denmark in the quarterfinals and 231-220 over Canada in the semifinals on their quest for gold. Facing Turkey this morning, the U.S. team opened with straight 9s for a 54 to Turkey’s 53. Then, the match turned strongly in favor of the U.S. as they increased their lead to an astounding 10 points with a 57 to bring the score to 111-101. Looking comfortable on the big stage, the U.S. responded to Turkey’s 29 in the next three arrows with a perfect 30. Then the U.S. conceded a few points as the score came to 167-159, still in America’s favor. With another 57, the U.S. took the gold win and the World Champion title 224-211! The compound cadet women’s team of defending champion Breanna Theodore (Hibbing, Minnesota), Sachiko Keane (Staten Island, New York), and Savannah Vanderwier (Sheffield, Texas) had some high pressure - not only were the young archers performing in front of a massive crowd, the U.S. has also won gold in this event every year since

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Dane Johnson, Ethan Merrill & Anthony Ferraro it was added to the program in 2006. The team had clear chemistry - communicating with each other on every shot and laughing between ends. As both USA and Mexico found their footing on the impressive stage, the first end saw several arrows in the red rings, but the score stayed close, with Mexico up 50-48. In the back half of the second set, the U.S. ladies drilled three perfect 10s to pick up four points and swing the score in their favor, 105-103. Then, the team from Mexico turned it up, shooting first and scoring a 59 to turn the match back to their advantage, 162-159. Down three points, the U.S. got to shoot first, putting a 28 down range, which Mexico countered with a 27 to give the U.S. one point back, but then the U.S.. short on time, scored a miss and the match went to Mexico 212-204 as they closed out with just 23 points in the last three arrows. The U.S. claimed the silver as Mexico upset the 6-time world champion nation. Both top individual qualifiers in the compound junior divisions, Jesse Clayton (Powell Butte, Oregon) and Alexis Ruiz (Glendale, Arizona) solidly took the top mixed team qualification spot and breezed through matches to earn a spot in today’s gold final against Great Britain. The U.S. duo struggled at the start, opening with a 31 to Great Britain’s . 8 for a seven-point deficit. In the second end, Great Britain pi< ked up another point with a 37 to USA’s 36. Great Britain refused to open the door for the U.S. to regain footing as they increased their lead another point c ver the next four arrows to a 111-102 tally. While he two teams both posted 36s for the final end, Great Britain took the win and U.S. finished with silver. Competition resumes tomorrow with individual compound finals and all recurve finals. Live results are available at www.worldarcheiy.org. The fin ds will stream live on the Olympic Channel. For more, follow USA Archery onFacebook, Twitter, and Instag am. U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Ann versary

USA Wins Three More World Champion Titles to Close Youth World Championships October 08, 2017 /

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Archery Youth rosario Championships came to a Argentina close today with the individual mondial juvenil compound finals and all recurve de tiro con arco finals. In addition to yesterday’s 2 al s de octubre compound cadet men’s team gold, and the cadet women’s team and junior mixed team silvers, Team USA had four shots at three gold medals in the compound individual finals, and the recurve cadet men’s team was the sole recurve contingent to make the medal matches. The recurve cadet men’s team, led by Jack Williams (Irvine, California) and teammates Andrew Park (Marana, Arizona) and Adam Heidt (Springfield, Georgia), overcame a 4th place seed to earn the U.S. a shot at a recurve world title. Going head to head with the 3rd ranked team from Chinese Taipei, a strong 54 gave the fist-bumping U.S. team a 2-0 advantage over Taipei’s opening 50. Holding steady, a perfect 30 in the front half and a 29 in the next three arrows gave the U.S. a decisive 4-0 lead as Taipei managed just 54 points in response. The Chinese Taipei team made a comeback, opening the third set with a perfect 30 and then put the set win out of U.S. reach with a 58 to USA’s 55 to bring the score to 4-2. To open the fourth set, Taipei posted a 27, which USA countered with a 24. As Taipei finished the set with another 27 points, the pressure was on, and the U.S. team needed a perfect score to tie. Unable to keep all three in the 10 ring, the match went to a 4-4 tie for a shoot off. Both opened with 9s, then USA posted a 10 to Taipei’s 9. Another 10 clinched the USA win and the world title! In an individual rematch of the women who shot for mixed team gold yesterday, USA’s Alexis Ruiz (Glendale, Arizona) faced Great Britain’s Sarah Moon for the compound junior women’s title. As wind continued to play a factor, both archers managed to find gold and scored 28s, and Ruiz held strong with a 29 to follow, while Moon scored a 27 to give Ruiz the advantage by 2. Smiling between ends, Ruiz remained calm and composed on the line, putting another 28 points down range to pick up another two points to her lead, 85-81. A perfect 30 for Ruiz grew her lead again, and then after keeping all 15 arrows in the gold, Ruiz took a strong win 144-139 to take the World Champion title! Then in an all USA final, Jesse Clayton (Powell Butte, Orgeon) and teammate Curtis Broadnax (Social Circle, Georgia) went head to head for the compound junior men’s world title. Keeping it exciting for the crowd, both opened with 29s. Broadnax then threw

Cadet Men’s Team coach KiSik Lee with team members(l-r) Jack Williams, Adam Heidt & Andrew Park a perfect 30 to take the lead as the top seeded archer scored a 27. Still clean over the next three arrows, Broadnax increased his lead to 89-84 with six arrows to go. To close the match, Broadnax picked up another four points for a 146-137 total to take the gold and World Champion title while Clayton added a silver to his mixed team silver from yesterday and his and Broadnax’s team bronze earlier in the week. Compound cadet Ethan Merrill (Manchester, New Hampshire), ranked 3rd in qualification, took strong wins throughout the individual competition and with a gold win on this stage in yesterday’s team rounds, he opened today’s final against Puerto Rico’s Alvarado Fernandez confident. The two split the first end with 26s, but in the second end, Alvarado Fernandez opened the door with a 7, and Merrill took the lead 54-52. With a perfect 30 in the next three arrows, Merrill increased his lead another two points to 8480. Then, a few arrows went high, but Merrill retained the advantage by a point and with three arrows to go, both shot 9s, followed by a 10 for Alvarado Fernandez and a 9 for Merrill. With the score now tied, both shot 9s again to force a shoot off at 137-alI. Both shot solid 10s down range and the judges had to pull out calipers to determine which was closest to the center. Alvarado Fernandez was declared the winner by millimeters and Merrill was awarded the silver to complete his full medal set - team gold, individual silver and mixed team bronze in his World Championship debut. Results are available at www.worldarchery.org. For more, follow USA Archery onFacebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

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AMERICA’S NEWEST GOLDEN BOYS by Coach Roy Villasor MNSA Gold Medalist USA Masters and CA State Games 2017

Andrew Park when he was 9 years old. He saw a Korean Variety Show featuring an Olympic archer shooting a perfect Robin Hood. Andrew thought to himself, “Hmmm...challenge accepted.” Jack Williams started out as a competitive fencer on the national circuit. When the fencing studio opened an archery class, _ Jack signed up and fell in love —with archery. Asked what the gold medalists considered their strengths? Jack cointed to his back tension. “I have ~ound that having good back tension =cads to a strong execution and the _ rrow will go where you want it to —o.” For Andrew, it’s the speed of is execution coupled with a smooth please that directs his arrows to the =>ld. They each proved this at the —Gold Medal Match at WAYC.

Their fine shot execution has to be matched with proven equipment. While they both sing praises for Easton’s X-10 arrows, Jack is armed with a Hoyt Faktor and X-Tour limbs. On the other hand literally, southpaw Andrew shoots an MK Archery Riser coupled with 38# WIAW1S Carbon Limbs. In answer to what their average training day looks like, Jack starts his 400 plus arrows at 8:30am and ends at 5pm with an hour and half lunch break at the Elite Athlete Training Center in Chula Vista. Starting right after school, BASIS Oro Valley sophomore, Andrew catches the remaining hot Tucson sun from 4:00 to 6:30pm and squeezes in 300 arrows everyday except Mondays, he was not kidding about the speed of his execution. Given that they spend their days shooting arrows, 1 wanted to know which famous archer inspires them? For Andrew it is Oh Jin Hyek, because Oh remains humble in spite of his Olympic gold medal. He admires Oh’s iron will under the pressure of medal matches. Jack cited Brady Ellison because of the latter’s shot execution. “It’s so smooth and relaxed.” Interestingly, both Brady and Jack shoot limbs upwards of 50 pounds. How far do they want to take their archery? Without hesitation both responded: All the way to the Olympics! Jack lives away from his comfortable home in Irvine, California. He sped through his Senior year in High School to train full time as a resident athlete. Temporarily leaving Arizona to prepare for WAYC at the Elite Athlete Training Center in California, Andrew’s commitment to archery cannot be expressed in words but more in time and distance. He wants to continue

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1 caught up with Andrew Park (Tucson AZ) and Jack Williams (Irvine CA) who together with Adam Heidt won the Recurve TeamGoldMedalatthe2017World Archery Youth Championship in Rosario, Argentina. The virtual interview started with how they got interested in archery? Television opened Andrew's eyes

Jack Williams education. They both have plans to get a college degree. Andrew would like to attend Stanford University, which only has a recreational team. He would like to form a competitive team to take on the UC Berks. Jack wants to go to USC for computer science or engineering, but after he iccomes a US Olympian. This was a brief inti duction to America’s newest gold m boys. They each have the pot' ntial to represent the United Stat> s at the 2020 Tokyo Games. Thei road to Tokyo will be long and cha; enging, Jack will pass Shanghai for the 2018 World Cup. Andrew c .talified the US for an individual dot for the 2018 Youth Olympic Games in Buenos Aires. He will be the odds on favorite at the YOG trials next year. Wherever, they . o next representing the US, they h tve the experience and confident of a golden start. U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Ann versary

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USA Archery Honored at World Archery Congress October 16, 2017 and Don Rabska was also named to the Technical Committee through 2021. World Archery’s Executive Board also passed five bylaws, including the continued ban of alcohol in competition, despite a recent update from the World AntiDoping Agency removing alcohol from the banned substances list.

