Range and site
Range Layout Reviews
A range that has grown in pieces almost never matches its own drawing. Lanes get added at the busy end, a storage shed appears where there was once a walkway, and the spectator edge slowly drifts into the path of a stray arrow. The layout review begins with a full morning on the ground, measuring shooting distances, backstop depth, side clearances, walkways, access gates and the points where people cross between lanes. We watch a normal session run so the review reflects how the club actually uses the site rather than how the site was intended to be used.
You receive a measured site plan drawn to scale, a risk register that names each gap and the person who should close it, and a sequence of fixes ordered by urgency rather than by price. The plan distinguishes between changes that must happen before the next session and improvements that can wait for a capital cycle, which helps boards and councils fund the work in realistic stages.
- Measured shooting line and backstop drawings
- Walkway, gate and spectator edge review
- Risk register with owners and target dates
- Staged fix list for budget planning
Teaching
Coaching Curriculum Builds
When a club grows past a single instructor, teaching quality becomes uneven because every coach rebuilds each session from memory. A curriculum build gives the whole staff a shared shape for a season. We start with the club goals, the group sizes and the time available in each session, then write a full teaching arc with a warm-up, one technical focus, a drill set and a measurable exit check for every week.
The finished document is written for the coaches who will deliver it, not for an accreditor. It includes coaching cues in plain language, common beginner errors and how to correct them, a simple assessment record so progress is visible week to week, and a short bank of alternative drills for groups that need more or less challenge. Coaches who are new to instruction can run the plan on their first week, and experienced coaches can adapt it without breaking the assessment chain.
- Season arc for beginner, intermediate and competitive groups
- Session plans with drills and exit checks
- Coaching cue notes and correction guides
- Progress records the club can keep
Equipment
Equipment Audit Weeks
Every club shed accumulates the same quiet problem: gear that has been borrowed, repaired and quietly returned long past its safe working life. An audit week puts one staff member on site for several days to inventory every bow, limb, string, rest, sight, arm guard and arrow, check each item against safe use criteria, and tag anything that must be retired before it fails in a beginners hand.
At the end of the week you receive a working asset register with an identifier for each item, a condition grade, a replacement forecast and a restringing calendar that fits your competition season. The register is built in a format your club can update in a few minutes after each session, so the audit does not become a one time document that goes stale by the next intake night. Where a supplier relationship already exists we work within it, and we never take commission from any vendor.
- Full asset count with identifiers and grades
- Safe use checks and retirement tags
- Replacement forecast and restringing calendar
- Update routine for club volunteers
Youth
Youth Program Design
Youth archery fails for predictable reasons. Sessions run too long, first timers wait too much, the safety briefing is delivered once and forgotten, and counselors change every summer. A youth program design is built around short shooting blocks, simple scoring games and clear adult to youth ratios, written so a new counselor can pick it up on the morning of the first day.
The design covers a first session script from the welcome through the last arrow, a parent communication template, a safety routine that is repeated at the start of every session, and an eight week arc that keeps beginners coming back. We adapt the program to the space you actually have, whether that is a school gym, a camp field or a community center lot, and we test the timeline against the real number of counselors you expect to staff.
- First session script and safety routine
- Eight week progression for beginners
- Parent and guardian communication templates
- Staffing ratios and volunteer briefing notes
Competition
League Scoring Systems
A league is only as good as its score sheet. Mixed skill levels, different round lengths and a handful of tie breaks can turn a friendly club night into an argument by week three. We design round structures, handicap bands, score sheets and tie break rules that are fair across the range of shooters a club actually has, rather than across an ideal field that never turns up.
The work includes building the spreadsheet or web sheet, testing it against last season results, and training the scorekeeper through a live rehearsal. Standings stay clean because the rules are written down, the tie breaks are decided in advance and the scorekeeper knows exactly what to do when a sheet comes back unreadable. Clubs often pair this service with a coaching curriculum build so that practice and competition point in the same direction.
- Round structures and handicap bands
- Score sheets and tie break rules
- Spreadsheet or web sheet build and test
- Scorekeeper training session
Coaches
Coach Certification Prep
Certification assessment is usually less about raw shooting skill and more about range management, safety decisions and the paperwork an assessor expects to see. Our preparation program takes candidates through practical range management, scenario drills and the documentation habits that make an assessment day predictable rather than surprising.
Candidates rehearse on the same layout we have drawn for their club, so the assessment feels like a familiar session. We cover the questions that trip up first time candidates, from how to set a safe shooting line with mixed equipment to how to record an incident correctly, and we run a mock assessment with written feedback. Clubs that send several coaches through the program often find that the shared preparation improves everyday instruction as much as it improves assessment results.
- Practical range management rehearsal
- Safety scenario drills with feedback
- Assessment paperwork walkthrough
- Mock assessment and written review