Archery Basic Instructor

Certification program

Registration & Payment Deadline is April 9th

( I must order materials from N.A.D.A.)
Fee per student: $45.00 plus training materials & certification fee of $20 per student (total=$65.00)

Checks to be made payable to instructor: Jefflyne Potter

Please e-mail the name(s) of those wishing to register and I will place them on the roster, if space is still available when I receive their information.

A confirmation reply will be sent with the mailing address for the fee. 

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Level 1 Basic Archery Instructor Course
This 8 to 12 hour NAA Level 1 Basic Archery Instructor class is designed for 4H, scouts, summer camps, youth organizations, JOAD, County/City ASAP (After School Archery Program) Recreation Department or other short-term program instructors and YMCA instructors.

No prior experience is required.

Certification is valid for three years; the minimum age for students requires that youth must be in the year of their 16th birthday or above.
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You'll learn how to set up and operate a safe short-term archery program, how to teach new archers, how to maintain program equipment, and learn common shooting errors and correction, which may also help your own skills. A new component includes a "drills & skills" section, which aids in training new archers.
NAA membership is NOT required.

Course Outline
1. Introduction
Introduction of Staff & Participants
Course Requirements/ world of archery

2.ACTIVITY;Orientation Class , safety

3. Archer Activity, pre-shooting Drills

4. Archery Safety
Review the Safety/Orientation Class
Safety Rules and Procedures
Outdoor Archery Range Setups

5. The Steps of Shooting
"Basic Steps "
ACTIVITY: Shooting Practice

6. Teaching a New Archer
Teaching the First Shots
POSITIVE approach
ACTIVITY: Coach & Pupil New Archer

7. Developing Archery Skills
Shooting Form Development
The Oreo® Technique
Coaching Positions
Form Development - Shooting Steps
ACTIVITY: Skills Development
Common shooting errors and correction

8. Equipment
Parts of the Bow and Arrow
Equipment Selection, types
Ordering Equipment
Repairing and Improving
Caring for and Storing Equipment

9. Archery Program Development
Class Instruction/Planning short & long term
Variety and Fun
Scoring Rounds
Tournaments
Achievement Programs
Games
Drills for correction

10. ACTIVITY; set-up and conduct a class

Test and Course Evaluation
Closed Book Final Examination

Instructor information

Jefflyne Potter is a Level 2 National Archery Association (NAA) certified Coach, former President and Director of the Junior Olympic Archery Development Program for KAC., current coach and Beginning Archery Orientation program instructor, ongoing Girl Scout Archery Camp Instructor, develops and facilitates youth summer camp programs, Level 1 certification instructor for counselors of various camps in the GA area, and has instructed hundreds of students, training adults and youth in group settings and in private lessons.

Member: National Archery Association, National Alliance for the Development of Archery , Girl Scouts of America, Wildlife Action Inc., National Field Archery Association (NFAA), Georgia Archery Association.
2005,2006,2007, 2008 Girl Scout Archery Camp Instructor, Certification instructor for Girl Scout Counselors, ASAP (After School Archery Program) and Certification instructor for various summer camp programs including Salvation Army Camp Grandview , Camp Coleman, Girl Scouts of America Camp Pine Acres, Camp Isidore Alterman.