Archery Range Assistant Class

The ideal arrangement of the range staff is one Rangemaster and one assistant staff for every six scouts in the shooting line. The primary responsibility of the Rangemaster is not to coach scouts while scouts are shooting. As we know the Rangemaster is a Rangemaster who runs the shooting class for safety. Safety is everything in all shooting sports.

I observed senior scouts in the range often gave scouts advice from their own experience. Their instructions were not always correct and ignored key points scouts must learn to shoot properly. Assistant archery staff do not need to be good archers themselves but follow the established steps of shooting. It is essential to train senior scouts by providing coaching knowledge before assisting the Rangemaster at various council-led archery programs.

Course Objectives

1. Train enough assisting archery staff to coach scouts especially new scouts in rotation.
2. Use the same language when they coach.
3. Understand proper shooting sequences.
4. Inspect and repair bow and arrow.

Topics

1. Considerations in safety and proper procedures
2. Steps of shooting
3. Coaching techniques - from left, right, and behind
4. Aiming method – Gab shooting
5. Proper way of retrieving arrows
6. Proper use of accessories
7. Bow and arrow inspection and repair – recurve and universal bow (Genesis)
8. Bowstring
9. Merit badge requirements