{"id":6915,"date":"2024-06-12T10:16:15","date_gmt":"2024-06-12T15:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lprgc.org\/?page_id=6915"},"modified":"2026-08-18T22:46:33","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T03:46:33","slug":"s3da","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lprgc.org\/?page_id=6915","title":{"rendered":"S3DA (Scholastic 3D Archery)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style>\n\/* ============================================================\n   LPRGC S3DA page block\n   All styling is scoped to .lprgc-s3da and cannot affect the\n   rest of the site. 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Its mission is to foster, educate and guide\n    young people in 3D, indoor target and outdoor target archery, along with safe, ethical\n    bowhunting practices.<\/p>\n\n    <p>What that means in practice is that S3DA gives our archers somewhere to go. They\n    sanction competitions at local, regional, state and national level throughout the\n    year, so wherever an archer is in their development there is always a next event to\n    train toward. Older archers can carry it further still \u2014 S3DA works with college\n    programs and scholarship opportunities for archers who want to keep competing after\n    high school.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"s3-grid\">\n      <div class=\"s3-card\">\n        <h3>Indoor Target<\/h3>\n        <p>The winter discipline. Fixed distance, small faces, and a lot of attention to\n        making the same shot over and over.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"s3-card\">\n        <h3>Outdoor Target<\/h3>\n        <p>Longer distances in real weather. Wind and light become part of the shot.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"s3-card\">\n        <h3>Vegas<\/h3>\n        <p>A three-spot indoor round used at some of the biggest tournaments in the sport.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"s3-card\">\n        <h3>3D<\/h3>\n        <p>Life-sized foam animal targets set out on a course. In S3DA the distances are\n        known \u2014 archers use a rangefinder \u2014 and everyone shoots the same course, with each\n        age group shooting from its own stake.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- ===== WHAT WE DO ===== -->\n  <section>\n    <span class=\"s3-eyebrow\">What we do<\/span>\n    <h2>What a practice actually looks like<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"s3-split\">\n      <div>\n        <p>We practice every week, all year. What we work on follows the season \u2014 indoor\n        target through the winter, outdoor target and 3D once the weather turns \u2014 so\n        archers are always training for whatever is coming up next.<\/p>\n\n        <p>Practices are not a lecture. Archers shoot, coaches walk the line, and the\n        coaching is individual: one archer is working on anchor point, the one next to them\n        is tuning a sight, and the one after that is learning to read wind. Everyone works\n        on their own thing, at their own pace, on the same line.<\/p>\n\n        <p>We compete as a team. Archers are encouraged to enter events and to turn up for\n        them together \u2014 traveling as a group, shooting as a group, and backing each other\n        up on the line is a big part of what makes this work.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <figure class=\"s3-figure\">\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/lprgc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/s3da-the-gang.jpg\"\n             width=\"720\" height=\"960\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n             alt=\"Three young archers in team jerseys with one of their coaches, smiling together at a tournament.\">\n        <figcaption>A good day at the state championship.<\/figcaption>\n      <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- ===== BEGINNER ON-RAMP ===== -->\n  <section class=\"s3-callout\">\n    <span class=\"s3-eyebrow\">Never shot before?<\/span>\n    <h2>Start here<\/h2>\n\n    <p>No experience needed. Our 8-week intro class takes a brand new archer from never\n    having held a bow to shooting a scored round. It&#8217;s based on USA Archery&#8217;s\n    <em>Explore Archery<\/em> program, one skill per week, in one-hour classes \u2014 and it&#8217;s\n    the usual way onto the S3DA team.<\/p>\n\n    <ol class=\"s3-steps\">\n      <li><span class=\"s3-wk\">Wk 1<\/span><span>Range safety, stance and grip \u2014 and first arrows on day one.<\/span><\/li>\n      <li><span class=\"s3-wk\">Wk 2<\/span><span>The parts of the bow, nocking an arrow, and building a pre-shot routine.<\/span><\/li>\n      <li><span class=\"s3-wk\">Wk 3\u20134<\/span><span>Draw, anchor, equipment care, and the first real form checks.<\/span><\/li>\n      <li><span class=\"s3-wk\">Wk 5\u20136<\/span><span>Aiming, a relaxed release, and following through.