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As a reminder this year and next year the Iowa NASP® State
Tournaments have been pushed back to a later date due to another event at the Iowa
State Fairgrounds.
2018 Bullseye State Tournament:
Jacobsen Building
March 10-11 (Saturday and Sunday)
2018 3D State Tournament:
Elwell Building
March 10 (Saturday Only)
Head coaches from every school have received a copy of the State Tournament rules. Coaches understand there is no guarantee to enter the State Tournament and no one
will officially know who is attending
the State Tournament until the league season has been completed (after
February 24).
Schools will register individual archers or teams based on
their league scores and their overall ranking within their division.
For full details of the state tournament rules or other
information such as spectator cost visit our website at www.iowadnr.gov/nasp.
Not everyone handles pressure the same. Some individuals weaken under pressure and others excel. It may seem odd, but one way to prepare for pressure if it affects you negatively is to attend more
archery tournaments. The tournaments do
not necessary need to be sanctioned NASP® tournaments but any archery
tournament such as the Iowa Pro AM, 4-H Shooting Sports, 3D Tournament or a local
archery shop's league tournaments. By
shooting in more tournaments, you will build confidence and become more comfortable with the tournament setting.
Some Tips to Overcoming Pressure:
Channel your excitement, adrenaline and nerves
positively.
- Try taking the energy (excitement, adrenaline and nerves) from the pressure and use it to your advantage.
Reduce the amount of pressure others
unintentionally place upon you.
- Remember your family, friends, teammates and coaches are just trying to support you.
Reduce the amount of pressure you put on
yourself.
- Try not to look at the leaderboard prior to
shooting.
- Don’t think about the next arrow score you need to shoot.
Additional Resources:
5 Tips for Improving Your Scores at Archery Tournaments
Shot Execution Under Pressure
Archery Tournaments - Make Your Nerves Work for You
Olympic Archer Brady Ellison - Performing Under Pressure (Video)
Dan McCarthy on Tournament Archery
6 Tips on Dealing with Pressure in Sports
Feeling overwhelmed or stressed with the tournament season? Try taking the stress out of competition and
play a game with your school’s team, in an archery shop or at home with
your family.
What You Will Need:
- Bow and arrows
- Small balloons enough to cover the target (if you get red, yellow, blue, black and white
you can make your own archery target)
- Target pins
To Play:
- Pair up with another person
- Each archer will have six arrows
- Another person (instructor) will call out a
color of balloon to shoot.
- Each archer will shoot that color of balloon
until archers are out of arrows.
- Archer with the most correctly color popped
balloon wins.
You can always add to the game to make it more challenging such as:
- Points
- Go for the
“gold” last (yellow)
- Pop only one color balloon at a time
- Work your way
around the target starting from the outside to inside.
Thank you USA Archery - Explore Archery for this game idea!
 Additional Resources:
Golden Gate JOAD - Archery Games
10 Ways to Make Shooting Even More Fun
Looking for something
to do the weekend prior to the state tournament? Here are two opportunities
for you and your family to attend:
1.
Iowa Bowhunters Association (IBA) Annual Banquet
2.
Iowa Deer Classic
Iowa Bowhunters Association Banquet - March 3 at Ramada
Tropic Resort in Urbandale
The Iowa Bowhunters Association (IBA) started the Iowa
National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP®) prior to the Iowa Department of
Natural Resources (DNR) taking it over.
The IBA has continued to maintain their partnership and show support for the program through writing grants to help new Iowa schools get started, providing scholarships
at the state tournaments and offering additional opportunities for NASP® participants to practice their skills through out the year at many of their tournaments. By supporting the IBA you are supporting Iowa
NASP®.
For more information visit: http://www.iowabowhunters.org/springbanquet.html
Iowa Deer Classic - March 2-4 at Iowa Events Center in Des Moines
The Iowa Deer classic will host their annual Classic 300
Archery Tournament on March 2-4.
This year they have added additional space for NASP® archers with six new NASP® Boys and Girl “classes”. NASP® archers
entry fee into the tournament is $5. To
register email info@iowashows.com or
call 319-232-0218.
For more information visit: http://iowadeerclassic.com/
 Book Your State
Park Cabin Now
Whether you are
looking for a winter weekend get-away or a week-long summer family reunion,
enjoy a comfortable stay in a beautiful setting when you reserve a state park
cabin. Iowa state parks offer more than 90 cabins in 19 state parks ranging
from yurts, to rustic camping cabins, to modern two-story cottages, depending
the state park.
Hurry to
reserve -- cabins can book fast,
especially for summer months. Learn more and book your reservation at: http://www.iowadnr.gov/Places-to-Go/State-Parks/Make-a-Reservation/Overnight-Cabins
Submit a photo of your "inner cupid" and have a chance to win a Hurricane™ Category 1 Youth Archery Target. Whether it is a photo of a unique heart target you made, your best cupid impression or even a creative Valentine's day archery box or card; all will earn you a chance to win a new target! Please submit your photos to huntereducation@dnr.iowa.gov by no later than February 12. Winner will be notified on Valentine's Day (February 14)!
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