Oregon State High School Clay Target League

Approximate student athlete fees…

Policies & Procedures…

Season overview (cont'd)…

True Team® scoring…

Season overview…

PullUSA™ Magazine…

Shooter Performance Tracker™…

True Team® scoring

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Approximate student athlete fees (cont'd)…

• “Virtual” competition: Submit scores online and compare against all other athletes and teams in conference
• Scoring: True Team® scoring uses 75-80% of team’s member scores
• Year-end tournaments: State Tournament (everyone invited)

• Typically less than $250 per athlete as determined by the team
• $22/week (x 9) for 50 targets ($10) and ammunition ($12)
• $35/per athlete League registration fee
• $20 optional uniform (t-shirt/hat/shooting vest)
• $35 optional tournament participation
• $10 safety glasses and hearing protection

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Topics: Conduct, Eligibility,

Organizing a Team, Athlete requirements, Coaching, Safety & Courtesy, Equipment & Gear,

Shooting Procedures, Events,

Scoring & Recognition

• Higher rankings receive more points
• Add individual scores to get team score
• Compare team total scores for ranking

• Sport: Trap & Skeet Shooting
• 9 events: From late March to mid-June - 2 practice weeks, 1 'reserve' week, 5 weeks of competition, and one 'fun' week
• Event travel: Only to local shooting range to compete
• Conferences: Determined by teams comprised of similar member number sizes
• Shoot: Two rounds of 25 targets each

• Launched Fall 2016
• Sent to all registered student athletes
• Complimentary copies sent to Head Coaches and participating Gun Clubs
• Stories feature League teams and athletes
• Features coaching tips, League information, and stories on League features and events

• Web-based application
• Private access for athletes and coaches
• Monitor athlete’s progress in team, conference and state
• Instant weekly ranking indicators
• Share access with family or friends
• Updates every Saturday night when scores are posted.

• All athletes shoot two rounds (50 targets)
• Top (75-80%) of team’s athlete scores are used
• Athlete scores are compared against all other scores in the entire conference
• Amount of scoring points available is determined by the number of qualifying athletes in a conference

• Athlete must own/have access to firearm
• Some shooting ranges/teams borrow firearms to athletes
• Team sponsorships: Allowed to help reduce athlete fee
• Team fundraising and donations: Strongly encouraged
• Total fee: determined by each team and paid by the family
• School expense: $0

SAFE™ (cont'd)...

Student Athlete Firearms Education...

High School Clay Target League…

Oregon participation…

Overall participation…

League safety record since 2001…

Safety is priority #1…

Safety is priority #1 (cont'd)…

High School Clay Target League

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• Participation: 17 years
• Participants: 66,000+
• Shots: 43,000,000+
• Injuries: 0

The SAFE certification is not an acceptable certificate for hunting and young people will still be required to complete appropriate State Hunter Education/Firearms Safety programs if they want to hunt.

• Governed by USA High School Clay Target League – non-profit corporation
• Board Of Directors includes 5 members
• Priorities in order of importance: safety, fun, and marksmanship

SY2017-2018

Student athletes participating… 26,000+

Schools participating………….. 700+

Teams…………………………... 804

Gun clubs hosting teams……... 400+

Volunteer Coaches……………. 6,400+

Tournament participation ….…. 15,000+

Annual targets/ammo used ….. 26 MILLION!

