Our YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM providing young people with a positive experience in sports. The program is designed to instill in young people a set of personal values or character traits for fair play, compassionate understanding, individual responsibility, sportsmanship, self-discipline and personal commitment – qualities that will serve them well throughout their lives and will be instrumental in helping each Athlete to reach his/her full potential.

Competition is clearly a part of the program, an indispensable part; but it is not the underlying principle. The “win-at-all-costs” philosophy has no place in the game. Striving to win while playing by the rules does. Honoring the game, exhibiting good sportsmanship, and being a responsible Team Member, these are the bedrock values the program strives to instill. It is the DUTY of everyone involved in the program – Coaches, Parents, and Athletes - to set good examples for Team Members to emulate by upholding high moral and ethical standards of personal conduct.

The programs activities are designed to incorporate two indispensable elements – SAFETY AND FUN. Safety is incorporated into every facet of every the programs activity. The learning environment at Team practices and at competitive shoots is designed to include the element of FUN for all participants. The participants learn the safe and responsible handling and use of firearms. They discover the joy of contributing to a shared Team goal and the commitment that goes along with it. During this self-discovery process, Team Members develop proficiency in a sport that can be shared and enjoyed with family and friends for a lifetime.

Youth from the middle school grades through high school are eligible to participate in the safe, educational and enjoyable clay target sports of Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays, ISSF Trap, and ISSF Skeet. There is no other sport that offers such an absolutely “level playing field” for gender integration as does the shooting sports.