The United States Bowhunters Association
(USBA) is being formed to provide archery competition events, wherein,
novice, average and expert archers compete for prizes and/or money
on a nearly equal basis. It is the intention of the USBA to promote
the sport of archery by offering competitions that allow all archers
the opportunity to win an archery event regardless of their current
skill.
In archery, as in all sports, skill
is developed over time and a participant reaches different plateaus
of development along the way. It is these plateaus of development which
will be considered when competing one archer against another at USBA
events. Only archers of the same or nearly the same plateau will compete
against one another. At USBA sanctioned archery competitions the skill
level of all archers will be determined during their initial USBA sanctioned
competition. At that time each archer will be ranked and given a numeric
ranking value. This value will allow all competitors both male and
female to compete on an even playing field within a small range of
skill variance.
Youth ages 5-17 will compete for prizes
only in USBA events unless permission is granted in writing by a legal
parent prior to competition. The legal parent must be present at the
registration of the youth and display proper credentials.
THE RANKING PROCESS
WILL BE AS FOLLOWS:
Whenever a competitor finishes a competition
and has not been previously ranked, their ranking value will be computed
based on a predetermined and randomly picked 10 targets, their overall
score, and the average of ten targets based on the overall
score. For example; a archer shoots a acore
of 390 for a 40 target course and their random 10 target score is
96. 390 divided by 4 = 97.5. The average of 97.5 and 96 is 96.75.
Their skill level will be based on 96.75.
An archer that wins the overall Kings
Mountain USBA Buckle Series in
skill levels 2, 4, 6, and 8 will be moved to the next higher skill
level and can
not be moved backwards for a period of one year. An archer that wins
skill
level 10 will be moved back to the next shooting stake and will remain
there
for a period of one year however their skill level will be re-evaluated.
Any
archer that wins a skill level has the option to change equipment and
move
to the apporpriate stake and will be re-evaluated. If an archer wins
their
skill level a second consecutive year, they will not be moved back
an
additional stake the following year.
This ranking number will be used for
all future USBA competitions. However, when a competitor scores greater
or lower than his/her current ranking value at the next event his/her
ranking value may be adjusted appropriately upward or downward to reflect
their current skill level for the next competition.
Archers shooting
different equipment, when previously ranked, must be treated as a
new competitor for competition purposes and will be reranked. An
archer may change equipment only once in a year and must declare
the type of equipment used or any changes in equipment since their
last competition upon registration.
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