World A rch ery President Professor Dr. Ugur Erdener presents USA Archery with the Member Associations and Female Athletes Award. USA Archery’s Interim CEO Rod Menzer accepts the award. MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Just days before the World Archery Championships, the 52nd World Archery Congress was hosted in Mexico City, Mexico. The congress featured several important presentations, awards, committee elections, and votes on bylaws that will shape our sport for the future. World Archery recognized USA Archery with 1st place for the “Member Associations and Female Athletes Award” in celebration of USA Archery’s “involvement in gender equity in archery and outstanding women participation in the 2015 & 2016 Archery World Cup.” USA Archery’s Interim CEO Rod Menzer was present to accept the award. USA Archery was also recognized as an inspiration and leader in social media across all World Archery member associations. World Archery President Prof. Dr. Ugur Erdener was re elected unanimously for a fourth four-year term. In committee elections, USA Archery’s National Events Manager Sheri Rhodes was elected to the Para Archery Committee for a four-year term. USA’s Robert Smith was elected chairperson of the Finance and Audit Board for a four-year term

World Archery' President Prof. Dr. Ugur Erdener commented: “The fight against doping is paramount to protecting the integrity of our sport and I’m happy that the World Archery Executive Board has approved the continued ban on alcohol.” Information attributed to World Archery Communications.

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Paralympian Fabry Wins World Champion Title, Silver for Recurve Open Men September 16, 2017 world archery para championships Beijing 2017

BEIJING, China - At the World Archery Para Championships to day, medal matches featured the U.S. recurve open men’s team and Paralympic Champion Jeff Fabry (Leemore, California) going for gold. The U.S. recurve open men’s team of Paralympian Michael Lukow (Salt Lake City, Utah), rookie Kevin Mather (Lakewood, Colorado) in his international de but, and Timothy Palumbo (Wil liamsville, New York) went head to head with the team from Rus sia for the World Champion title. Seeded 10th in qualification, they climbed the brackets for a shot at the gold. They opened strong, and needing only an 8 with their last arrow to take the set, an unfortu nate 5 gave Russia the advantage 0 as their 54 outscored USA’s 252. The second set opened with USA down 6 points after the first three arrows, but they came back stronger but Russia kept the win out of reach, closing the second

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Gold Medalist Jeff Fabry set 53-47 to bring the score 4-0. After a few arrows had got ten away from Lukow, he changed bows heading into the third set. Palumbo led and opened with a perfect X, Mather followed with an 8 and then Lukow found his groove with a solid 10. The Rus sian team’s confidence was shak en and the door opened for the U.S. team. After sending 27 more points down range, the U.S. shift ed the match 4-2 with a 54-53 edge. With the pressure high, the U.S. archers seemed to be holding their arrows longer and several shots got away into lower scoring rings. Russia clinched the win and the title with a final 49-41 set win for a 6-2 total score, giving USA the silver. Later in the afternoon, Lon don 2012 Paralympic Champion Jeff Fabiy (Leemore, California) took to the line for the Wl men’s individual gold final. Yesterday, after solidifying a spot in the Fi nal, Fabry commented: “It feels great to be heading back to the gold medal match. I’ve been in a bit of a drought for a while now and it’s great to be feeling good. Now I’m going to go cheer on my teammates. We’re here as a team and we stay together as a team.” Fabiy opened with a 28. His

opponent, Omer Asik of Turkey had a 27. Asik, shooting first in the second end, opened with two 7s and Fabry seized the moment of opportunity, increasing his lead an additional two points 53-50. Tides turned in the third end and Asik brought the score to a tied 7979. Fabry turned to Coach Randi Smith and laughed, unphased. In the fourth end, Asik took the lead with a 26 to Fabiy’s 25 to bring the score to 105-104. Determined to take the win, Fab iy refused to loose another arrow outside of the gold. Coming down to a line call on the last end to de termine if the match was a tie or a win in Fabry’s favor, his strong 28 finish put the win out of Asik’s reach for a final tally of 132-131. Fabiy had added: “The feel ing is electric. Anytime you have a head to head match the body gets all weird and it’s just amazing.” National Para Head Coach Randi Smith shared her praise for the team at this World Champion ship event: “This whole team has done exceptionally well. They've been very supportive of each other and I think that helps get us to the medal rounds. I’m proud of every archer here and of the effort they have put in while they have been here. Ben got the bronze yesterday, we cheered for the recurve team and Jeff today and will b: back here supporting the con pound team and Andre tomorrow'! Competition wraps to morrow as the compound open men’s team shoots for oronze and Paralympic Champion Andre Shelby shoots for individua gold. The matches will be availab e live on The Olympic Channel. Com plete results from the compi tition can be found at www.wc rldarcheiy.org. For more, follow USA Archery on Facebook, T\ itter, and Instagram. U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Annii rsary

September 17, 2017 world archery para championships Beijing 2017

Para Team Members. Back row (L-R) - Jerry Shields, Michael Lukow, Timothy Palumbo, Lance Thornton and National Head Coach Randi Smith. Front row (L-R) - Kevin Mather, Chuck Lear, Andre Shelby, Jeff Fabry, Ben Thompson, Tink Wallace, Lia Coryell and Martha Chavez.

BEIJING, China - On the last day of the World Archery Para Championships, the U.S. athletes upped their medal count to five along with Jeff Fabry’s world champion title from yesterday. Earlier in the week, Ben Thompson (Ladsden, South Car olina) won bronze for the com pound open men’s individual event and competed today for the team bronze with Paralympic Champion Andre Shelby (Jack sonville, Florida) and Lance Thornton (Scotts City, Missouri). Shooting head to head with Russia, both teams opened with 29s and then in the next three ar rows, Russia picked up one more 10 to the USA’s 9 to take a one point advantage 57-58. The two teams matched again with 29s in the first three shots of the second end, but this time, the U.S. picked up a point in the following three arrows to bring the score to a 114all tie. The U.S. team picked up another two points in the third end to take a 171-169 edge heading into the final six arrows. Russia opened the door wide with a 7 and the USA walked through, clinch ing the bronze win 228-223.

Silver Medalist Andre Shelby World Federation Photo Later in the day, Shelby had a shot at gold and the world cham pion title individually. After an incredible semifinal win over Ita ly’s Alberto Simonelli earlier this week, Shelby commented: “I feel really good. I talked to someone before about how I would proba bly have to face Simonelli again and then I did in the semifinals.” A rematch of the gold final from the Rio 2016 Paralympic Games, Shelby came out on top once again. He added: “[Simonelli] is a true competitor and I feel real ly good, I know 1 shot well today. You really get that second wind when you are out here. Now I’m going to try to stay calm and keep doing the same things, focus on my shot and whatever happens, happens.”

Shooting against China’s Xinliang Ai, Shelby opened with a 28 to Ai’s 29. To the delight of the home crowd, Ai increased his lead to 59-56 in the second end with a perfect 30. In the next two ends, Shelby climbed back, bring ing the score to 113-112 in Ai’s favor. With the first arrow of the fifth and final end, Shelby opened with a strong X and Ai loosed a 9, so the score was tied. Both archers scored I Os and with just one ar row to go, Shelby shot a 9 and Ai capitalized with a 10 for the win, 142-141. In an impressive showing, the U.S. team returns home with Jeff Fabry’s gold and world cham pion title for the W1 men's event, a recurve open men’s team silver, compound open men’s team silver, and the compound open men’s in dividual silver and bronze.

Congratulations to all the Teams who shot the World Games

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Smock and Martin Make Quarterfinals at World Archery 3D Championships Photos by World Archery September 21, 2017 world archery 3D championships Robion 2017

Top 3 Women’s Teams: From left to right: Silver Medal - Spain (Encarna Garrido Lazaro, Shenaida Merida Moreno, Rosa Minyano Miquel); Gold Medal - Italy (Giulia Barbara, Irene Franchini, Cinzia Noziglia); Bronze Medal - Sweden (Jessica Lindblom, Leena Saviluto, Lisa Sodersten).

'ahlberger; Bronze Medal - Italy - luana Bassi.

iOBION, France - The U.S. archers wrapped indi'idual competition at the World Archery 3D Champiinships today with elimination rounds. Each division ras paired down to the top sixteen archers over two ays of qualification. For each round of elimination, arhers shot along several targets on the same course and

Top 3 Men’s Teams: From left to right: Silver Med al - Spain (Cesar Vera Bringas, Jose Maria Rodriguez, Jose Luis Iriarte Larumbe); Gold MedalUSA (Dewayne Martin, Dalton Richardson, Calvin Smock); Bronze Medal - France (Robin Gardeur, David Jackson, Joan Panner).

Top 3 Instinctive Men: Silver Medal - Hun ’ary Ferenc Molnar; Gold Medal - Denmark - Z brandt Christensen; Bronze Medal — Slovenia — A, trjan Kocman. were ranked according to score. They shot at twelve targets for the first match and eight for the secord. The top eight in each group advanced to the seconc round and the top four from that round will continue in the semifinals this weekend. USA’s Calvin Smock was the highest rant ed ar cher after qualification - sitting in 5th for the longbow men. He finished 7th in the first round to advance, but stayed consistent and ranked 7th again for the second U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Amti ersary

Top 3 Longbow Women: Silver Medal — Estonia — Ylle Kell; Gold Medal - Italy - Giulia Barbara; Bronze Medal — Italy - Paola Sacchetti.

Top 3 Barebow Women: Silver Medal — Germany — Kristina Heigenhauser; Gold Medal - Sweden Jessica Lindblom; Bronze Medal - Italy — Cinzia Noziglia. round, ending his run in the competition. Dalton Richardson was also the sole U.S. com pound male to make the cut for eliminations after qualifying 16th. He finished 16th in the first round as well with a 107, just 11 points off of a three-way tie and shoot off to make the Sth spot in a very close bracket.

Top 3 Longbow Men: Silver Medal — Russian Federation — Mikhail Poddevalin; Gold Medal — France — Robin Gardeur; Bronze — Italy — Giulia no Faletti

Top 3 Barebow Men: Silver Medal — Sweden Fredrik Landmark; Gold Medal — Spain — Cesar Vera Bringas; Bronze Medal — Estonia — Steve Morley.

Congratulations Everyone!

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USA Men Win Team World 3D Champion Title Photos by World Archery September 23, 2017 world archery 3D championships Robion 2017

Top 3 Compound Women: Silver Medal - Finland -Ama A tide; Gold Medal - France -Anne Lantee; Bronze Medal — Hungary -Aliz Kun.

Top 3 Compound Men: Silver Medal — Denmark Jezsef Csikos; Gold Medal - France - Joan Pann er; Bronze Medal - Finland - Pekka Loitokari.

