BOWDOC ARCHERY - JOAD
Junior Olympic Archery Development
Team BowDoc JOADJOAD stands for "Junior Olympic Archer Development" is the official USA Archery development program sanctioned by the U.S. Olympic Committee. Head Coach Jeff Sanchez has been recognized as one of the top coaches in the country and was selected to receive the 2015 USA Archery National JOAD Coach of the Year Award from the United States Olympic Committee. Jeff is also the Head Coach of the High Performance Archery Academy. Team BowDoc JOAD can teach your young aspiring archers range safety and proper shooting form and technique for both recurve and compound shooters. This program not only focuses on Archery but also on building great life skills and attributes like Respect, Self Confidence, and Team Work. This program is great for both building recreational shooting skills as well as developing high level competition skills. All team members will be eligible to participate in local, state, regional, and national events. USA Archery Pins and achievement awards are given out as a team member progresses. (More information about achievement pins and scoring matrix files are below). Team BowDoc JOAD Training sessions are held on Tuesdays or Thursdays at the BowDoc Archery Shop/Range in Mokena, IL. (Coach Jeff will meet with potential team members to determine which group is appropriate to start out in) All team members are allowed UNLIMITED practice time during our normal Open Range Shooting times. You must sign up for Open shooting time slots. Minimum Age for the JOAD program is 8 years old. For kids that are new to archery, having your own equipment is not necessary. Check out the team photos shown below! Contact Jeff at BowDoc Archery for more information about the program and what it takes to join the program. jeff@bowdoc.com or 708-995-7391 |
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JOAD Star Pins Program
JOAD Stars pins are awarded for scoring achievements. JOAD archers can earn Stars Pins for shooting indoors and/or outdoors with recurve and/or compound bows.
Each Stars Pin is a different color, and each has a successive number of stars on it to represent the increasing challenge in earning that particular award pin.
In order to allow for the greatest flexibility in terms of indoors/outdoors, recurve or compound, each pin can be earned in a variety of ways.
Each Stars Pin is a different color, and each has a successive number of stars on it to represent the increasing challenge in earning that particular award pin.
In order to allow for the greatest flexibility in terms of indoors/outdoors, recurve or compound, each pin can be earned in a variety of ways.
JOAD Achievement Lanyards
JOAD Archers can display their Stars pins on lanyards designed for their archery specialty.
Each lanyard holds all Stars pins as well as the optional 6 - Star Gold pin.
6-Star Gold PinIn addition to Star Pins, JOAD archers can earn the official "6-Gold" pin when they shoot six 10's in a row - either in a single 6 arrow end, or in two consecutive 3-arrow ends.
JOAD Archers can display their Stars pins on lanyards designed for their archery specialty.
Each lanyard holds all Stars pins as well as the optional 6 - Star Gold pin.
6-Star Gold PinIn addition to Star Pins, JOAD archers can earn the official "6-Gold" pin when they shoot six 10's in a row - either in a single 6 arrow end, or in two consecutive 3-arrow ends.

Olympian Awards
JOAD Archers can earn advanced levels of recognition with the Olympian Award Levels-Bronze, Silver and Gold. An archer reaching these levels is honored with special recognition from the USA Archery Office.
JOAD Archers can earn advanced levels of recognition with the Olympian Award Levels-Bronze, Silver and Gold. An archer reaching these levels is honored with special recognition from the USA Archery Office.
JOAD Awards are based on scores obtained at sanctioned USA Archery shoots.
For a list of the Indoor and Outdoor award levels, download the JOAD scoring matrix files.
For a list of the Indoor and Outdoor award levels, download the JOAD scoring matrix files.
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