Team Aces
Archery Team
Team Aces is a competitive archery team. Our team attends all the SAAM and local FITA tournaments and some USA Archery national tournaments where members compete together with the assistance of their coaches. To build team spirit and improve the individual’s skills the entire team practices together on Sunday mornings from 9:00 am to 11:45 am both indoors and outdoors depending on the season. We also practice on Thursday evenings from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm. These practices are open to students who would like to practice more and learn from the team.
Joining the team exposes archers to the much larger archery community which is one of the most valued assets of being an archer in this part of the country. Not only do teammates support each other, but you’ll find the entire archery community does the same.
Members of the Ace Archers JOAD (ages 8-20 years old) and Adult (older than 20 years old) programs are invited to join Team Aces when the athlete meets specific qualifications (below). All Team Aces members have responsibilities to Team Aces to assist with their growth both as an athlete and as a person.
There are two levels of Team Aces: Junior Team and Senior Team. They are not separated by age, but by expertise.
Qualifications:
Junior Team – JOAD members must have achieved the qualifying score for their Blue Pin at least twice in official scoring environments to be asked to join our Junior Team. Adults must have shot the qualifying score for their White Pin at least twice in official scoring environments to be asked to join our Junior Team.
Senior Team – JOAD members must have achieved the qualifying score for their Red Pin at least twice in official scoring environments to be asked to join our Senior Team. Adults must have shot the qualifying score for their Blue Pin at least twice in official scoring environments to be asked to join our Senior Team.
Requirements:
Team members are expected to:
- Be a member of USA Archery.
- Attend class or team practice on a regular basis.
- Agree to practice their archery skills enough to maintain their current rank.
- Shoot in at least four World Archery or USA Archery-sanctioned tournaments per year, at least one of which must be an outdoor tournament.
- Maintain a team uniform with a clean appearance at all times when attending tournaments unless the team member is also a member of the USA Archery RED Team or Team USA.
- Maintain at least a C average in school, or its equivalent (Team Members in Grade School, High School or Post High School education).
- Assist Ace Archers coaches and instructors when requested.