• Independent provider of shooting sports as an extracurricular co-ed and adaptive activity to high schools in Oregon
• Started in 2001 – incorporated in 2010
• Closely follows Oregon State Athletic Association (OSAA) rules, regulations, operations and beliefs

SY2015-2016

Student athletes participating… 49

Teams…………………………... 4

SY2016-2017

Student athletes participating… 194

Teams…………………………... 14

Projected Participation SY2017-2018

Student athletes participating… 500+

Teams…………………………... 30+

• Coaches: Background checks conducted by most schools
• Gear: Everyone requires hearing and eye protection
• Transportation: Firearms and ammunition are brought from home or stored at shooting range
• Disciplined: Published stringent policies and procedures
• Safety record: Unblemished

• Athletes must have League-Approved firearm safety certification:

– State-approved hunter education

certification, OR

– Completed League SAFE™ athlete

safety certification program

• Unique: This is only high school sport that requires safety certification
• Coach certification: Certified Firearms Safety Instructor volunteer recommended to be on team
• Events: Require a range safety officer present at all times
• Teams: Require 1 coach for every 10 athletes

The SAFE™ Program is designed specifically for student athletes and coaches participating in the state high school clay target league.

• Consistent – everyone learns from the same content
• Affordable – pay only $25 after online certification is completed.
• Convenient – available online always and takes about two hours to complete.
• Verified – clay target team coaches help complete the Range Day certification after registration is closed and before the Reserve Week.

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Start a team…

Step 4 (cont'd):

Schools want to know…

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Schools want to know...

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Follow the League…

Step 5:

Follow the League…

Step 4 (cont'd):

Get school approval...

Step 3 (cont'd):

Host an informational open house…

Step 4:

Get school approval…

Step 2 (cont'd):

Get shooting range information…

Step 3:

Host an informational open house…

Step 1:

Talk to the high school’s AD…

Step 1 (cont'd):

Talk to the high school’s AD…

Step 2:

Get shooting range information…

• Liability: Does the school require insurance?
• Sustainability: Can the program be successful for many years?

1. Talk to school Athletic/Activities Director

2. Get shooting range information

3. Host open house

4. Get school approval for the team

5. Follow the League

• Understand: Schedule and meet deadlines
• Learn: About athlete registration process
• Contact: Get added to coach email distribution list
• View: The League’s website and Facebook often

• Visit: http://usaclaytargetcoach.com for coaching tips
• Acquire: Access to Team Management
• Create: A bank account or use school’s financing department
• Define: Manageable team member number capabilities

• Range insurance policy: Get a copy and read it
• Range management: Get contact information
• Range safety officer: One for every two fields used
• Safety: Read/distribute club policies,
• Alcohol/tobacco: Disallowed at range during events

• Review and understand: The League’s website and Policies & Procedures
• Presentation: Get one from the League
• Present: The League’s benefits for the school, student, and families
• Ask For: The school’s policy and process to add an activity

• Promote: E-mail announcements and PDF posters available
• Presentation: Available from the League
• Team summary flyer for parents: Include details about, costs, important dates, expectations and coach contact information
• Can be non-committal: Team must be approved by school

• Purpose: Measure the level of interest from students/parents
• Invite: Everyone – school officials, parents, students, local media, gun club
• When: At night with no/little conflict with other school events
• Where: At school, cafeteria, auditorium, media room

• Community support: What other organizations will support?
• Reputation: Is the program successful, in accordance to school policies and does the team deserve to use the school’s name?
• Title IX: Is the school meeting any requirements?
• Funding: What other sources are available to support?

• Define approval requirement: Athletic Director, Principal, Superintendent, School Board
• Schedule meeting: Get on the agenda for key dates
• Formal activity application: Required?
• Define deliverables required for approval: See following page
• Coach background checks: Required?

• Participation: Does the number of interested students meet the school’s criteria for adding the activity?
• Coaches: Is there enough support and experience?
• Competitiveness: Are there formal competitions and how does the school measure success?
• Cost: What is the cost to the school and families?