Both Dewayne Martin and Fawn Girard made the eliminations for the barebow divisions, ranked 11 th for the men and 16th for the women respective ly. Martin scored high, ranking 5th with a 105. In the second round, his 59 wasn’t enough to make the cut and he finished 7th. Girard ranked 13th in the first round, advancing her position from qualification for a strong finish.________________________________

ROBION, France - The World Archery 3D Champi onships concluded today with all finals matches. The USA men’s team of Dewayne Martin, Calvin Smock and Dalton Richardson competed for team gold. The World Archery 3D team round features one compound, one longbow, and one either instinctive or barebow athlete per team. They shoot one arrow each at four different targets with cumulative scoring to de termine a winner. The USA men opened up one point, 27-2 > over the trio from Spain. Then, a 5 in the second ei d put them three points down for a 52-50 advant;'ge to Spain. On the third target, the U.S. opened with an 8 followed by another 5 and then a 10. Spain answered with three 8s for another point in their favor. Wi n just three arrows to go, USA shot very strong with an 8, 10 and 11 and Spain responded with a strong 10, but followed with a missed arrow. Not even an 11 could close the gap, but with a final arrow in the 10, USA took the gold and world champion title win 102-95! Results from the competition are avail able here. For more, follow USA Archery on face book, Twitter, and Instagram.

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The Rote of the Coach by Rick McKinney, President of Carbon Tech Arrows and U.S. Representative for Win & Win Archery There are more coaches in the US than ever before. Is this a good thing? Are they learning the appropriate manner in how to help the archers? Are they profession al? Do they apply their trade with the archer in mind or themselves? These are just some of the ques tions that I hope to explain that just might help the archer and the coach for their future approach. A coach is supposed to be someone that can guide the archer through the maize of issues. In the beginning, it is all about get ting the archer “up and running,” so to speak. Most people who try archery just want to hit the bulls eye. So the easiest way to accom-

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plish that is get that target up close and let them! Once they get hit ting the bulis-eye out of their sys tem you will have a better chance of getting them to pay attention and learn how to use the form you want to teach them. The process is long and tedious, but if they get some kind of rewards along the way, it will keep them inspired to form and rebuild it from nearly continue. scratch. This is not something It takes a special kind of per that is good for the archer. The son to be able to communicate and mental part of archery is extreme encourage kids on how to hold the ly fragile and if the archer is es bow, draw the bow back and re sentially broken down to the point lease the arrow with any kind of of nearly starting over again, their consistency and also without pain performance will be hindered in (recurve shooters). The learning the beginning stages and it will af curve with a recurve is steep to fect their confidence level. Most begin with and takes some extra archers cannot come back from time to learn the basics before the this break down of form and keep archer can understand the process their confidence. As a matter of that will give them a consistent fact, I have seen very few who can shot. The compound ar survive this system that cher with a release will some coaches use. This A coach is have success right away. usually causes the archer supposed to be to either give up (quit) or However, the degree someone that of difficulty increases just never have the men can guide the as they learn more and tal confidence it takes to more. The demand of archer through achieve a high level (of the maize of precision and accuracy is which they are capable issues. so demanding that most of, but do not believe in beginning compound ar anymore). chers will give up easily because When an archer progresses they cannot improve as quickly as to the next level and for the sake they did in the beginning, so the of a name, let's just call this next coaches’ job increases as the ar stage intermediate level. This lev cher progresses. It is very import el normally shows some archers ant for the coach to find ways to with promise. Those who pick keep the archer’s interest in want up on form consistency and good ing to improve. technique is considered “talented” I have always believed that or a “natural”. These are some of the person who teaches the be the most difficult archers to prog ginning archer can either make it ress beyond intermediate due to easier for the next coach or make how easy it was in the beginning. it impossible for the archer to con When it gets harder for many of tinue if they are poorly coached. these archers, they are not used Developing good consistent form to working so hard with so little makes it easy for the archer to progress or success. Thus, many continue to improve by making will quit because they just cannot small minor adjustments as they “tough it out!” Now, that does grow. If the archer is taught poor not mean all archers will follow ly in the beginning, usually a new this path. Some will be “talented” coach may have to tear down the and take advantage of it and work

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extremely hard in order to reach that next level. Which leads me to the next issue about beginning ar chers who do not look promising. Those probably have more prom ise because they appear to love the sport and want to continue shoot ing even though they are not very good. They may be uncoordinat ed or cannot figure out what you want them to do. However, this slow progress is of benefit to them because they are learning at a very slow pace and when they figure something out, it is a very positive experience for them. They work hard, try hard and appear to nev er give up. The coach should not give up on them either. They just might surprise you. Archers need to be aware of the coach who is looking for an easy “winning archer”. There are some coaches who look for archers who are developing well and these coaches will talk a big game of how they can help the archer reach the next level. The archer probably will reach that lev-

el quicker if they stay the coarse see’s that it is not working, the with their cunent coach. The new coach should help the archer find coach will want to change things a more compatible coach for the because they “know what works!” archer. This reflects profession Sometimes the new coach doesn’t alism and integrity for the coach have to do anything and yet, the who is willing to help the archer archer improves due to practice, at all costs. thus giving the new coach more How should a coach react “credibility”. If the archer does during a competition? 1 find it very poorly, then the coach just might interesting to see so many coaches say that the archer does not listen behind the archer during the com to their suggestions, thus the poor petition. I find this to be one of the performance. These are difficult biggest mistakes of a coach. It is times for the archer because they almost as if the coach has no con just want to shoot, shoot good and fidence in the archer to be able to learn more about how to shoot do it themselves. The coach is vir better. Thus a coach needs to fit tually making the archer become the archers’ personality and under dependent on the coach, thus mak standing how it will be for them ing sure the coach is needed at all both to get to that next level. The times! This method is way short parent and archer should interview sighted. First, the archer has to several coaches if pos do it themselves. The sible, before making a coach should have decision of switching There is no done most of the work coaches. before the archer gets question that There is no to the tournament. If some archers question that some the archer becomes will outgrow archers will outgrow dependent on the their coaches. their coaches. These coach, the archer will archers are “sponges”. not think for them They absorb all infor selves and will not be mation and question just about ev able to analyze what is happening erything that is stated. This is not to them in order to make quick to say they don’t trust the coach, adjustments on the line. They just they just want to know the how, wait on the coach to do the analyz why and what if’s. Some coaches ing and then wait for the coach to are extremely good at helping an tell them what to do. There is no archer get started but cannot move problem for the coach to be at the them up past an intermediate lev event, but the archer needs to learn el. There are some coaches who how to figure things out for them are extremely poor at teaching at selves in order to be quick about a beginning level but understand it. Yes, it might take longer for how to get an intermediate archer them to learn how to do this, nit in to an elite level. Also, coaches the long run, the archer will be far communicate differently, thus it is better at analyzing, correctin g and important for the archer to be able winning! Since most major events to understand what the coach is allows a coach to be in the “coach saying. Some archer/coach rela es box,” the coach should vork tionships are just not possible due with the archer to find out what to this communication issue. Both they really need from the c >ach, should not take it personal. They such as paying attention to vind just need to recognize that they variances, watching to see i.' the are not compatible and move on. archer is still shooting accoiding Thus the interviewing and do not to their training or even just 1 sten be afraid to fire your coach! If it to the archer talk so it helps ease isn’t working, don’t sacrifice your their stress. When watching some shooting just because you like the of the top coaches, they are i lore person. Also, the coach should be into support, encouragement, ,'ase considerate as well. If the coach of stress or other tricks of the U.S. Archer Jtic. 34th Annive tary

trade so the archer is not “fearing" to shoot or compete. The coach is there and can help if need be, but in reality, the job should have been accomplished way before the competition. I watched Al Henderson at many a tournament just sit back in his chair or in the bleachers and waited for the archer to come to him. He had quite a few archers he worked with and during the tournament, they would come up to him and ask questions, talk to him and he would listen. Most questions they asked were turned around for them to answer their own question. He understood that they had to think it through and figure it out on their own. He was there to help and guide but he was not going to do the work for them because he knew, when it came down to it, the archer had to do it themselves. He had a lot of success over the years and I consider him to be one of the best ever. One of the things I noticed at the Olympics this past year

was watching a top archer shoot. There is no question this archer can shoot a bow. However, it al ways seems like this archer comes up short during the Olympics or World Championships. The ar cher started out during the elim inations having to shoot against their teammates, thus no coaches were in the coach’s box. This ar cher shot incredible. The archer’s focus was where it should have been. When the archer had to go against some serious competition, the archer had a coach in the box. You could see the archer loosing focus and also you saw “fear’’ and a questioning look on their face that was not there before. Usual ly, when the archer shot a bad ar row, the archer would turn around and look at the coach like the ar cher was expecting an answer to fix the problem right away. That did not happen. Now, this could be because the archer was going against a fiercer competitor. How ever, I believe the archer was de pending on the coach to help them

through the competition instead of believing they could do it by themself. The archer’s original performances were Gold Medal performances, shooting x’s instead of just 10’s. However, the last two matches were not even close to their ability and I attribute the archer’s need to get the coach to help and solve the problem instead of their own confidence in them self to stay focused. Let me be clear. The archer did great, how ever, in order to be an individual Gold Medal winner, you have to be better than great. This requires preparation, total confidence and good team work with the coach, not dependency on the coach. Finally, it is all up to the archer as to how they should be coached. Some will need more hand holding and others will need very little if any at all. Learning what it takes to get the most out of the archer is critical to their success. The coach is noth ing but a tool that if the archer uses correctly, they will have a very suc cessful career.

