Youth Archery Program

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LGPA Youth Archery Program - FULL - No Longer Accepting Applications

2023 Spring Class Dates:  4/15 – 5/20 (Six sessions held over consecutive Saturdays:  4/15, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6, 5/13, 5/20). The cost is $60 per student (check, cash, or credit card)

Age:  The program is open to all children ages 8 to 18

Location: The Lovettsville Game Protective Association  (16 Berlin Turnpike, Lovettsville VA  20180)

Signing Up

• Online Student Registration - please use the form in the next section below.
• PDF Student Registration - Click Here
• To pay the program fee, you must first be accepted into the program.  If you have already been accepted into the program Click Here

Program Coaching Philosophy:  Fun with a purpose -- To develop archers by instilling in them the self-confidence and skills desired to attain the level of performance they desire.

Program Goal:  Consistently replicate the NTS 11-Step Shot Process

Program Mission:  Explore -> Discover -> Adapt  (Present the archer with a goal or desired end-point.  then provide time for problem solving movement solutions to achieve the goal.)

Programs We Offer:

New Archer Program (9:30 am – 11:00am)  For our new archers we stress safety and moving around the range with confidence.  We teach the USA Archery National Training System (NTS) so that all archers who complete the program can feel confident shooting at any sanctioned archery range.  We start slow and teach deliberately as we introduce the new archer to the mechanics of toxophily.  Students shoot ~50% of the class.  All instructors are USA Archery L1, L2, or L3 certified.  We are full bonded and insured.  We shoot Genesis compound bows and also offer (and encourage) recurves.  Class size is limited to 18 students which gives us, ideally, a 3:1 student to instructor ratio on the shooting line.  We encourage you sign up early as this class always sells out.

Note: There is no limit on the number of times you sign up your child for the New Archer program.  However, you cannot sign up for the Experienced Archer Program until you have shot with us.  This is for safety and teaching considerations of the other archers.  

2. Experience Archer Program (11:00 am – 12:30 pm)  We focus on an athlete centric coaching model to develop the archer according to their desired outcome(s).  Some archers just come to have fun and shoot for candy – that’s cool.  Some want to take their archery to the next level.  We love that too!  Most expectations fall between.  In this program there is more shooting and development of the NTS Shot Sequence.  We refine and build on those principles introduced in the New Archery Program.  Students shoot ~60-70% of the time.  Learning is doing so we use constraints to provide the archer a well-defined shot sequence in real-time.  All instructors are USA Archery L1, L2, or L3 certified.  We are full bonded and insured.  We shoot Genesis compound bows and also offer (and encourage) recurves.  Class size is limited to 18 students which gives us, ideally, a 2:1 student to instructor ratio on the shooting line.

Note: We have found that archers under the age of 11 struggle with the Experienced Archer sessions due to the advanced shooting concepts we introduce.  We find it better to put those younger archers, or keep them, in the New Archer program.  There they can build their confidence as well as their mental and physical maturity.  Even in the New Archer Program, we will work with returning students so that they will receive some intermediate training concepts as they can absorb them.

Note: We have found that archers under the age of 11 struggle with the Experienced Archer sessions due to the advanced shooting concepts we introduce.  We find it better to put those younger archers, or keep them, in the New Archer program.  There they can build their confidence as well as their mental and physical maturity.  Even in the New Archer Program, we will work with returning students so that they will receive some intermediate training concepts as they can absorb them.