• Lettering program and yearbook: Possible in the first year?
• Team announcement: What is the school’s process?
• Team name: Must use school name
• Approval: League requires written approval letter from school on school letterhead
• Minimum team size: 5 (no maximum team size)

• Acquire: Approval from the AD to continue exploration
• Request: That school schedule, promote and host an informational open house so everyone can learn about the team
• View: The school’s calendar for school board agenda requirements and scheduled meetings if required for approval
• Don’t wait: Some approval processes take longer than expected

• Costs: Ammunition, Targets (9 weeks @ 50 per week)
• Ammunition: Get requirements and specifications from range
• Team shoot availability: Day(s) and Time(s) – Weekends OK
• Capacity: Approximately one field = 5 athletes per hour
• Volunteers: Firearm Safety instructors are good sources

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START A TEAM

SAFEST SPORT

HOW IT WORKS

ABOUT THE LEAGUE

Considering a team (cont'd)…

School benefits (cont'd)…

School benefits…

Considering a team…

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Skeet Shooting Basics…

Trapshooting basics…

Clay Target Sports basics…

• Activity or club: Not started as a varsity sport
• Team approval: Required from a school official
• Firearms and ammunition: Participating student athletes follow the same laws as all other students at the school

• Attractive to all students: No exceptional physical abilities required
• No facility or maintenance required: All events occur off of school property
• No transportation required: Athletes go home to get firearms and ammunition and then travel to their local shooting range
• Everyone is insured: Registered athletes, coaches and volunteers

• Team size: Minimum is five
• Qualifying grades: 6-12 as determined by school
• Lettering and yearbook: Determined by school
• Minimal conflict with spring sports: Teams can conduct events up to two days a week including weekends

• No cost: All expenses paid by the team and families
• No administration: Coaches manage everything
• Gender-neutral sport: Complies to Title IX requirements
• Adaptive integration: Students with physical disabilities can participate without special requirements or rules

• Skeet field: Contains eight shooting stations and two trap houses
• Each shooter shoots at targets from each house at each station. At some stations, two targets are released simultaneously.

• Parent involvement encouraged: Average one coach/volunteer for every four athletes
• Popular sport: Many teams become the largest at the school
• Curtails disrespectful student behavior: Shooting sports are very disciplined
• Better academic performance: Student athletes must meet activity participation requirements
• Safe: 0 injuries

• Trap field: Contains five shooting stations (where shooters stand) and one trap house (where targets are thrown)
• Each shooter shoots at five targets from their first station from the 16-yard line and then rotates to the other four stations to complete a round (25 shots)

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SCHOOL BENEFITS

• Clay Target Sports: Round clay/ceramic discs are thrown in the air from a 'trap house' at different angles. The shooter attempts to hit the target a shot (multiple “bb’s” in a single shell) fired from a shotgun
• The League features Trapshooting and Skeet Shooting
• Competition: Consists of a variety of different number of rounds
• Officials: A scoring official is assigned to each field to verify and count the number of hit targets

CLAY TARGET SPORTS

JOIN A TEAM

Joining a team is easy…

Student/family benefits(cont'd)…

Student/family benefits…

• Affordable: Less than $250 for targets, ammunition, gear and registration fees
• Less travel: Only to local shooting range
• Safe: No accidents since 2001
• Lifetime outdoor sport: Olympic sport too
• No benchwarmers: Everyone has the same number of targets
• No special athletic ability required: Everyone qualifies

• Minimal spring sport conflict: Flexible team schedules allow up to two days a week to participate
• Involved parents: Encouraged to help the team
• Scholarships: Awarded Each Year
• Lettering and yearbook: Most teams offer the opportunity
• Everyone invited to tournament: Meet other athletes and teams

Student must be in grades 6-12,

AND

Must have League-Approved firearm safety certification,

AND

Meets all school curricular activity eligibility requirements,

AND

If the team has the capacity to accommodate the student

Homeschooled students qualify if in same school district

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SHOOTING RANGE

SCHEDULE

TOURNAMENTS

COACH A TEAM

National Championship

State Tournament (cont'd)...