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VISUAL ACQUISITION AND AIMING OCTOBER 2017 LARRY WISE

There's a difference between VISUAL-ACQUSITION and AIMING. Your visual acquisition of the target begins first. Aiming - using some reference point (sight pin) relative to the target - joins the vi sual-acquisition process as you reach your holding position. Here's a pair of definitions for you:

VISUAL-ACQUISITION is the act of acquiring and maintaining visual contact with the intended target surface. AIMING occurs when you involve a reference device(s) like a sight pin, arrow point, scope and/or a peep sight within your view of the target. To do it right you should always establish your visual connection with the target surface before aiming/pin engagement. Your visual connection with the target must continue well after the arrow has been released. I train myself and teach my students to visually acquire the center of the target in the SET STEP of the Na tional Training System; that’s before you raise your bow. Visual-acquisition is then followed by constant visual contact throughout the remainder of your shot sequence until the arrow impacts the target. (1: CNTS STEPS)

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Sighting begins later, after you reach your an chor when the sight pin slides into view in front of your eye. The sight pin slides into your line-of-sight while your vision-focus remains on the target surface. The pin will not be - cannot be - in clear visual focus You must learn to raise, draw, anchor, trans fer and establish your holding position without los ing visual contact with the spot. If your bow’s draw weight is too heavy to allow this then lower the draw weight. If your bow’s draw-length setting is not cor rect, change it. If you lose visual contact on the target for any reason you’ll need to adjust your bow until you can make this happen. Once you reach your holding position your sight device must slide into your focused view of the target spot. Don't look to the sight and then try to re acquire the target spot, as this tends to realign your head and body away from your aiming line to the tar get. Just slide the sight into your established eyesight aiming line. Your sight-pin/reticle will be unfocused and blurred as your eye can focus at only one distance. If you focus on the pin then the target will be blurred and your body position will not be “aimed” at the tar get and your arrow may not go where you want it to go. The first rule of aiming is:

YOUR BEST CHANCE TO HIT A TARGET OCCURS WHEN YOU ARE LOOKING AT IT. So look at the target and focus your vision on it. When your sight-pin joins with your focused view of the target you have both your body and bow synchronized. You are visually and physically fo cused on the small spot you desire to hit. REMEMBER THE FIRST PRINCIPLE OF AR CHERY: 1 present the Five Principle of Archery to all of my students. If you are not aware of those then hen: is a reminder of Pl.

PRINCIPLE ONE: Archery is a two-step sp rt: STEP ONE: LEARN TO HIT THE MARI . STEP TWO: REPEAT STEP ONE. In archery, and other sports involving a selected target, our main goal is repeating our body m >vements that complete our shooting action. Two an ows side-by-side in the target indicate that we have suc ceeded. Therefore, when we engage in archery and use a target of some kind we are measuring our hu man ability to repeat a set of body actions. This desire to repeat drives us to conduct our body movements in a way that yields our highest rate of repeatability. Controlling your head position falls into his U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Anniver. ary

category. Before you raise your bow. set your head position over your spine, chin level and turned to the target. Keep it there for the remainder of the shot se quence because moving it decreases your ability to repeat your shot; if you move your head while raising, drawing, anchoring and transferring then be aware that you cannot repeat that exact head movement twice out of a hundred tries. At the same time, as your head turns to the target you must establish visual focus on that target. Likewise, this focus must remain on the target for the remainder of the shot and even until the arrow strikes the target. Look away and your head will move ..... and in that instant your repeatability is lost. As mentioned, visual-acquisition continues during the release moment and long after the sight pin has fallen out of view. It ends when the arrow falls into your view of the target center and your follow through has been completed. Looking away earlier will move your head and other body parts that in turn affect the shot and reduce your ability to repeat.

AIMING TIME: Your aiming with the compound bow should fit into a four to eight-second time span. Remember that this time-frame begins after you reach anchor and are completing the final transfer of holding into your back. The sight-pin does not have to be in your vi sion for a long period of time, only long enough for you to complete your back-contracting/chest-expanding step that results in the release aid discharging the bowstring. When you are using the back-tension hinge style release aid this “time-frame” will be different for each and every shot. You cannot place your fin gers into the release aid handle at exactly the same place on each shot nor can you “load” your back ex actly the same so each shot takes a different amount of time to execute. Each shot is different in time but the beauty of this release aid is that the “process” is the same and if we are mentally focused on the “feel” of the process then we are not aware of the time dif ferences from shot to shot. When you begin using the back-tension hinge release aid you are not very good with your timing. Some shots will discharge quickly while others will take far too long, up to twelve seconds. Don’t worry, after your journey of three thousand shots your timing will reduce to the desired four to eight-second range.

SIGHT PICTURE: During this four to eight-seconds of aiming what is your visual picture? I get this question from lots of archers and provide the following description. Your pin/dot/o-ring will float on the desired tar get spot. It will be visually unfocused - a fuzzy blur or blob. It is not the most important part of the shot so it’s fine if it floats and is not “still”. The target surface, however, should be clearly in visual focus. We do not want to engage in “perfect” aiming because that requires analytical thinking (left-brain

activity) and slows our entire shooting process. Our results-driven culture pushes us in that direction and so we think we must have a sharply focused pin and hold it still in the middle of the target. This gets us to thinking in the future when the arrow “scores” in the target and our actual shooting process of back-contraction/chest-expansion gets lost in the glow of that target. To keep our conscious focus in the present and on the most important process of back-contraction/ chest-expansion we must learn to engage consciously with the “feel” of our loaded back muscles and ex panding chest. We must consciously focus on the cre ative feel (right-brain) so our muscles perform their desired function and “repeat” their action at their highest rate. This is how we shoot our best groups. . . . . and our sight pin is floating, floating, floating, for the four to eight-seconds of aiming. And, powered by our back and supported by our proper posture, the release discharges the bow string and the arrow falls into our focused view of the target spot. To shoot your best groups: visually acquire the target, raise, draw, anchor, slide the pin into view, transfer, feel your contract/expand effort and never look away from the target spot. LARRY WISE ASSISTANT COACH, USA COMPOUND JUNIOR DREAM TEAM INTERNATIONAL COACH, AUTHOR, WORLD CHAMPION, B.A., M. Ed. larrywise.com

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When two Worlds Collide "Some people spend their life dreaming while others work at making dreams come true. This is one story about six young Amish men and an English lady (Hohe Frau) who became friends because of their love for the sport ofarchery...and yes I am that English lady. " his story begins in a small Amish Community in northwestern Pennsylvania where a man by the name of Monroe Byler

would explain their new product. He and his crew roam the woods to find the perfect trees to enable them to produce these unusual tables. No two are alike and to say they can build masterpieces might be an understatement. You are probably thinking, what docs this have to do with archery?

This is my story about these Amish men and their love for archery as well as being master craftsmen.

and his sons, Dan & Sam, operate a Saw Mill and also produce some of the most beautiful Live Edge tables I have ever seen. Monroe has been one of my printing customers for quite awhile and I enjoy stopping by the mill from time to time. On this day he had called to sec if 1 could help put together a brochure that

One day while visiting the Mill I noticed some familiar books and traditional bows laying on a nearby table.

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'Wlhuemt two VVoitl..; One of the books > special friend, M. R. James. Mon roe’s nephew, Ervin (Ernie) Byler saw the Archcry Hall of Fame logo on my shirt and begin ask ing me archery questions. I asked him if he might like one of MR’s books personally auto graphed. “ You can do that?” he said. I replied, “ I’m think ing I can.” He was so excited I thought he was going to fall off his chair.

la Note: Since receiving his specially autographed copy of //lulling the Dream Ernie told me it is now almost worn out from being passed around the settlement.

____________________ (T The name M. R. James has now become a household word in this small Amish community.

We spent the next hour talk ing about other archery greats like Howard Hill, Fred Bear, Glenn St. Charles and so many of those who are in the Archery Hall of Fame today. Ernie seemed to know quite a bit about archery history and the pioneers who blazed the

trail for the archers of today. I mentioned I was Executive Director of the Archery Hall of Fame and had personally known most of the people we were talking about. By then some of the workers at the mill had also gathered around to hear my stories. Ernie was curious how I had met Glenn St. Charles and why he called me “Moose.” I told him my personal experiences and it was interesting to look at the expressions on their faces while we talked about so many different archery personalities. They seemed fascinated with the stories. I so wanted to lake a close up photo of

Archery Hall of Fame Director, and Bowhunter Hall of Fame Inductee Chuck Jordon from Michigan stops by the Mill to autograph a book for Ernie.

their faces but out of respect for their beliefs I chose not to. Ernie later invited me to his home to meet his wife Nancy and later I had the privilege of attending an Amish Fish Fry to celebrate their third anniversary as well as my birthday.

The next time I visited the Byler Mill, Dan, Sam and Ernie were excited to continue our archery conversation. They showed me their bows and talked more about some of the archery books they had read. When I was getting ready to leave Ernie ask me if I would be willing to shoot a 3D animal round with six of his friends at one of the local archery ranges in a couple of weeks. I was honored to think they would want to shoot with this little ole English lady. I told him to set the date and the good Lord willing and the creek don’t rise I would be there with bells on. I thought to myself, have traveled the world and studied many different native cultures, but I knew very little about the Amish who only lived a few miles away, I was intrigued and wanted to learn more. For the next 2 weeks I thought a lot about this new adventure. Even though I was a little nervous, I was also quite excited. This was sometliing I had never done before. I was entering a whole different world and I didn’t know what to expect.

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who edged out Ernie and Joey, by only two points. I might add everyone was shooting traditional equipment. When the day was over they all thanked me for taking time out of my life to spend a day in their world. Ernie said the evening before he felt like it was the night before Christmas, that it was only a dream. Little did he know I felt the same way.

The morning of our adventure I picked up Ernie and his brother-in-law Joey Weaver and Milo Miller. We were to meet Noah Troyer, Freeman Miller and Jacob Miller at the course. 1 figured the one tiling I had going for me was I had the right last name. Miller. We practiced a little while wailing for the others to ar rive. After a short discussion it was decided that the two oldest, that would be Milo Miller and myself would shoot against Ernie and Joey. I have to add these guys were really good shooters and took the game very serious.

When we started I mentioned I was old enough to be their grandmother, so it might be take 4 steps and drag Diane. They laughed a little and sometimes after they shot, I would hear “Come on Grandma. It’s your turn.” This was beginning to be way to much fun. At the end of the day it was “Grandma" (Hohe momie) and Milo

This is not a story about who can win the biggest trophy or travel the world to capture the largest big game animal, but a story about people from two different worlds who in one after noon discovered something they never thought was possible. There were no prizes to be won except the biggest one of all. The honor and respect for ones fellow man.

Memories of new found friendships were made on that Fall day in a small Amish community that will remain in my heart forever. Thank you to Monroe, Dan and Sam, for letting this meeting take place.

Also a special THANK. YOU to Ernie and his wife Nancy and the six special young men for the opportunity to allow me to be apart of their lives for a short time. At the end of the day when all was said and done, I really knew that I was the lucky one........

