JOAD is an official program of USA Archery which teaches archery to young people, provides great opportunities for awarding achievement, and helps archers to enjoy the sport recreationally or progress to the excitement of competition!  
 Our JOAD program offers both recurve and compound archers the opportunity to learn range safety and proper shooting techniques in an environment that also fosters exemplary sportsmanship, focus, increased self-confidence, and team building skills.  JOAD is open to any youth archer aged 8 to 20 and is designed to grow with the youth archer.  Initial JOAD classes teach the fundamentals of proper shooting form; as the young archer develops, they will learn more advanced techniques.   Our coaching staff works with the archers both as a group, as well as individually, to help further develop their archery skills.

JOAD archers can train to compete in local, state, and regional tournaments, and can earn a seat on a youth world team to compete in other countries representing the United States on behalf of USA Archery, and can try out for a spot on the US Olympic Archery Team.   Whether your child's interest is purely recreational or an Olympic, Paralympic or World Championship dream, the Palmyra Sportsmen's Association JOAD program is tailored to help the young archer achieve their goals.  During our JOAD sessions, each archer will earn pins as they progress.  Generally, archers will score their targets every other session, and these scores determine the achievement awards.

Important JOAD Program Notes

The Palmyra Sportsmen's Association JOAD Program features an experienced coaching staff, including junior coaches and support staff.  All coaches, including our junior coaches, are USA Archery certified (USA Archery Level 1 Instructors, Level 2 Instructors, Level 3 Instructors, USA Archery Level 1 Judges, Level 2 Judges).

The PSA JOAD Coaching Staff:
James Koons, Head Coach
JOAD Coaches:  Frank Baird - Joe Wamsley - Rich Breach - Tori Baird - Kylee Koons - Logan Wamsley - Alexis Cram

Registration starts at the Family Fun Field Day in October, however you may register at any time.  Spaces are limited and our program fills up quickly.  For more information, or to register your archer, please contact the Program Administrative Director, Shannon Koons, at shannon@pas3da.org.