{"id":6955,"date":"2024-08-04T12:42:33","date_gmt":"2024-08-04T17:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lprgc.org\/?page_id=6955"},"modified":"2026-08-19T10:23:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T15:23:25","slug":"joad","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/lprgc.org\/?page_id=6955","title":{"rendered":"JOAD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\"> (Junior Olympic Archery Development)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<style>\n\/* ============================================================\n   LPRGC JOAD page block\n   All styling is scoped to .lprgc-joad and cannot affect the\n   rest of the site. 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Archers shoot every\n    Tuesday evening, work through a national system of achievement pins at their own pace,\n    and go as far into the sport as they want to.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <!-- ===== WHAT IS JOAD ===== -->\n  <section>\n    <span class=\"jd-eyebrow\">What is JOAD?<\/span>\n    <h2>Junior Olympic Archery Development<\/h2>\n\n    <p>JOAD is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usarchery.org\/participate\/junior-olympic-archery-development-program\"\n    target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Archery&#8217;s<\/a> youth program, and it runs from\n    complete beginner all the way to the national team pipeline. It&#8217;s open to archers from\n    age 8 through 20, and it&#8217;s deliberately flexible: there are no age-based classes to keep\n    up with. Every archer starts at the beginning and moves through the program at their\n    own pace.<\/p>\n\n    <p>That suits how differently young archers arrive at the sport. One wants to shoot a\n    tight group on a Tuesday night. Another wants a state championship. JOAD is built to\n    hold both, and the archer decides which one they&#8217;re doing \u2014 this year, and next year\n    when they&#8217;ve changed their mind.<\/p>\n\n    <p>Alongside the shooting, the program leans hard on the things archery is genuinely\n    good at teaching: range safety, focus, self-assessment, and the patience to fix\n    something small and repeat it a hundred times.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- ===== BOW TYPES ===== -->\n  <section>\n    <span class=\"jd-eyebrow\">Shoot what you like<\/span>\n    <h2>Every bow style is welcome<\/h2>\n\n    <p>JOAD is not recurve-only. Archers compete and earn pins in the style they actually\n    shoot, and they can change their mind later.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"jd-grid\">\n      <div class=\"jd-card\">\n        <h3>Recurve<\/h3>\n        <p>The Olympic discipline. A takedown bow with a sight and stabilizers, shot off\n        the fingers.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"jd-card\">\n        <h3>Compound<\/h3>\n        <p>Cams, a release aid and a magnified sight. The most common style on our line.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"jd-card\">\n        <h3>Barebow<\/h3>\n        <p>No sight, no stabilizers. Aiming is done off the point of the arrow and a lot of\n        feel.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"jd-card\">\n        <h3>Basic compound &amp; fixed pins<\/h3>\n        <p>Entry categories for archers on a hunting-style setup, so nobody needs new\n        equipment to start scoring.<\/p>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- ===== PIN SHOOTS ===== -->\n  <section>\n    <span class=\"jd-eyebrow\">Achievement pins<\/span>\n    <h2>We host pin shoots, indoor and outdoor<\/h2>\n\n    <p>The achievement pin program is the backbone of JOAD, and it&#8217;s the part young archers\n    tend to get hooked on. USA Archery sets a ladder of scores; each time an archer shoots\n    the score for the next level, they earn that star pin. It isn&#8217;t a competition against\n    the other archers on the line \u2014 it&#8217;s a competition against the number, which means\n    every archer on the line can have a good night.<\/p>\n\n    <div class=\"jd-split\">\n      <div>\n        <p>We run pin shoots in both <strong>indoor and outdoor target<\/strong>. Outdoor\n        distances go out to 50 meters, so there&#8217;s a long way to climb before an archer runs\n        out of ladder. Beyond the star pins there are 6-Gold pins for six consecutive tens,\n        and the Olympian award levels \u2014 Bronze, Silver and Gold \u2014 for archers who go the\n        distance.<\/p>\n\n        <div class=\"jd-card\">\n          <h3>Shooting for pins<\/h3>\n          <p style=\"margin-bottom:.5rem\">Pin shoots are <strong>included with your Jr club\n          membership<\/strong> \u2014 there&#8217;s no separate entry fee.<\/p>\n          <p>You do need a <strong>USA Archery membership<\/strong> to earn and be awarded\n          pins, since it&#8217;s their program and their records. Email us and we&#8217;ll walk you\n          through signing up.