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Genesis 27:3-4, “Now then please take your gear, your quiver and your bow, and go out to the field and hunt game for me; and prepare a savory dish for me such as I love, and bring it to me that I may eat, so that my soul may bless you before 1 die. ”

D season isoverforanother 3year. In our end of Kentucky, bow hunting season for deer has been in since September 2, but it has been so hot, myriads of mosquitoes and thousands of deer ticks that it hasn’t been worth going hunting. Along with the heat, it has been excessively dry until the first of this week. The rut should be starting up really soon. The smaller deer are already showing signs. I saw a nice small buck the other evening. He was by himself, and all the deer have gotten their winter colors. Could prove to be a very interesting season in western Kentucky. Much of the com in our area has been picked, and some soy beans have been combined. The white oaks are dropping their acorns, so, hunting should begin to look up in our comer of the world. With the brief cold front that is in our area this afternoon, bow hunting should prove to be very good this week. I plan to bow hunt some before the muzzle loader hunt this next weekend. Actually,

all I have to do is sit on my porch and shoot deer; however, mama would have a fit. She thinks the deer that cross our yard belongs to her. Go figure! Bow hunting for turkey is open, too. I have seen bunches of small turkey which would indicate a great spring hatch. We had two adult hens with nine, less than half-grown birds, at our bird feeder earlier, and then in a few days there were several adult hens and seven young birds. These younger birds were a bit larger than the others we had seen earlier. They love the sunflower seeds. In another place we have seen this hen along with seven young birds three or four times. Apparently, the hatch was really good this spring. Whenever I think of bow hunting, I think of Steve Lincoln and his pro shop in Indiana. Steve has recovered nicely from his heart surgery. He should be back in his shop by now. Certainly glad he is doing well. That’s the hunting report from western Kentucky on Lake Barkley. If you get a chance to come hunt, be sure and check the state hunting regulations. The boys in green are pretty aggressive here. I get checked nearly every time 1 go hunting. It’s o.k. 1 know they are doing their job, and I always buy my hunting licenses. Senior hunting/fishing licenses are only $5. Where else but Kentucky?

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uring the second day of the NFAA Indoor Championship an archer once walked up and said, “Thanks, Terry. I listened to what you said yesterday and shot my highest score ever today.” “You are going to have to help me out,” I said. “I don’t re member your name.” “We’ve never met be fore,” he explained. “I was shooting next to another archer on the practice range and over heard you working with him. I listened while you were helping him clean up his bow arm, so I did the same thing.” The most important part of the shot is the bow arm, where over 90% of the misses occur. True, the reason for a bad bow arm can originate from an other flaw in form, but a good bow arm can still save the shot. Whenever an archer is having a problem grouping arrows, he or she should immediately look at

this part of the form to correct the problem. The bow arm has to react exactly the same on ev ery shot in order to maintain a tight group. For the bow arm to per form the same during every shot, it has to be set the same way before the shot explosion. First, the bow shoulder has to be relaxed and set in a low po sition. If you have tight muscles and the shoulder is high, the shoulder is being held up by the muscles. Can you maintain that shoulder position with the same degree of muscle tension every time? Probably not. That is why the groups will open up. Feel the placement of the shoulder when it is in a down position and you do not have tight mus cles supporting it. This is where your shoulder should be when you are executing your shot. Next is the bow arm. It can be straight or slightly bent if you shoot a compound bow. If you are a recurve or longbow shooter, straight is the main option. The bow arm should be relaxed in either case. Un necessary tight muscles in the bow arm or bow shoulder will produce bow and sight move ment. The only muscle tension

in the bow arm should be the muscles needed to maintain a steady force on the bow handle, pressing it toward the target. It is very important that the same degree of forward pressure is applied on every shot or you will experience high or low groups. When the arrow is re leased, the bow arm should break directly toward the target at the same angle on every shot. This is a must. If it doesn’t, you will be pushing or pulling your arrow in another direction. Set up a video camera about 15 feet in front of you when you are practicing. Shoot 10 shots with out moving the position of your feet. Play back the video and see how your bow arm reacts. If you are using perfect form, it should react identically every time. I always have maintained that you can make a lot of form errors, yet still save the shot as long as you have a good bow arm. Clean up this part of your form and your groups will be come tighter. [For more of Terry’s shooting tips, see Archery: Think and Shoot Like a Cham pion at wunderlearchery.com]

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Shop our website at www. myoptibrain.com • Kindle e-Book • Amazon e-bookstore at https ://ww w.c reales pace. com/7523035 In archery, prevailing coach ing philosophy teaches us that repetition is the key to top perfor mance. Shoot one perfect shot and then repeat it over and over and over again - duplication of execu tion on the way to perfection. We are throwing caution to the wind and challenging archers to con sider that while repeatability may work in the early stages of form development, as archers gain skill, exponential gains can be made by moving to a mindset of creating each shot - more like an artist than a machine.

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one). Neither of these approaches One of the most important sets the stage for Better Than Your pieces of information we have * Best performance. Perfection de learned from the laboratory is that mands comparison to some pre-or every shot in archery is created. It dained ideal or method and can fill is not repeated or executed! In his the conscious mind with judgment book Out of Our Minds: Learn and worry. Given the number of ing to be Creative, Sir Ken Rob athletes with high expectations of inson writes, “However seductive perfection, the “repeat” philoso the machine metaphor may be phy can drive overly critical judg for industrial production, human ment that can also lead to poor organizations are not actually performance. Repeat implies a mechanisms and people are not duplication of your “best” shot. In components in them. People have Better Your Best™, we coach that values and feelings, perceptions, our best is not enough. We focus opinions, motivations, and biogra forward to a world where we are phies, whereas cogs and sprockets do not.” In the same manner, ar always moving toward an expe chers are not machines so an ex rience that is better than we have pectation of repetition and dupli ever performed before. We cannot cation is dehumanizing. afford to simply shoot our best “This is the one and only when there is always the possibil time I have the opportunity to ity of more. shoot this shot, under these condi Creating great shots results tions, in this state of being.” The from setting ourselves up the best task at hand is to put the pieces of we can, before and during the the puzzle together, the best we motion. Before the motion we can, to create what we want. If the decide and ask for what we want goal is to repeat or even to exe veiy clearly and specifically. We cute, it does not imply increased breathe and image the shot. Then intensity and in fact, intensity we take in the target. Arousal lev may go down. This will decrease el and intensity must be set before our chance for great performance. we lift the bow to shoot. Emotions No matter how good our practice must be in a neutral-to-positive shots are, it is possible to create place before we begin the draw. even better shots in competition Once this is established, ve can because it means more and has draw the bow with meaning and the ability to increase activation. confidence and commit tc a firm More activity in the brain, and in anchor. As we complete t le rou particular, more right brain activ tine, we are focusing our a :ention ity, allows us to create shots we to facilitate the motion we ;hoose would not create in low, relaxed to create. The more creative we conditions. This is the fun of the can be, the better. This im iates a game! Whatever we can imagine, state of mind that includes Watch we can create. In reverse of that, this” and “I can’t wait to ee the if we can’t image it, we probably arrow hit the gold!” “Watch this!” won’t create it. Image refers to is the best place we can be before any form of seeing, hearing, feel we create the motion. It is t con ing, sensing, or knowing! fident, powerful state of mind. In our model, “repeat” either The small amount of un mown assumes some finite level of per (exactly where the arro\ will fection or it lowers the intensity hit) is part of the challenge that of the shot (just repeating the last keeps us interested in the game. U.S. Archer Inc. 34th Ann: ersary

If we knew for absolute certain ty where every shot was going, we would be bored and probably take up another sport. The possi bility that I could miss the mark is what makes the sport continuous ly challenging. There is a direct inverse relationship between the degree of unknown and the reward of shooting a GREAT shot. Enjoy the challenge! Creating every shot has two primary components—start and finish. Science tells us the im portance of starting and finishing each shot that we create (Proctor & Dutta, 1995). I. The more complex the task, the longer the programming time. Longer programming time takes place before the shot and the motor program is created before the motion starts. 2. Movement is coordinated rel ative to space and not to joints in the body. The mind, brain, and body plan the motion; the joint angles and muscle torques follow. If joint move ments are used, they are only effective if all motions of all the joints involved are timed so they reach their final posi tion at the same time, and then the motion is fluid. Focusing on the feel of moving the ar row through the clicker, in the desired path, can be very ef fective. If the shot is finished in balance, with the expected follow through, many com ponents of the shot had to fall into place without having to focus on each one separately. Finish is the end of the shot— not the point of release. If the finish is correct, it is likely that the shot was created well. 3. Errors in motion can be de tected before they are phys ically produced and they can be altered. Self-correction at a subconscious level takes place many times during the motion. 4. Goal-directed behavior sug gests that if we know where we are going to “Finish,” the body will get there in the most

the line to perform, we are practic efficient, effective way possi ing the ability to create each shot ble. 5. Biomechanical efficiency at in that end. Things change as we go through our 3 shot sequence the end of motion overrides and trying to be the same can be how the limbs move to get counterproductive. there. Even an uncomfort able coordination pattern is So as you can see, there preferred for maximizing the is a place for blocked practice end-state comfortable coordi and a place for random practice. nation. For example, we know When changing form we may what we want the finish of use blocked practice for several the shot to look like and the ends and then switch to random model for effective archery practice. In the real world, things is predicated on alignment change on us: tempo of the per at full draw, motion and folson next to us, wind, how we feel, low-through/finish. The meth competition pressure, etc. For ran od for getting to the end state dom practice you can change tar is less important than the end gets, change distance, aim off, set state itself as long as the key a timer for your 3 shots, add wind, etc. Using random practice we components of the model are feel you are less likely to develop met. target panic. Implications for Practice Repetition of the one per Dr. Debbie Crews is CEO fect shot goes along with what is and president of Opti Internation al, a performance optimization known as blocked practice and company offering neurofeedback can be successful for today’s prac apps and performance improve tice, but it is not the best practice ment systems to Better Your for tomorrow’s performance or Best™For more information on next week. Research tells us that tools and techniques to improve random practice is what solidifies your performance, visit the web Better Your Best™ performance. site at: www.myoptibrain.com . This means changing things as we Judi Adams is a two time Olympic practice. It all has to do with mo archer (1980, 1996) and Perfor tor programming, the “template” mance Coach. After a 30+year ca or “blue print” our brain sends to reer in Corporate America coach our muscles to create the motion. ing leadership, she has returned In blocked practice we create the to the sport that inspired her for motor program for the shot one so many years. Her book, Seek time and then it is stored in short ing Center focuses on the steps of term active memory and simply shooting an arrow as a metaphor fine-tuned for each shot after for leadership and life itself. Find wards. In random practice, each it at Amazon.com where it is avail shot is created from long term able in print or eBook. memory and every time we go to

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by April Girvin, arcHer ello, All!!! We’re here reporting to you from Superman City...Metropolis, Illinois! Another record attendance year here...with 1,866 shooters in 2016, the final number of competitors this year stands at 1,962. The weather was pleasant this year, not too super-hot and humid, but Friday came with a solid rain shower. With 1,962 shooters anticipating the start of the Zebra Twist Team shoot, the venue turned a bit muddy. We’ll just call it the ASA Mud Bowl of 2017. After the rain stopped, archers and pros ascended the ranges for another successful Team Shoot. Amateurs and Pros alike headed out to the ranges on Saturday and Sunday and after all the scorecards were tallied and turned in, the Pro Shootdown was underway.

