Same here Tom. The little school I attended (same one I coach at now) cancelled their football program when I started the 10th grade. I was too slow and uncoordinated for baseball or basketball (the only other choices), so I was out for sports in high school. As Bowwild stated (he's actually in charge of the NASP nationally), there are kids that have disabilities that keep them out of most sports, but they can compete in NASP. We had a young lady from a different school not long ago who required a walker. We set her a chair on the line and she shot the entire match, and had a ball.
'Course I'm biased...I love archery, and this just helps feed my addiction...but being referred to as "coach" and being able to help these young men and women go from maybe hitting the target occasionally to shooting 270, 280, even 290+ (out of a possible 300) sure makes me feel good.
Got to give Rod Jenkins a shout-out. Taking his course and being able to ask him for advice when I can't figure out how to fix a problem has been HUGE. Another big "THANK YOU" to BCY, who is one of the top sponsors of the program nationally.
This program is monumental towards planting seeds for tomorrow's bow hunters, and since they are learning to shoot without all the gadgets chances are a big portion of them will go on to shoot traditional bows.
Almost forgot...we had 3 or 4 young ladies on our team get archery scholarship offers this year also! It just keeps getting better! Keep in mind this is a tiny school, even by 1A standards. K-12 there's less than 500 students TOTAL. Our closest competition at State has almost twice as many students. If we can do it, anyone can.
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