National Alliance for the Development of Archery

NADA - National Alliance for the Development of Archery NFAA/NAA Instructor Training & Certification

Proposal 2003 NADA was founded by former marketing director of AMO, Doug Engh and 2-time US Olympic archery coach, Lloyd Brown (volunteer founder) – both with extensive experience in promoting recreational archery. NADA Executive Director, Doug Engh, is current member of NFAA and Vice President of NFAA-affiliated Gator Bowman Archery Club in Gainesville, FL. In 2002, NADA assisted in supporting over 300 NAA instructor training courses which resulted in over 3,000 basic and intermediate instructors being certified.

For NFAA, NADA will:

Develop and manage a national network or training Basic (Level 1) and Intermediate (Level 2) NFAA archery instructors using the talents of local qualified course instructors.
Create joint training materials that reflect NAA/NFAA instructor standards.
Participate on the NFAA Instructor Committee to insure that training schedules and course material standards are maintained.
Keep costs to the participants to a minimum while expanding instructor training opportunities. Program and materials costs will be kept at parity with NAA program.
Provide free loaner archery equipment to courses offered with more than 6 participants. (Choice of recurve bows or Mathews Genesis compound bows).
Offer optional NADA instructor professional/personal liability insurance to all NFAA-certified instructors and coaches.
Conduct regional intermediate training seminars utilizing NFAA Master Coaches.
Assist in distributing NFAA promo materials to help create more NFAA members and clubs.
Maintain a database of recently certified instructors, NFAA coaches and contact people.
Be available to create optional promotional materials on behalf of NFAA as requested.

NADA has proven track record in:

Serving course instructors with timely shipments and billing of course materials.
Serving instructor training host sites by finding local course instructors, shipping course materials and providing free loaner archery equipment for courses.
Serving office staff/Boards of archery organizations with performance reports, mailing lists, and distribution of promotional materials to instructors and targeted recreation organizations.
Serving on archery organization Boards and Committees.
Exhibiting at recreation-industry trade shows promoting the sport of archery instructor training.
Advanced industry knowledge in locating manufacturers, equipment availability, local funding sources, specializing training aids, pro-shops, etc.

Financial Considerations

Annual grant of $8,000 to NADA due on agreement signing (same agreement as NAA)
4-year initial contract (taking into account a set-up and transition period).
Instructor training packets will be priced the same as NAA. Each cost includes certification fee which will be retained by NADA for its own use.
Level 1 instructor training packet - currently $20 including certification fee.
Level 2 instructor training packet - currently $25 including certification fee.
Course instructor fee for Level 1 course will be same as NAA, and paid to course instructor

-150 for 12 participants or less (8 hour course)
- $225 for more than 12 participants (12 hour course)

Course fees for Level 2 courses to be determined by NFAA Instructor Committee.