DISCIPLINES
The JOAD program conducts tournament rounds in the disciplines of Indoor Target Archery (JOAD Indoor Round) and Outdoor Target Archery (JOAD Outdoor Round).

DIVISIONS
Competition includes separate divisions for girls and boys, as well as for Olympic, Novice and Compound bows. A Novice Bow is defined as any recurve, longbow or compound with no sight, stabilizer, peep or kisser button, and shot only with fingers (glove, tab or bare fingers). Equipment regulations for Olympic and Compound divisions are the same as for USA Archery and FITA.
Equipment regulations are listed in the FITA CONSTITUTION AND RULES book, which is found on the FITA website at: www.archery.org. Coaches and athletes are aware of these regulations and check the web site regularly for changes.

CATEGORIES (These categories are the same for JOAD and USA ARCHERY)

Junior
JOAD archers may compete in the Junior class up to and through the year of their 18th birthday. Junior athletes shoot adult distances and target face sizes in both USA Archery and JOAD competitions. Indoor competition is 60 arrows at the 40-cm indoor target face; inner 10 ring for compound shooters usually at 18 meters. In outdoor tournaments, females shoot 70, 60, 50 and 30 meters; males shoot distances of 90, 70, 50 and 30 meters. Both Olympic and Compound athletes score the outer 10 ring. The Olympic Round (Elimination/OR) is shot at 70 meters.

Archer (This class is not offered at national tournaments, and is optional at other tournaments)
JOAD archers may compete in this class up to and through the year of their 18th birthday. This class is for beginning archers. In indoor tournaments, all athletes shoot the 40-cm target; compound athletes use the inner ten ring. In outdoor tournaments, females and males will shoot 60, 50, 40 and 30 meters. Athletes shoot at the outer ten ring in outdoor competition.

Cadet
JOAD archers may compete in this class up to and through the year of their 16th birthday. At indoor tournaments, Cadets shoot adult distances and target face sizes in both USA Archery and JOAD competitions. Indoor competition is 60 arrows at the 40-cm indoor target face; inner 10 ring for compound shooters. In outdoor tournaments females shoot 60, 50, 40 and 30 meters; males shoot 70, 60, 50 and 30 meters. Both Olympic and Compound athlete’s score the outer 10 ring. The Olympic round (Elimination/OR) is shot at 60 meters.

Cub
JOAD archers may compete in this class up to and through the year of their 14th birthday. At indoor JOAD tournaments, Cubs shoot at 18 meters. Olympic athletes use a 60-cm target and Compound athletes shoot at a 40-cm target face (outer 10 ring). At USA Archery indoor tournaments, both Olympic and Compound athletes shoot at a 40-cm target. Olympic athletes use the outer 10 ring; Compound athletes use the inner 10 ring. Both Olympic and Compound athletes will shoot 60 arrow rounds at the JOAD and USA ARCHERY Indoor tournaments. In outdoor tournaments, all Cub females and males shoot 50, 40, 30 and 20 meters, using the outer 10 ring. The Olympic Round (Elimination/OR) is shot at 50 meters.

Bowman
JOAD archers may compete up to and through the year of their 12th birthday. For indoor JOAD competition the Olympic athlete will shoot at a 60-cm target face (outer 10 ring) and the Compound athlete will shoot at a 40-cm target face (outer 10 ring). At USA Archery Indoor Tournaments, both Olympic and Compound athletes shoot at a 40-cm target. Olympic shooters use the outer 10 ring; Compound shooters use the inner 10 ring. Both Olympic and Compound athletes will shoot 60 arrow rounds at the JOAD and USA ARCHERY Indoor tournaments. In outdoor tournaments, boys and girls both shoot 30, 25, 25, 20 meters. Bowman archers score the outer 10 ring in outdoor competition. The Olympic Round (Elimination/OR) is shot at 30 meters, but is not offered for Bowman at national tournaments.

Yeoman
JOAD archers may compete up to and through the year of their 9th birthday. This class is not offered at national tournaments, and is optional at other tournaments. Indoor JOAD rounds are 30 arrows at an appropriate target (Tournament Director’s decision). Outdoor rounds for JOAD and USA Archery competition are not official for this age class and it is up to the Tournament Director to decide if a category for this age group will be offered.