Introduction to Archery

(Six-Week program)

Program Cost: $75

INTRODUCTION TO ARCHERY CLASSES

This introductory course is for all archers who wish to participate in any JOAD or other archery programs, or those who just wish to learn more about archery and begin practicing shooting with a bow.  Archers shoot under the guidance of multiple instructors at the WMAC Facility Indoor Shooting Range over a six week period. This course offer participants a chance to learn about archery, archery equipment, and the various types of archery shooting. An introductory informational booklet, use of WMAC bows, arrows, and safety equipment, and a completion award are included in the course fees. THIS CLASS IS FOR THOSE AGE 10 AND OLDER UNLESS APPROVED BY AN INSTRUCTOR PRIOR TO REGISTRATION.

Minimum - 6 archers, maximum - 20 archers

Class Schedule: Six consecutive weeks; 6:30 - 7:30pm

JOAD CORE & ADVANCED TRAINING TEAMS (YOUTH AND ADULT PROGRAMS)

JOAD / Adult Core Archery – Saturdays

Core Training Team – Saturdays: This program is structured as a foundational practice time. Archers will primarily work on their core archery skills, building confidence within the sport and themselves. Through coaching and mentoring, archers can begin to explore the other competitive archery programming that WMAC offers. Through coaching teamwork, the WMAC coaching staff can help direct archers and families to other WMAC archery programming that best fits the archer’s interests and family schedules.

Our Junior Olympic Archery Development (JOAD) and Adult Archery programs are affiliates of the archery education programs of USA Archery. Our coaches are certified through USA Archery, and we participate in their archer recognition programs. Youth and adults share the archery range during this program, as the coaching and support are fundamentally the same.

2023 Fall Season:

1. Dates: September 9th - December 30th

2. Shooting Time: 9:00 am to 12:00noon

3. Please arrive 15 minutes prior to start time to set up equipment.

4. Cost:

   • Member: $130

   • Non-member: $195

   • Equipment Rental $20 per season

Advanced Training Team League

PREREQUISIT - Participation in current or past Wednesday night advanced training program.

10 week handicap league.  To promote and encourage competitive FITA archery.  Each week archers will compete head to head against another archer.  Archers skill levels are equalized by a handicap system.  Weekly attendance is awarded with points toward the championship.  Prior year champions have been determined by attendance.

Archers should have their own equipment approved by one or more competitive team coaches.

Your coaches for this year are Glenn Meyers, Larry Johnson, Jeff DeRegnaucourt, and Todd Billin.  You are expected to be in class every Wednesday and ready to start by 6 pm and every Saturday ready to start by 9 am.  Absences must be preapproved by a coach.

Class size is limited to 20 archers. 

1. Dates:

2. Shooting Times:

   • Wednesdays: 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm

   • Saturdays: 8:00 am to Noon

   • Please arrive 15 minutes prior to start time to set up equipment.

3. Cost:

   • Member: $210

   • Non-member $280

sCHOLASTIC 3D arCHERY - INDOOR

S3DA is an entirely after school initiative that can be ran, not only by schools, but also through archery shops, churches, ASA clubs, etc. Students should have a completed the intro to archery class and have a basic skill level, desiring to build on those skills through continued development and competition. Sessions will focus on shooting form, tournament etiquette, scoring on an NFAA target face, FITA target face and 3D animals and being part of a competitive team. Students from age 8-18 can participate in S3DA. Archers in S3DA have the opportunity to earn college scholarships based on their performance at state and national S3DA events.

Cost of Program

Non-members: $75/archer per session (+ S3DA Annual Registration:$30/archer, payable to S3DA)

WMAC Members: $50/archer per session (+ S3DA Annual Registration: $30/archer, payable to S3DA)

Course schedule

Mondays from 6:00 to 8:00 pm.

Indoor session runs from November - March

Outdoor/3D session runs from March - July

To learn more about S3DA, visit S3DA Archery (link - https://www.s3da.net)

Adaptive Archery Clinic

In Association with Mary Free Bed Wheelchair and Adaptive Sports and Kentwood Parks and Recreation.

Description:

In partnership with Mary Free Bed Wheelchair and Adaptive Sports and Kentwood Parks and Recreation, West Michigan Archery Center is excited to offer seasonal clinics for participants with physical and cognitive disabilities. Come out and learn about the inclusive sport of archery. All equipment and instruction will be provided. Archers will learn safety protocol, proper form, and will be able to shoot at a variety of different targets.

Registration 

To register please call Mary Free Bed Wheelchair and Adaptive Sports at 616-840-8356 to be put on the list to receive an informational flyer.  Flyers go live about 2 weeks prior to the event. Registration opens when the flyer goes live.

USA Archery Level 1 Coaching Certification Class 

Course Descripton:

The Level 1 Archery Instructor Certification Class provides the student with the necessary tools to maintain a high level of safety when running the archery range, for the enjoyment of the sport of archery, for the safety of the participants, spectators and coaches. Students will learn about range safety and set-up, the steps of shooting, equipment and repair, and programs that are offered in the sport of archery. Participants age 15+ may participate in this course.  Bow will be provided for the class, however students may bring their own bows to use in the class.

Schedule:

• TBD

Registration:

• TBD

Additional Notes:

• Individuals who provide coaching support for programs at WMAC are eligible to receive reimbursement for registration fees for this course. (Coaches must provide support to identified programs for duration of a season or program offering to be eligible. See WMAC Coaches for details.)

• Participants in this class do NOT need to be accomplished archers themselves. The class covers basic shooting technique, and provides instruction in how to teach basic archery concepts and how to recognize common issues.

• Coaches at WMAC who wish to learn more are paired with experienced coaches after they receive certification, so that they can learn through experience.

• Participants will take the Level I Coaching Certification exam at the end of the class. This exam determines completion of certification with USA Archery.