State Tournament

• Held in July
• Qualifying: Based on season average
• Event: 2 Practice Days, 3 shooting days.
• Awards: Cumulative Scoring of 200 targets. Top 5 Teams, Top 10 Individuals take home awards.
• http://usaclaytargetchampionship.com

• Date: June - visit website for more info
• Qualifying: All student athletes are invited
• Event: Single-day participation for individuals and teams

• Awards: Individual and team achievements in Novice, Junior Varsity, and Varsity categories
• Scoring: Live online access so everyone can watch
• Cost: $35 per student athlete includes t-shirt and targets

Coaching resource (cont'd)…

Coaching resource…

Coaching support (cont'd)…

Team coach requirements…

Coaching support…

• Website: http://usaclaytargetcoach.com
• Courses: Categories for new teams, growing teams, and emerging teams
• Lessons: Over 45 education modules for specific coaching topics
• Blog: Get questions answered by an experienced coach

• Liability insurance: Free for all registered coaches and volunteers on a team
• Rules: Published Policies & Procedures guide
• Documents: Presentations, and handbooks provided
• Customer service: Always available
• Website: Dedicated education and tips for coaches

• Age: 21 or older
• Prefer: One Firearm Safety instructor on team
• Require: One coach for every 10 members on a team
• Require: Dedicated range safety officer(s)
• Compensation: Most staff are volunteer
• Typical team staff: Head coach, range safety officer, team manager, assistant coaches

Coach Leadership And Safety Support (CLASS™) Program

• http://usaclaytargetclass.com
• Required: For all Head Coaches
• Cost: Free for Head Coaches, $50 for Assistant Coaches
• Comprehensive: Interactive Program includes Coaching information, Range Safety Officer Training, and SAFE™ courses
• Advanced Training: Coming Soon!

Team Management System™ (TMS) is the League's exclusive team management and registration system

• Team Management: Register teams, Manage rosters, Secure online payments, Tournament registration
• Athlete Registration: League and event participation signup, Secure online payments, Email confirmation
• Athlete & Team Profiles Coming Soon!

• Private: Password-protected access to monitor learning progress

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2019 Schedule…

Hosting a team (cont'd)…

Shooting range benefits (cont'd)…

Shooting range benefits…

Hosting a team…

Contact the League…

Contact: Josh Kroells - State Director

Email: jkroells@usaclaytarget.com

Website: http://orclaytarget.com

March 22: Student athlete registration ends

March 31: Practice begins (2 weeks)

April 14: Reserve week (may be used in future weeks)

April 21: Competition begins (5 weeks)

May 26: Fun week (bbq, try different sports, invite others)

June 1: Spring League ends

June 22nd-23rd(TBD): State Tournament

July 10-14: National Championship

• Acquires young customers: Soon become future members and shooting range leaders
• Expands customer base: Student athletes bring friends and family members
• Increases revenue: Young customers need large amounts of targets, ammunition, and gear
• Increases summer youth league participation: New shooters

• League insurance: Accident insurance for student athletes and liability insurance for coaches/volunteers provided
• Range insurance policy: May need to be shared with school
• Range policies: Share with team immediately
• Volunteers: Encouraged to help teams
• Alcohol/tobacco sales/use: Prohibited during League events
• Growth: First year teams usually double in size

• Helps shooting sports: Increases retail sales and excise tax with shooting sport-related expenditures
• Assists facility improvements: Teams help ranges with clean-up, landscaping, and facility maintenance
• Increase shooting range’s positive image: Educate consumers about a new education-based activity
• Members become mentors: Helping student athletes, families, and coaches

• First scheduled practice: First week in April
• Shooting days: Teams can shoot up to two days a week
• Time preferences: Weekdays typically after 4 p.m.
• Capacity limits: Determines the size of the team
• Targets: Minimum 50 per student per week for 9 weeks
• Ammunition: Can be coordinated through the team

Informative Links!

• Policies and Procedures:
• http://orclaytarget.com/rules/policies-procedures/

• Team Management System:
• http://orclaytarget.com/coaches/team-management-system/

• Student Performance Tracker:
• http://orclaytarget.com/rules/shooter-performance-tracker/