[Ansteorra-archery] Youth Archery Division

[LD.BLACKMOON]

GREETINGS

I FEEL THAT I MUST AD MY 2 CENT'S WORTH HERE .
FIRST , IT HAS BEEN MY OBSERVATION THAT IT ISN'T A MATTER OF STRENGTH , BUT
OF TRAINING .
YOU HAVE CHILDREN TRAINED TO SHOOT AT 10,15,20 YRDS , AND THEN WITH NO
TRAINING ON HOW TO ADJUST FOR LONGER RANGES , YOU TELL THEM ( OK , YOUR 14
TODAY ) GO SHOOT WITH THE ADULTS AT 20,30,40 YRDS. YOU'VE JUST DOUBLED THEIR
DISTANCE . BUT GIVEN THEM NO TRAINING .
IT BECOMES VERY FRUSTRATING TO THE YOUNG ARCHER , AT ALMOST THE SAME TIME
THAT THEY ARE BEING TOLD " COME TRY YOUTH FIGHTING " OR BARDIC , ETC.
THIS IS ESPECIALLY TRUE OF THOSE YOUTH THAT DO PARTICIPATE IN OTHER
ACTIVITIES .
WHICH ONLY COMPOUNDS THE PROBLEM , FRUSTRATED YOUTH WITH EVEN LESS TIME TO
LEARN HOW TO ADJUST TO DOUBLE DISTANCE TARGETS.
A COUPLE OF THE LOCAL PARENTS AND MYSELF HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SOMETHING
SIMILAR.
IN ORDER TO TRY TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING TO IMPROVE THE SITUATION .
THIS IS ONLY A ROUGH DRAFT , BUT IT SHOWS THAT WITH A LITTLE CHANGE IN THE
AGE BREAK DOWN WE CAN BETTER TRAIN OUR YOUTH ARCHERS AND WORK TOWARDS
RETAINING THEM AS WELL .
AGES 4 TO 6 WOULD NOT BE OFFICIALLY SCORED , BUT WOULD WORK ON FORM AND
BASIC RANGING .   10 AND 15 YRDS.
AGES 7 TO 11 WOULD SHOOT 10-15-20 YRDS.
AGES 12 TO 14 WOULD SHOOT 15-20-30 YRDS
AGES 15 TO 17 WOULD SHOOT 20-30-40YRDS

THIS WAY THEY GET PLENTY OF PRACTICE AT EVER INCREASING DISTANCES
EASING THE TRANSITION FROM CHILDREN'S DIV. TO ADULT DIV.
THIS WOULD HOWEVER PLACE 11 YEAR OLDS AND UNDER IN THE CHILDREN'S DIV.
AND 12 TO 17 IN THE YOUTH DIV.
AT 18 THEY ARE ALREADY SHOOTING AT ADULT RANGES .

AS FOR THE BROWN KNOT , SINCE I SEEM TO BE THE ONLY PERSON MAKING AND
DISPERSING ROYAL ROUND TASSELS , JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT COLOR ( IF ANY ) IS
FINALLY DECIDED ,
AND I'LL MAKE SOME UP .


SPEAKING OF , I AM TRYING TO MAKE STEPPES WARLORD , AND AAA , SO REGIONALS
IF YOU HAVE ARCHERS NEEDING TASSELS LET ME KNOW SO THAT I WILL BE SURE TO
HAVE ENOUGH PREMADE .
THANX

BE SAFE, BE HAPPY, HAVE FUN
ARTHUR BLACKMOON
ARCHERY MARSHAL
BARONY OF NORTHKEEP
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