<\/p>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n\n      <figure class=\"jd-figure\">\n        <img src=\"https:\/\/lprgc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/joad-practice.jpg\"\n             width=\"896\" height=\"960\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n             alt=\"Young archers seated at full draw along the indoor shooting line, drawing compound bows under a coach's eye.\">\n        <figcaption>Working through a round indoors at the Archery Center.<\/figcaption>\n      <\/figure>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- ===== FACILITY ===== -->\n  <section>\n    <span class=\"jd-eyebrow\">Where we shoot<\/span>\n    <h2>A range built for this<\/h2>\n\n    <p>Archery at Lower Providence has its own building, so the program runs year round\n    rather than stopping when the weather turns.<\/p>\n\n    <ul class=\"jd-facility\">\n      <li><strong>Climate-controlled indoor range<\/strong> \u2014 20 yards, comfortable in any\n      season<\/li>\n      <li><strong>10 lanes, 5 bales, USA Archery certified<\/strong> \u2014 the same setup used\n      for the USA Archery events we host through the winter<\/li>\n      <li><strong>100-yard archery range<\/strong> \u2014 for practice and equipment tuning,\n      open to bows and crossbows<\/li>\n    <\/ul>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- ===== NEW ARCHERS ===== -->\n  <section class=\"jd-callout\">\n    <span class=\"jd-eyebrow\">Never shot before?<\/span>\n    <h2>Start with an intro class<\/h2>\n\n    <p>New archers begin with one of our introductory classes rather than joining JOAD\n    straight away. The class covers range safety and builds a proper shot from the ground\n    up \u2014 stance, grip, draw, anchor, release \u2014 so that when you do step onto the JOAD line\n    you already know what you&#8217;re doing.<\/p>\n\n    <p><strong>Club bows and arrows are provided for intro classes.<\/strong> You don&#8217;t\n    need to buy a bow to find out whether your kid likes archery.<\/p>\n\n    <p>Finish the class, and JOAD is the natural next step.<\/p>\n\n    <figure class=\"jd-figure\" style=\"margin-top:1.25rem\">\n      <img src=\"https:\/\/lprgc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/joad-intro-class.jpg\"\n           width=\"1600\" height=\"1200\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\"\n           alt=\"Coaches working one to one with beginner archers on the indoor range, each archer at a ground quiver shooting toward round target faces on the wall.\">\n      <figcaption>An intro class on the indoor range \u2014 a coach to work with, and club\n      bows and arrows to shoot.<\/figcaption>\n    <\/figure>\n\n    <p class=\"jd-note\" style=\"margin-top:1rem\">Intro class dates and details:\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/lprgc.org\/?page_id=8149\">Youth Intro to Archery<\/a><\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n  <!-- ===== JOIN ===== -->\n  <section class=\"jd-join\">\n    <span class=\"jd-eyebrow\">Come shoot with us<\/span>\n    <h2>Practice and how to join<\/h2>\n\n    <p>JOAD meets on Tuesday evenings. New archers come through an intro class first \u2014 after\n    that, email us and we&#8217;ll get you on the line. JOAD itself runs to age 20, but adults who\n    want to shoot along with us are welcome to as well.<\/p>\n\n    <dl class=\"jd-details\">\n      <div><dt>When<\/dt><dd>Tuesdays, 6:30&ndash;7:30 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 20 for JOAD. Adults are welcome to shoot along with us if\n        they&#8217;d like to join in.<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Starting out<\/dt><dd>Complete an intro class first \u2014 club bows and\n        arrows provided<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Cost<\/dt><dd>Included with your Jr club membership. A USA Archery membership\n        is needed to earn pins.<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Bow styles<\/dt><dd>Recurve, compound, barebow, basic compound and fixed pins<\/dd><\/div>\n      <div><dt>Coaches<\/dt><dd>USA Archery certified instructors, levels 1 to 3<\/dd><\/div>\n    <\/dl>\n\n    <p><a class=\"jd-button\" href=\"mailto:lprgcyoutharchery@gmail.com\">Email lprgcyoutharchery@gmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n    <p class=\"jd-note\">Looking for the competitive team? Our\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/lprgc.org\/?page_id=6915\">S3DA team<\/a> takes archers by invitation, and\n    JOAD is one of the ways in. Not a club member yet? Start with\n    <a href=\"https:\/\/lprgc.org\/?page_id=87\">membership information<\/a>.<\/p>\n  <\/section>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(Junior Olympic Archery Development) Outdoor target practice on the field range. JOAD is the club&#8217;s USA Archery youth program. Archers shoot every Tuesday evening, work through a national system of achievement pins at their own pace, and go as far into the sport as they want to. What is JOAD? 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