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Numerous opportunities exist for young people interested in pistol shooting sports. The Olympic events include Men’s and Women’s Air Pistol and Smallbore (.22) Men’s Free and Rapid Fire Pistol events as well as the Women’s Sport Pistol event. The junior event created to lead to these events is called Progressive Position Air Pistol (PPP). PPP is a great introduction to the sport as the equipment, and particularly the ammunition, are less expensive as well as cleaner and quieter. Temporary ranges can easily be set up in any large area (like a gym) as these guns do not require a permanent back-stop or special ventilation system. USA Shooting and the National Rifle Association www.nra.org both support this event and hold a jointly sponsored National Junior Olympic Progressive Position Air Pistol Championship. 4-H Shooting Sports 4-H Shooting Sports www.4-hshootingsports.org and Boy Scouts of America-Venturing www.scouting.org/venturing/ both offer youth programs for pistol shooting. Contact your local chapter to find out if it is offered in your area. Some schools and many local shooting clubs provide youth shooting sports programs as well. Check out the 4-H Passport Program for great pins your young athletes can earn USA Shooting publishes USA Shooting News (for members), sanctions matches and is the National Governing Body for the Olympic Shooting Sports in the US. We run Junior Olympic Development Camps and our website also includes information about match schedules, clothing sales and competition results. The NRA has a qualification program, sanctions matches, offers a tremendous variety of materials and has programs for competitions, collegiate shooting, coach education, advanced summer camps, etc. NRA also offers grant programs that provide fantastic funding for youth programs. Growing youth shooting sports in the US is always a focus for USAS. One of the key areas to achieve this is the Coach Education Program http://www.nrahq.org/education/training/coach_schools.asp in which we partner with the NRA and Civilian Marksmanship Program www.odcmp.com. Every youth shooting sports program should have at least one certified coach. We currently subsidize Pistol Coach Schools with a PPP focus. Please contact Bob.Foth@usashooting.org, 719-866-4881 for more details. PPP RULES 2010 USAS-NRA Progressive-Position Air Pistol Program and Sanctioning Guidelines PPP Counterbalance T Stand Instructions For complete results from the 2010 PPP Nationals, please visit the CMP Competition Tracker. 2010 National Junior Olympic PPP Championship Program 2010 State JO PPP Program Guidelines |
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