Above all else, Coaches are responsible for insuring the safe and responsible use of firearms, and instilling these practices in their team members. Coaches are also responsible for making the team experience fun for all!

Having credentialed coaches has become a necessity in today’s litigious world. Having coaches who have completed a comprehensive coach education program adds an extra dimension to starting the next generation of trapshooters on the correct road to a lifetime of enjoyment of our sport. Having coaches with whom we can communicate quickly will help build and maintain a cohesive ATA youth program.

Therefore, each team must have at least one ATA Shooting Coach on the coaching staff and be led by a Coach age 21 or over. Current coaches will have through the 2010 target year to graduate successfully from the NRA/ATA Trap Coach School or the NRA/USAS Shotgun Coach School.

There are two ways to become an ATA Shooting Coach: (1) by successfully completing an NRA/ATA Trap Coach School, or (2) by successfully completing the NRA/USAS Shotgun Coach School (which, in addition to trap, teaches skeet, sporting clays and International) and using the form at the back of this brochure to request credentialing as an ATA Shooting Coach. Coach Schools may be scheduled in your area by contacting (for a Trap Coach School) the ATA Youth Development Director or (for the NRA/USAS Shotgun Coach School) the NRA National Shotgun Coach Trainer (703-267-1401).

To facilitate communication, current NRA/USAS Shotgun Coach School graduates are encouraged to sign up as soon as possible as ATA Shooting Coaches.

All coaches involved with AIM for ATA participants, whether they have taken the Coach School or not, must abide by the Coaching Ethics Code. Graduates of the Coach Schools have already signed that they will abide by the Coaching Ethics Code. For all other coaches, this document may be viewed on line at:

www.nrahq.org/education/training/coaching_ethics.pdf

For new participants and their parents on a Club or School team, Coaches are to give a brief introduction to the sport of trapshooting so the entire family understands the sport. Parents may want to take up the sport too!

The youth trapshooters of today are the future of our member clubs. Our member clubs that go to the effort to sponsor a youth trapshooting program need to be thanked. Coaches are urged to instill in their shooters and parents the desire to "give back" to their host club by volunteering service hours to the benefit of the club.

Coaches are urged to make good use of grant opportunities such as Friends of NRA for necessary equipment and supplies for their programs.

Coaches will gather all participant and coach forms and monies and submit them to:
ATA, 601 West National Road, Vandalia, OH 45377.

  


Join the forum and interact with other Coaches and State/Provincial Directors. Discuss, Learn and Help others to make AIM the best it can be!
For questions regarding on how to use the forum; contact Shawn at sseippel@shootata.com

Sponsor Discount Programs



Buy 3 flats, get 1 free
Contact: eeschad@olin.com
(Online Application Process for Winchester coming soon)




Ammo is $50 per Flat for Top Gun and Estate Ammunition
5 Flat minimum
Contact Leslie Pavel
Phone: (800) 322-2342 Ext. 2541


NRA / ATA Trap Coach Schools:

Shooting Coach Newsletter:

Important Links:

AIM Score Submission forms:
(These forms are to are to be used only for submitting scores for posting on aim4ata.com and are not to be used for submitting offical scores to the ATA)

Coach's Apparel:



NRA/ATA TRAP CAMP
book with lesson plans (the other side of the book is the NSSA/NRA Skeet Camp): Host a Trap Camp at your shooting club to attract new youth and adults to trapshooting.
TO ORDER: http://materials.nrahq.org/go/products.aspx?productid=EF%2009192
Item #EF09192 for $19.95
FOR INFORMATION: http://www.nrahq.org/education/shootingcamp.asp

 

WINCHESTER/NRA MARKSMANSHIP QUALIFICATION PROGRAM
(Trap is on pages 22-23): Designed for your new shooters to give them recognition as they achieve stair-step levels on their way to Distinguished Expert and registered targets.
TO ORDER: http://materials.nrahq.org/go/products.aspx?cat=General%20Info
Item #EQ09525 for $2.50
TO VIEW ON LINE: http://www.nrahq.org/education/training/marksmanship/shotgun.asp

 

NRA/ATA TRAP COACH SCHOOL
As a result of the NRA/ATA partnership, NRA re-wrote the NRA Shotgun Coach School curriculum to focus on trapshooting.  To schedule an NRA/ATA Trap Coach School in your area, contact ATA Coaching at coaching@shootata.com or 937-898-4638. For information on the NRA/USAS Shotgun Coach School (teaching trap, skeet, sporting clays and International), contact NRA National Shotgun Coach Trainer Don Sipes at dsipes@nrahq.org or 703-267-1401.  

Do visit the links below describing the Coach program:
http://www.nrahq.org/education/training/coach_schools.asp


[Click on "Coach Training Schools"] or go to:
http://www.nrahq.org/education/training/coach_training_schools.asp


[At the bottom of the page, "click here for Sponsor's Guide"] or go to:
http://www.nrahq.org/education/training/sponsors_guide.pdf GRANTS FROM FRIENDS OF NRA
Need grant monies to start a youth trapshooting program or update your team's equipment?  Get involved with your local Friends of NRA committee or start one in your area.  Visit the following link for event dates in your area.  If your area is not listed, call your NRA Field Representative as the event may have been held earlier this calendar year or you may want to start a committee.  Grant forms are available from your local FNRA Committee chair or from your Field Representative and they are due usually in October each year.

http://www.nrafoundation.org/friends
[Enter your state in the left hand column; note the contact information for
your NRA Field Representative who can answer your questions; then click
on "Find an Event" in the left hand column.]

 

ATA’s TAX-EXEMPT FUNDRAISING INITIATIVES: Help us grow our three tax-exempt Funds – Youth and Education, Gun Clubs, and General – so ATA grants will be available in the future!  Donation opportunities are available to Honor Your Shooting Mentor and Remembering a Missing Squad Member.  Visit the ATA web site:

www.shootata.com/Content/Youth_Trapshooting/funds.aspx
www.shootata.com/Content/Youth_Trapshooting/donation_slips.aspx

 

 


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