Women’s Pro Shootdown Emily McCarthy - 409 /10; Cara Kelly - 408 / 9; Kailey Johnston - 402 / 9; Sharon Carpenter - 389 / 7; Madison Rutkowski - 388 / 2.

April & Joey Girvin By the third target, all of our pro ladies have settled in and are continuing to put the smack down on 10s, not losing any ground, but Kailey and Emily still try ing to keep up the pace with 12s on the Lynx and the Coyote. Into target number five, the scoring spread is 22 points between our leader, Cara and fifth place spot, Madison. On this fifth target, the ladies face a “now or never” situation with making up any points to try and catch our leader. Sharon and Madison throw down a couple of 14s on their final target, while Em ily, Cara and Kailey keep steady with 10s. Unfortu nately for Sharon and Madison, their 14s come a little too late and they don’t have quite enough points to head into the “6'h and final” arrow with the remain ing contenders. The 6th and final target is set...the Large Alert Whitetail Deer at 43 yards. Kailey starts off by shooting for a 14, but comes up a bit short and scores an 8, just under the 14-ring. Emily takes aim and scores a solid 10...leaving Cara no choice but to shoot a 10 and without fail, Cara delivers!! Congrat ulations, Cara.. .great shooting!!!

Senior Pro Shootdown Michael Braden - 426 / 14; Larry Goza - 424 / 15; Tony Tazza -412/9; Brian Luallen -411/12; Thom as Crowe -411/11.

Women’s Pro Podium (L to R): Emily McCarthy, 2nd Place; Cara Kelly, 1st place; Kailey Johnston, 3rd place The top three Women’s Pro competitors are stacked together with a seven point spread, while fourth and fifth place have a little bit of work to do to catch our top ladies. Things start out a little rocky for Sharon and Madison, both scoring 8s on their first tar gets, however, Sharon comes back fighting by scoring a 14 on the Coyote! Solid shots for Cara and Kailey with a 10 and 12, respectively on their first targets.

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We start the Senior Pro Shootdown with our leader, Michael Braden, holding a two-point lead over Larry Goza, but then the spread to 3rd, 4th and 5th is an astonishing 14-15 points. Looks like Tony, Bri an and Tom have some ground to make up to catch Michael. Tony starts out his climb with a 14 on the coyote! Michael doesn’t take his foot off of the gas and starts out with a 12 attempting to stretch his lead. Target #2, Larry takes aim at the coyote and scores a 12, but follows it up with a 5 on the 43-yard Mule Deer. Ouch! On his 4th target, the Lynx, Tom tries to make another comeback by scoring a 14, but it’s not quite enough. With such a commanding lead, there is no need for a “6th and final” arrow. With an astound ing 11-point lead over Larry Goza, Michael Braden takes the top podium spot for the Senior Pros!!! Great shooting and way to keep the momentum going, Mi chael!!!

Open Pro Shootdown Ty Adkins - 431 / 20; Joseph Goza - 428 / 15; Jack Wallace, II - 428 / 15; Levi Morgan - 424 / 16; Chris Hacker-422/ 14.

Know n Pro Chance Beaubouef - 448 / 25; Chris Perkins - 448 / 24; Jacob Marlow - 442 / 24; Tyler Marlow - 442 / 24; Garrett Ayersman -441/ 26.

Known Pro Podium (L to R): Chance Beaubouef, 2nd place; Chris Perkins, 1st place; Jacob Marlow, 3rd place

Open Pro Podium (L to R): Levi Morgan, 2nd place; Joseph Goza, 1st place; Jack Wallace, II, 3rd place Ty Adkins leads the pack of Open Pros in the shootdown. We’ll see if he can hold onto his lead with quite the pack of veterans aiming to hedge him out. Chris Hacker, sitting in 5th place at the start of the shootdown, scores a 14 on the popular 33-yard coyote! Joe Goza takes a 12 on his first target, the Large Alert Deer, while Jack Wallace struggles a !r.tle, hitting low of the 12 on the Lynx and . ■. ■ with an 8. Target #2 for these fine shoote.r • a. November-December 2017 www.usarcher.com - e

couple more 14s...Joe with one on the 43-yd Mule Deer, taking over the lead and Levi with one on the Coyote; while Ty trying to hold steady, scores a 10. Joe continues to hold onto the lead by scoring a 10 in his next target, but unfortunately for Ty he scores a 5 on the Lynx, attempting a 14-ring, but hitting high. With a couple of 8s for our competitors on Target #4 and a 12 for Joe and a 14 for Levi on their fifth target, the “6th and final” arrow comes down to Jack, Levi and Joe. Jack shoots first at the Black Panther set for this final shot and scores a 5, attempting a 14-rin... Levi shoots, also attempting a 14-ring and scores an 8. Joe needs an 8 to win...shoots and scores a solid 10! Congratulations Joe Goza on your win here in Metropolis!!!

After two days of competition, the Known Pros are stacked with a seven-point spread between 1st and 5th place, and only one bonus ring separating 1st and 2nd! And the first target in, Chris, Tyler and Garrett waste no time trying to gain some ground against Chance, scoring 12s and a 14. Chris takes a 2-point lead over Chance after this first target. On their 2nd target, our competitors seem to take a moment to reset, with no real position changes. With the 3rd arrow be ing loosed, Chris extends his lead by scoring a 12 on the Mule Deer, while Jacob scores a 14 on the Coyote

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Known Pro, Jacob Marlow, “judging"yardage during the Mathews Illinois Pro/Am Pro Shootdown.

arcHER Media Staffer, Michael Mar low, awaits the Shootdown excitement and anticipation of watching his sons, Tyler and Jacob, compete against one another in the Known Pro Shootdown. squeezing him back into the mix. Tyler and Garrett struggle with their 4th and 5th targets, both scoring 5s on their final two targets. Jacob keeps chugging along scoring a 10 and a 12 to secure a 3rd place podium finish. Down to the “6th and final” arrow, Chance and Chris will be our final two competitors. Chance has no real choice but to shoot for a 14 on the Black

Panther, and he gets it! 1! Chris only needs an 8 or bet ter to take home the win...and he shoots a 10 to win! Exciting shootdown guys!!! Congratulations, Chris Perkins! Great shooting! Next up, our final stop of the 2017 season... the ASA McKenzie Classic in Cullman, Alabama!!! We hope to see everyone there!!! Safe travels!!!

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We’ve made it to the end of the line for the 2017 ASA season...the ASA McKenzie Classic in Cullman, Alabama! Beautiful and warm, weather is forecast for this weekend’s festivities, so let’s get this competition under way!!! The ASA Classic brings us to the St. Bernard Abbey, located just outside of Cullman. While visiting the area, you might take a moment to visit the Ave Maria Grotto. The Ave Maria Grotto, located on the grounds of Alabama’s first and only Benedictine Abbey, consists of over 125 miniatures, reproductions of famous churches, shrines and buildings. Encompassing an area of over three acres, this miniature fairyland sees visitors from all over the world. On Thursday, the Pros and Amateurs again joined forces for the Zebra Twist Team Shoot, followed by an all amateur team shoot on Friday, whilst the Pros headed out to begin their first competition round of the tournament. Saturday morning, the Pros ascended back onto the ranges for their second day of competition, vying for those top five spots in the Pro Shootdowns to be held later that evening. Shooters and spectators assembled at the St. Bernard Abbey soccer field on Saturday late afternoon/ early evening for the Pro Shootdowns...and what a crowd did we have! After the 10 minute judging round, the Women’s Pro started us off... Women’s Pro Rookie, Madison Rutkowski and 2016 SOY, Sharon Carpenter lead our top five into the shootdown, tied at 402 with six bonus rings

April & Joey Girvin separating them. Cara Kelly wasn’t far behind with a 398, followed by Christine Harrelson at 394 and Emily McCarthy with a 393. Our first contender to make a move was Cara with a 12 on her first target, the Warthog. Madison struggles to stay ahead of Sharon and Cara, with Sharon shooting back-to-back 12s on her second and third targets, the Warthog and Black Panther. Christine and Emily are out of the gate gunning for some 14s from the start, unfortunately falling short, scoring some 8s and 5s. Down to the “6Ih and final” arrow, Don Bailey re-sets the Warthog at 32 yards and, trailing by ten points, Madison shoots first, nailing a 14-ring! Cara’s up next...needs a 12 to tie Madison, a 14 to beat Madison and put some pressure on Sharon...she shoots and takes a 14 also!!! Down to Sharon’s final shot, she needs an eight to win..she shoots, she scores a 12!!! Nice win, Sharon!!!!! Final Shooter of the Year standings for Women’s Pro... Is' place - Kailey Johnston 2nd place - Cara Kelly 3rd place - Emily McCarthy Rookie of the Year - Madison Rutkowski Finishing Rank

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Known Pro ASA Classic Podium (L to R): Stephan Hansen, 2nd place; Jeremy Elliott, 1st place; Chris Perkins, 3rd place Pro... With scores ranging from 428 to 422, the Open Pro class has an unprecedented seven competitors headed into the ASA Classic shootdown. Joby Shaw leads the pack with a 428, followed closely by Levi Morgan at 424, Tommy Gomez and Chris Cooper tied with a 423, and a three-way tie at 422 between Ty Adkins, Darrin Christenberry and Joseph Goza. Joby proceeds to shoot nothing shy of 10 through his seven targets, including three 12s and a 14, forcing his fellow competitors to step up their game to catch him. Levi starts off a little slower than we’re used to seeing but finishes his last three targets with 14s. Darrin gives it all he’s got with four 12s and a 14 on five of his seven targets. After all of the battling back and forth and the dust settled, four competitors make it to that “6,h and final” arrow. Judging their final target, the Javelina, Levi, Darrin and Joseph are tied at 502 with Joby leading them by six points. Joseph starts off the “8,h and final” arrow by shooting a 14 at the 36-yard Javelina. With that 14, some added pressure on Levi to match him. Levi shoots and comes up low of the 14 with an 8. Darrin has to aim for a 14 as well, but shoots over the 14 for a 5. Down to Joby... he needs a 10 to win it..,he shoots and takes a center 10!!! With emotions running high, and mom (Rheta Shaw) running onto the field, Joby has won his first Pro win at the ASA Classic! Final Shooter of the Year stanc . ' Open Pro... Is1 place - Levi Morgan (ll11, in a 2nd place - Danny McCarthy November-December 2017 yvww.usarcher.com - <

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Another awesome ASA Classic with yet again a record-breaking attendance of 1,849 competitors!!!

