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NASP training
October 29th and 30th, 2003 Greenfield Junior High School Gilbert Public School Thanks to Don Winslow and the Arizona
Game and Fish Education program, twenty-three took part in National Archery
in the Schools Program (NASP) Level 1 Certified instructor training. This time the Arizona State Archery Association
and the Arizona JOAD Association arranged for a variety of instructors to
teach for two days of six hours each. Mike Koistinen, Level 3
Coach/Instructor acted as the lead instructor with five support instructors
each day. The class consisted of
primarily Gilbert Public School Jr. HS PE teachers. There were over twenty student participants. Also in attendance was Anthony Chavez,
Arizona 4-H Program coordinator for Maricopa County. Day One: The first day focused on book learning
and ended with a written test. The
day was broken up with period where the students practiced shooting the
Genesis Bows in the gym using the classic NASP equipment setup. The focus was on the technical aspects of
good archery form. Day Two: The class went outside on the second
day as the class roll played to gain experience in how to teach in a group
environment. The equipment was moved
to the field and set up again to show how each school might set up their own
“range”. The day ended with two
Greenfield Jr HS PE classes getting a chance to try archery under the
supervision of the newly certified archery instructors. During the two-day event, some
interesting things were shared. 1.
Many PE teachers are looking forward to hosting their own
archery clubs in their schools. 2.
Anthony Chavez reported that 4-H clubs throughout the
Maricopa County enjoy archery very much.
As a result many 4-H clubs will be using archery as their foundation
activity. 4-H looks forward to
working with the schools to establish clubs. 3.
The Arizona JOAD Association is in place to support those
youths that with to advance in target archery. 4.
In summary, first NASP during school hours then School/4-H
clubs after school finally AZJOAD and competition. For more information contact: National Archery in the
Schools program Visit www.azarchery.com
and then click on Arizona JOAD Association. Event and program
contacts: Arizona Game and Fish Don Winslow, dwinslow@gf.state.az.us Bill Larson Mark Quigley Chris Anstead, Level
2 Arizona State Archery
Association Mike Koistinen,
President, MDKVLK@cox.net Arizona JOAD
Association Bob Pian, AZJOAD
Coordinator, azjoad@cox.net Paula Simpson, Level
2 Ted Harden, JOAD Ric Wyckoff, Level 2 Fred Grant, Level 2 Arizona 4-H Anthony Chavez,
Program coordinator, achavez@ag.arizona.edu For more information on this program and youth archery in general
contact Bob Pian 602-228-0465 and azjoad@cox.net Return to Top Return to
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