<\/span><\/li>\n      <li><span class=\"s3-wk\">Wk 7<\/span><span>Putting it together \u2014 scoring a round and tournament etiquette.<\/span><\/li>\n      <li><span class=\"s3-wk\">Wk 8<\/span><span>Balloon Bonanza. Balloon targets, team challenges, and certificates.<\/span><\/li>\n    <\/ol>\n\n    <p style=\"margin-top:1.1rem\">Along the way archers earn five achievement awards \u2014\n    Safety, Equipment, Shooting Form, Shot Execution and Scoring \u2014 so there&#8217;s something\n    to take home well before there&#8217;s anything to win.<\/p>\n\n    <p>Finish an intro class, and if you&#8217;d like to keep going, email us and say so. That&#8217;s\n    how most of our archers end up on the team.<\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"s3-note\">Intro class dates and details:\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/lprgc.org\/?page_id=8149\">Youth Intro to Archery<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- ===== GALLERY ===== -->\n  <section>\n    <span class=\"s3-eyebrow\">The team<\/span>\n    <h2>Out competing<\/h2>\n\n    <div class=\"s3-grid\" style=\"margin-bottom:1rem\">\n      <figure class=\"s3-figure\">\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/lprgc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/s3da-shooter-of-year.jpg\"\n             width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n             alt=\"Four LPRGC archers standing on an outdoor podium holding Shooter of the Year plaques under a Pennsylvania State Championship banner.\">\n        <figcaption>2026 S3DA Team Shooter of the Year, at the state outdoor championship.<\/figcaption>\n      <\/figure>\n      <figure class=\"s3-figure\">\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/lprgc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/s3da-regional-team.jpg\"\n             width=\"1200\" height=\"1600\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n             alt=\"Five LPRGC archers and their coach in team jerseys at the Reading Archery Club indoor regional.\">\n        <figcaption>2026 Reading Archery Club Indoor Regional.<\/figcaption>\n      <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <figure class=\"s3-figure\">\n      <img src=\"https:\/\/lprgc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/s3da-awards-ceremony.jpg\"\n           width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n           alt=\"A large indoor arena filled with young archers and families seated for the state championship awards ceremony.\">\n      <figcaption>The awards ceremony at the 2026 S3DA Pennsylvania State Indoor\n      Championship \u2014 a few hundred young archers and their families.<\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- ===== JOIN ===== -->\n  <section class=\"s3-join\">\n    <span class=\"s3-eyebrow\">Come shoot with us<\/span>\n    <h2>Practice and how to join<\/h2>\n\n    <p>The S3DA team is invitation only. Invitations go to archers already in one of the\n    club&#8217;s youth programs \u2014 <a href=\"https:\/\/lprgc.org\/?page_id=6955\">JOAD<\/a> or our\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/lprgc.org\/?page_id=8149\">intro classes<\/a>. If you&#8217;ve finished an intro class and want to keep going, email us and let us\n    know you&#8217;re interested.<\/p>\n\n    <dl class=\"s3-details\">\n      <div><dt>Joining<\/dt><dd>By invitation, through JOAD or our intro classes<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>When<\/dt><dd>Thursdays, 6:30&ndash;8:00 pm<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Where<\/dt><dd>The Archery Center at Lower Providence Rod and Gun Club<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Ages<\/dt><dd>8 to 18<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Cost<\/dt><dd>Currently free to all Jr club members. S3DA membership,\n        equipment and event entry fees are extra.<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Equipment<\/dt><dd>Archers provide their own equipment<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Coaches<\/dt><dd>S3DA certified \u2014 most hold several coaching and instructing\n        certifications<\/dd><\/div>\n    <\/dl>\n\n    <p><a class=\"s3-button\" href=\"mailto:lprgcyoutharchery@gmail.com\">Email lprgcyoutharchery@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"s3-note\">Not a club member yet? Start with\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/lprgc.org\/?page_id=87\">membership information<\/a>, or just email us\n    and we&#8217;ll point you the right way.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our team at the 2026 S3DA Pennsylvania State Indoor Championship. We&#8217;re the youth archery team at Lower Providence Rod and Gun Club. We practice every Thursday evening, we travel to compete as a team, and our archers come up through the club&#8217;s own youth programs. What is S3DA? 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