ASA Pro/Am Tournament Schedule for the upcoming 2018 season... February 22 — 25, 2018 = Hoyt Archery Alabama Pro/Am in Foley, Alabama March 22 - 25, 2018 - New Breed /Black Eagle Pro/Am in Ft. Benning, Georgia April 5-8, 2018 = Easton Southwest Shootout in Paris, Texas April 26 - 29, 2018 = Leupold/AAE Pro/Am in Appling, Georgia May 31 - June 3, 2018 = Tru Ball /Axcel Kentucky Pro/Am in London, Kentucky June 28 — July I, 2018 = Mathews Illinois Pro/Am in Metropolis, Illinois August 2-5, 2018 = McKenzie ASA Classic in Cullman, Alabama For ALL 2018 Pro/Am Tournaments, Pro Classes (Open Pro, Women Pro, Senior Pro and Known Pro) will shoot Friday and Saturday with a Pro Team shoot on Thursday. In 2018, ASA will also introduce the new Delta McKenzie Strutting Turkey target and you’ll see the return of the Delta McKenzie Russian Boar. Just a quick side note, after the Women’s Pros left the range on Friday, our first day of competition,

2018 Delta McKenzie targets to be on the lookoutfor... Strutting Turkey (left) and Russian Boar (right).

I found myself sitting in the top spot. This is the first time that I have been in this position since I became a professional archer in 2014. As you can imagine, the emotions that I was feeling were indescribable. 1 was excited.. .happy.. .and NERVOUS! As much as I tried to keep my nerves at bay, my day two of competition wasn’t good enough to keep me in the running for the top five, BUT having been in that situation now, I definitely know what 1 need to work on to be able to put two good days of competition together! And just a quick thank you to all of my supportive friends, you know who you are and my awesome husband, Joey, who did his best to help me keep my feet on the ground and my head in the game! We hope to see you all here again in 2018! Special thanks again to my awesome husband, Joey, for all of his photography skills! And thank you also to ASA for allowing us to bring you the highlights of each tournament. If anyone has any questions or would like to see any additional information covered

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over again! Good luck to all the hunters this fall and stay safe! Enjoy your holiday season celebrating with friends and family!!!

Huntsman World Senior Games 900 Target St George, Utah October 10-11, 2017

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1. = Gold Medalist 2. Silver Medalist = 3. - Bronze Medalist

Division Codes Barebow Compound = BBC Ba rebow Recurve = BBR Freestyle = FS Freestyle Bowhunter = FSBH Freestyle Limited = FSL Freestyle Limited Recurve = FSLR Longbow = LB International Crossbow = INTCB 1. Wanda Newsom BBC BBC 1. Bill Ruley 1. David McHuron BBC BBR 1. Gayle Fristoe 1. Peggy McDonald BBR 2. Charlene Shelfer BBR 1. Anna Hartman BBR 2. Kumi Horiuchi BBR BBR 1. Paul Reyes BBR 1. Craig White 1. Michael Poole BBR BBR 2. Dennis Beach 3. Jim Phillips BBR BBR Howard Jones Robert Britton BBR BBR David Jilge 1. Barry Dorion BBR 2. Don Ballenger BBR 1. Raymond Allen BBR 2. Eigoro Horiuchi BBR 3. Wm Burningham BBR BBR Cactus McHarg

Female 75-79 Male 75-79 Male 75-79 Female 55-59 Female 65-69 Female 65-69 Female 80-84 Female 80-84 Male 55-59 Male 60-64 Male 65-69 Male 65-69 Male 65-69 Male 65-69 Male 65-69 Male 70-74 Male 75-79 Male 75-79 Male 80-84 Male 80-84 Male 80-84 Male 80-84

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1. Andrew Lakata BBR 1. Catherine Belzner FS 2. Vickie Mickel FS 3. Patricia Wong FS 1. Janice Ruley FS 1.Becky Pearson FS 2. Chris Moran FS 3. Cherie Stanley FS 1. Jacque Rice FS 2. Rose Dorion FS 3. Lois Price FS

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Bobbie Moore FS 1. Maxine Bots FS JayBenard l. FS 2. Dougo Wentzel FS 3. Jeff Heinz FS Joey Girvin FS 1. Scott Wilson FS 2. Steven Belzner FS 3. David Partlow FS Wray Wong FS Jeff Fewell FS Roy Sylvia FS 1. Larry Butterfield FS 2. Arthur PendergraftFS 3. Carlos Parada FS 1. Jim Thurlow FS 2. Thomas Smith FS 3. Thomas Cayia FS Russell Scharman FS Gary Stanley FS Rob Asay FS Tim Krotz FS James Murdock FS FredJepsen FS Buckey Hansen FS Larry Smithing FS 1. Charles Mead FS

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Vonda Kemmerer Overall Female Recurve Mike Gerard Overall Male Recurve Overall Female Compound Catherine Belzner Overall Male Compound Larry Butterfield Male 70-74 FS 2. Larry Guptill Male 70-74 FS 3. Everett Hanson Male 70-74 John Martin FS Male 70-74 FS Jan Klinger Male 70-74 Bob Ackerman FS Male 70-74 Mark Pennington FS Male 70-74 FS James Maze Male 70-74 FS Chuck McLain Male 70-74 Ruel Christensen FS Male 70-74 John Huczek FS Male 75-79 FS 1. Dan Kolb Male 75-79 FS 2. Leon Sepuka Male 75-79 FS 3. Bob Jacobsen Male 75-79 Carl Speakman FS Male 75-79 FS James Bots Male 75-79 Gerard Tedesco FS Male 75-79 Peter Muellner FS Male 75-79 Norman Rice FS Male 75-79 Jim Hille FS Kaare Haugland Male 75-79 FS Male 75-79 Layton Kite FS FS Male 75-79 Steve Price Male 75-79 Pat Easley FS Male 85-89 1. Ronald Raymond FS 1. Pamela Madsen FSBH Female 50-54 1. Barbara Carroll FSBH Female 60-64 FSBH Female 60-64 2. Julie Clawson 3. Chirley Arnold-Rodriguez FSBH Female 60-64 1. Pam Niles FSBH Female 70-74 1. Elisabeth Johnson FSBH Female 85-89 1. Joseph LeBeau FSBH Male 50-54 1. Bret Moran FSBH Male 55-59 2. Lynn Baldwin FSBH Male 55-59 FSBH Male 55-59 3. Mike Havertz 1. Douglas Rock FSBH Male 60-64 1. Tony DiStefano FSBH Male 65-69 2. Jim Clawson FSBH Male 65-69 3. Marve Mitchell FSBH Male 65-69 Guy Bowden FSBH Male 65-69 1. David Burton FSBH Male 70-74 2. Charles Greene FSBH Male 70-74 1. Ted Fischer FSBH Male 70-74 1. Del Moore FSBH Male 75-79 2. Jack Head FSBH Male 75-79 3. Ron Kirchen FSBH Male 75-79 1. John Gauger FSL Male 70-74 2. Alvin Latham FSL Male 70-74 3. June Montenegro FSL Male 70-74 FSR Female 55-59 1. Rose Hoberg 2. Lucinda Wald FSR Female 55-59 1. Vonda Kemmerer FSR Female 60-64 2. Diana Dancz FSR Female 60-64 3. Martha E AndersonFSR Female 60-64 52

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1. Barbara Schettler-Jehl FSR Female 65-69 2. Paula Prichard FSR Female 65-69 3. Diana LaBeau FSR Female 65-69 1. Kurt Hoberg FSR Male 50-54 1. Mike Gerard FSR Male 55-59 2. Steven Coleman FSR Male 55-59 3. Allen Wald FSR Male 55-59 Thayne Grover FSR Male 55-59 1. Wesley Wilhelm FSR Male 60-64 2. Cory Woolson FSR Male 60-64 3. James ShackelfordFSR Male 60-64 George Logsdon FSR Male 60-64 Eric (Spike) Ford FSR Male 60-64 1. Larry Anderson FSR Male 65-69 2. Gregory Brown FSR Male 65-69 3. Moqui Johnson FSR Male 65-69 William Renshaw' FSR Male 65-69 Keith Kemmerer FSR Male 65-69 1. Richard Paschke FSR Male 70-74 2. Robert Shelfer FSR Male 70-74 1. Edwin Eliason FSR Male 75-79 2. Gene Queen FSR Male 75-79 3. Terry LaBeau FSR Male 75-79 Thomas Saunders FSR Male 75-79 1. Carla BurninghamLB Female 65-69 1. Victor Baron LB Male 55-59 1. Bob Carroll LB Male 65-69 2. Charles McDonaldLB Male 65-69 1. Robin Davis LB Male 70-74 1. Dick Wood LB Male 75-79 1. Martin Runge INTCBMale 55-59 1. Stan Pennypacker INTCBMale 75-79

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Division Codes Barebow Compound = BBC Barebow Recurve = BBR Freestyle = FS Freesty le Bowhunter = FSBH Freestyle Limited = FSL Freesty le Limited Recurve = FSLR Longbow = LB I. = Gold Medalist 2. = Silver Medalist 3. = Bronze Medalist I. Wanda Newsom BBC Female 75-79 BBC Male 55-59 1. Ivan Thompson 1. David McHuron BBC Male 75-79 1. Gayle Fristoe BBR Female 55-59 1. Peggy McDonald BBR Female 65-69 BBR Female 80-84 1. Kumi Horiuchi 1. Dean Miller BBR Male 55-59 2. Allen Wald BBR Male 55-59 I. Craig White BBR Male 60-64 2. Kenneth Williams BBR Male 60-64 3. Fred Copyak BBR Male 60-64 BBR Male 65-69 1. Dennis Beach 2. Michael Poole BBR Male 65-69 3. Robert Britton BBR Male 65-69 1. David Jilge BBR Male 70-74 1. Gary Hertzler BBR Male 75-79

