It wasn't offered in high school when I was a kid. I don't think they would have trusted us, even with target arrows.
However, I was interested in archery and took it in college. We had to have three Phys. Ed credits. One was spent renewing my Water Safety certification (lifeguard), and two in archery. Archery offered a huge advantage besides being fun. You didn't change out of street clothes or get all sweaty, so it was easy to accomodate between other classes. (yes, I was a tool.) I have no idea whether we shot a distance measured in feet or meters. We shot one distance, a marked line. I'm guessing 15 m/50 ft, but it was a LONG time ago. ________________________________ From: James R. Frysinger <[email protected]> To: U.S. Metric Association <[email protected]> Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 4:56:19 PM Subject: [USMA:46881] Re: Archery in the Schools According to what I've read, the NASP program now includes teams from Canada, Japan, and elsewhere. Here in Tennessee, as in many other states, various hunting seasons are partly reserved for archers, whether using long bows or crossbows. Jim Stephen Davis wrote: > > Archery in schools? There's posh!! :-) > > Seriously though, its good to know that this sport is now using metric > measurements. OK, its pretty much a minority sport (or is it massively > popular in the US? :-)) but it's nice to see all the same. > > I used to know this absolutely gorgeous girl when I was at college a couple > of years ago whose hobby used to be archery. Haven't spoke to her in over a > year. I'd love to see her again. > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "James R. Frysinger" > <[email protected]> > To: "U.S. Metric Association" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 4:06 PM > Subject: [USMA:46875] Archery in the Schools > > >> >> Archery competitions are metric. >> >> This is the second year that our county's schools have participated in the >> National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP). And it's the second year >> that the high school students have taken the championship in the state. More >> than 80 TN schools participate in this. Our high school students will go on >> to the national competition in Louisville KY in May. The elementary and >> middle school students have also placed well. >> >> The students shoot 15 arrows from a 10 m distance and 15 arrows from a 15 >> meter distance for a total of 300 possible points. It tickles me to see that >> the two shooting line distances are measured in metric. Quoting from the >> NASP homepage, "The program’s focus is to provide International Style Target >> Archery training in physical education classes grades 4 - 12." I think the >> key word here is "international". >> >> Jim >> >> -- James R. Frysinger >> 632 Stony Point Mountain Road >> Doyle, TN 38559-3030 >> >> (C) 931.212.0267 >> (H) 931.657.3107 >> (F) 931.657.3108 >> > > > > -- James R. Frysinger 632 Stony Point Mountain Road Doyle, TN 38559-3030 (C) 931.212.0267 (H) 931.657.3107 (F) 931.657.3108
