Maryland Archery in the Schools Program (MD NASP)
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Participant Benefits
"Changing Lives One Arrow at a Time"
Why Educators Like the NASP Program:
It also develops and improves muscle
tone, and endurance and flexibility. It develops hand - eye coordination
and dexterity and teaches the importance of focus / concentration.
Educators say they are starved for new, effective ways to
engage and teach their students. Archery fits the bill!
What the teachers are saying:
Archery adds diversity and
“something new and
exciting” in PE class!
What the students are saying:
(taken from a pilot program survey with accuracy +/- 2.7%.
55% of the students surveyed were male; 45% were female):
Most student archers wanted to use their new life skill. Archery has increased their school pride and
positively impacted their self-esteem.
Teaching archery in the schools is not
a new idea.
Prior to the NASP program, many archery programs disappeared
for several reasons:
The archery industry reports increased
sales of archery equipment since NASP started. Equipment purchases
produced more excise taxes at the manufacturers level which were
apportioned, through the Pittman Robertson Act, back to the states to use
for wildlife management.
Maryland’s NASP addresses all of these
issues. Educators say they are starved for new, effective ways to engage
and teach their students. Archery fits the bill!
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The Maryland Archery in the Schools Program
is brought to you in Partnership with the Maryland Bowhunters Society.