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Male 80-84 Male 80-84 Male 80-84 Male 85-89 Female 55-59 Female 65-69 Female 65-69 Female 70-74 Female 70-74 Male 50-54 Male 50-54 Male 55-59 Male 55-59 Male 60-64 Male 60-64 Male 60-64 Male 65-69 Male 65-69 Male 65-69 Male 65-69 Male 70-74 Male 70-74 Male 70-74 Male 70-74 Male 70-74 Male 75-79 Male 75-79

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FSBH Male 65-69 FSBH Male 65-69 FSBH Male 65-69 FSBH Male 65-69 FSBH Male 65-69 FSBH Male 70-74 FSBH Male 70-74 FSBH Male 70-74 FSBH Male 75-79 FSBH Male 75-79 FSBH Male 75-79 FSBH Male 75-79 FSBH Male 80-84 FSBH Male 85-89 FSL Male 70-74 FSL Male 70-74 FSL Male 75-79 FSLR Female 55-59 FSLR Male 50-54

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1. Mike Gerard 2. Steven Coleman 1. Wesley Wilhelm 2. Cory Woolson 3. Eric (Spike) Ford 1. Gregory Brown 2. Larry Anderson 3. Moqui Johnson 1. Edwin Eliason 2. Thomas Saunders I. Marie Langness 2. Carla Burningham 1. Victor Baron 1. Bob Carroll 2. Charles McDonald 3. Howard Jones

Randall Steadman Jim Phillips 1- Robin Davis 1. Dick Wood 1 • Spencer Sheets 2. Don Lampert

LB LB LB LB LB LB

Male 65-69 Male 65-69 Male 70-74 Male 75-79 Male 80-84 Male 80-84

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Since NASP®’s inception in 2007, the archery program has long been recognized for building con fidence in youth participants, expanding extracurric ular interests, increasing academic performance, and aiding young men and women financially towards their future academic endeavors. In 2016, the total amount of scholarships awarded, since 2007, reached $926,000. The 2017 NASP® increased that figure bringing the total to more than a million dollars (SI,326,000 to be exact) since NASP® began. Five hundred and sixty-six students since the commencement of the archery program have received cash scholarships to go towards any education or training college of their choosing, after graduation from high school. NASP® expects those numbers to continually grow as more and more schools, and students, and sponsors become involved with the program. Of course, it takes a lot of hard work, focus, and dedication to archery to be able to receive such a top honor. Student archers practice all year with their school archery team, coaches, and parents to prepare for state and national tournaments. After completing their competitive flight, among nearly 15,000 archers at nationals, the top five males and females then par ticipate in the scholarship shoot-off. They begin by shooting five practice or warm-up arrows from a fifteen- meter shooting line, followed by five more arrows which are scored. If a tie occurs during the shoot-off. a single arrow, by each student archer will

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The International Bowhunt ing Organization has built a new scholarship program for NASP®/ I BO 3D Challenge student ar chers. $4000.00 in scholarships will be randomly drawn and eli gible to any archer who compet ed in their State NASPS/1BO 3D, NASP® National 3D, NASP® World 3D, and the I BO Outdoor World 3D. This program rewards archers for their dedication to our program and their willingness to travel across many states and of ten thousands of miles during the season. Director of NASP®/1BO 3D Ryan Bass says during the 2018 season 1BO and its scholar ship sponsors will give out near ly $30,000 in scholarships but is most excited about this program as it will give a student archer that may never win a scholarship by shooting ability an opportunity to receive a scholarship that will assist in that child’s education be yond high school. I BO is excited to announce that AccuBow will partner with I BO to sponsor this scholarship. AccuBow is a leader in the ar chery industry with its training de vice and CEO Matt Pell says “Ac cuBow could not be more thrilled to provide I BO and NASP® com petitors with this new Scholarship Program. From day one, our com pany was founded on becoming positive ambassadors for the sport of archery and our mission has al ways been to provide the archery community with the resources to take their skills and participation in archery to the NEXT LEVEL! This is a first major milestone is seeing that mission reach its full capacity.” I BO and AccuBow will present these scholarships for the first time starting at the 2018 I BO Outdoor World at Snowshoe Mountain WV. Director Ryan

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After a huge success in 2017, NASP® an nounces the opening of the 2018 On Target For Life Awards. The OTFLA program is intended to recog nize and celebrate the many instances where in-school archery, and the people involved with it, are positively impacting the lives of 2.4 million NASP® student ar chers each year. See the 2017 OTFLA press release: OTFLA 2017 Since its inception in 2002, NASP® has con tinued to hear powerful examples of how in-school archery has positively impacted the lives of students and adults. The OTFLA program is intended to cap ture examples of the “best” of what NASP® is doing in 47 states and 11 jurisdictions with both team and individual awards. In November of 2015, National NASP® lead ership and a group of NASP® educators/coaches and students met to discuss ways to further enhance the 16-year-old program. A system of recognitions and awards to capture the many “positives” that go on be hind the scenes of NASP® was recommended. As a result, the following awards and recognitions will be recognized at the 2018 National NASP® tournament: The Community Service Award is a team award that will go to a NASP® team that makes a substantial positive impact to its community. Evi dence should be provided to clearly illustrate where NASP® students and coaches decided, as a team, to voluntarily make an outstanding positive difference for those around them. Community members that can confirm the community impact should be involved in the nomination, and the school administration should also be included. The Bullseye Award is an individual award for a NASP® Student that has made notable posi tive strides in academic performance and behavior through their involvement with the program. As the name implies, this student is an example of the posi tive turnaround impact that survey data continues to imply for NASP® participants. This student, through their positive attributes and participation in NASP®, is now recognized as an ambassador for the NASP® program and their school community. Nomination should include the school principal. The Superhero Award is an individual award intended to recognize an unpaid volunteer that makes an outstanding positive impact on their NASP® class or team. This award, recommended by the NASP® advisory students, is a way to capture the immeasur able positive impact of the many NASP® volunteers that support students in the program. Evidence should include examples of how the “Superhero” goes above

and beyond in their support of their NASP® students. The Courage Award is an individual award for a NASP® student that has overcome a major life event or disability, yet continues to inspire others through their participation in NASP®. They are an ambassador for NASP® and for what participation in it, represents for them. This is a student that contin ues to lead, inspire and provide hope to others as a NASP® student. The Outstanding Alumni Award is an indi vidual award for a former NASP® graduate that ex perienced the positives of NASP®, and now contin ues to give back to their former school or team. They provide obvious service, support and/or a positive role model for current NASP® students to emulate. Clear evidence should be provided to explain how this individual is obviously supporting their previous NASP® program by “paying it forward.” Examples of how this individual has supported the program are pivotal in the decision making for this award. Coach of the Year Award is an individual award for a NASP® educator/coach. The educator/ coach must be nominated by at least the majority of the NASP® students of his/her team or class. The award must have the support and co-nomination of the school administration. This award is not dependent on success or even participation in current NASP® tournament structure. The nominee must have a proven history of making an overwhelming positive difference in the lives of participating NASP® stu dents. This is a student-nominated award specifically recognizing attributes of the coach beyond just their ability to teach the fundamentals of archery. Specific examples of how the coach has gone above and be yond in the lives of their NASP® students is pivotal in the decision making for this award.

NASP® On Target for Life Award Nomina tion instructions To nominate an individual or a team for an OT FLA, go to http://app.naspschools.org/ontarget/ NASP® will announce the names immediately prior to the NASP® National Tournament. Please note, NASP® will need written per mission from each finalist to share his or her sto y

via media outlets. For additional information, please contact Toi my Floyd at: tommy.floyd@naspschools.org

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Goat Tuff Products Continues Support For The Pope and Young Club

Chatfield, MN - The Pope and Young Club is proud to announce the continued support of Goat Tuff Products through the Pope and Young Corporate Partners program. The Corporate Partners Program allows manufacturers an opportunity to work with the Pope and Young Club to preserve and protect our bowhunting heritage and North American big game animals through the North American Model of Wildlife Conservation. “Goat Tuff Products is honored to be a supporter of the Pope and Young Chib,” said Jerry Smith, President of Goat Tuff Products. “Most people only think of the Pope and Young Club as a record-keeping organization. While this is an important function, I believe the overall sport of archery benefits from the Pope and Young Club’s focus on conservation, ethics and fair chase. We all need the stability of knowing the rich heritage of archery and bowhunting, but more importantly, we need dedicated organizations like the Pope and Young Club working to keep bowhunting relevant.” The Pope and Young Club Corporate Partners Program allows manufacturers the opportunity to partner with the Club to help protect and defend bowhunting, promote fair chase and increase engagement with North American conservation efforts. The Pope and Young Club has given over one million dollars to conservation programs across North America. These programs include Farmers and Hunters Feeding the Hungry, National Wildlife Federation Howe Peak/Deadman Sheep Endowment Fund, Jack Creek Preserve Foundation, the Bitterroot Elk Project, Congressional Sportsmen’s Foundation, American Wildlife Conservation Partners, Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies, Orion-The Hunters Institute, National Conservation Leadership Institute, National Bowhunter Education Foundation,

Contact the Pope and Young Club office at www.pope-young.org or P.O. Box 548, Chatfield, MN 55923, Ph: 507.867.4144 Media contact Rick Mowery at rick@popeyoung.org, Ph: 989.884.3800

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U.S. Sportsmen’s Alliance, National Archery in the Schools Program, Scholastic 3-D Archcry and Raised At Full Draw Camps. The Pope and Young Club's focus on developing young bowhunters to protect bowhunting's future is evident in their support for programs such as National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP), National Bowhunter Education Foundation (NBEF), Raised At Full Draw Bowhunting Camps and Scholastic 3-D Archery (S3DA). For more information on Goat Tuff Products go to goattuffproducts.com. The Pope and Young Club is a non-profit North American conservation and bowhunting organization dedicated to the promotion and protection of bowhunting by striving to increase awareness and appreciation of bowhunting foundations, principles and values. The Pope and Young Club’s focus is on Fair Chase hunting ethics that support the ethical pursuit of free-ranging, wild game animals without unfair advantage while promoting the conservation of both habitat and wildlife. The Club also maintains the universally recognized repository of records and statistics on North American big game animals harvested with a bow and arrow.

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