Clubs

There is a long line of things that have to fall in place before you can compete in archery.  First you have to have a USA archery membership.  Once you have your membership it allows you to compete in all the non-JOAD tournaments hosted my USA archery.  To participate in the Joad events/tournaments you havento be part of a USA archery registered club.  I myself am belonged to the club Vanguard held in Van Nuys.  There are many other clubs all over California and all over the USA.  Some clubs exmples are: Joy Lee, Pasadena, Oak Tree Archers, and Woodly Park archers.  Only kids from 8-18 can join Joad tournaments but people of all ages can join the club.  The club can do many events and things to help the young archers.  The club can pay a coach to privately coach the kids or the club can be at a public park with no private coach and its just the kids analyze there own forms.  All in all public park would be cheaper, but it still does the job of getting the kids into tournaments under a club.  Yet it lacks the intensely of private and one on one coaching that helps the kids axcel quickly and at a gradual pace.