Maryland Archery in the Schools Program (MD NASP)
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Getting Started
Basic Archery Instruction for teachers is a one day training session lasting four to eight hours.
Schools interested in participating in the Maryland NASP program must:
- Send their teachers to a one-day training course which equips them, whether they have ever shot a bow or not, with the best archery techniques and concepts to teach basic archery, safely, to our young people. Training sessions will be held regionally as needed. To promote the reality of training students, the course is usually hosted in the gym of one of the teacher’s schools. It’s not uncommon for a school to send two or more teachers to a training session. NASP® BAI class search tool:
https://naspbai.org/classsearch.aspx
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The instruction covers:
- Safe range set-up
- Determining dominant eye
- Making a string-bow
- 11 Steps to archery success, individual coaching skills development
- Safety orientation
- Practice on running the range
- Practice teaching
- Equipment nomenclature
- Operation
- Maintenance and repair.
A test is given and the teacher becomes certified by the National Archery in the Schools Program.
Basic Archery Instructor Packet
Each certified teacher receives a Basic Archery Instructor (BAI) kit. The kit contains a pocket guide to use for reference during lessons, a string for making a string bow and a NASP® whistle. A certified BAI must report their teaching hours annually by July 31st to maintain their archery certification.
Training is conducted by the Maryland Department of Natural Resources or other certified Basic Archery Instructor Trainers around the state. Training cost varies depending on the instructor, and can range from $0 to $80.
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