Start a Team
Students, parents, teachers, gun club members, or school officials have the ability to start a shooting sport team at their school. It’s easy, fun, and the League provides as much assistance required to help get your new team approved.
- Contact the school Athletic Director, Activities Director and/or Principal to set up a meeting to identify the requirements to get a League team approved.
- Speak positively about the League and provide a list of benefits to the school, athletes and parents at your school.
- Review League Policies & Procedures with school officials.
- Work with your school officials to set up guidelines and rules that you both can agree on Identify, publish and promote additional guidelines and rules (IE: academic expectations, lettering) that may be specific to your school requirements for participating in an activity.
- Understand and promote the school’s “Weapons Policy” to coaches, parents and athletes on your team.
- Encourage current League coaches to join you in meetings with school officials. They can provide excellent feedback and resources as to how the League works.
- Contact other head coaches of other sports at your school to inquire about questions regarding team management, booster clubs and certification programs.
- Invite school officials, parents and athletes to an informational open house that will cover a broad range of topics related to high school clay target shooting. An open house can be conducted before a team is approved to measure the level of interest or after the team is approved to acquire student athletes and coaches. Promotion and presentation materials are available from the League.
- Meet all deadlines.
- Send a news release to local media outlets to promote the new team.
