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Equipment inspections, required at NAA tournaments until 1998, are back again. Starting the first of January, 1999, inspections for all classes, divisions and disciplines will be mandatory at all NAA sanctioned tournaments. This brings the NAA back into compliance with FITA tournament rules, which have always required inspections.
[Note: the following guidelines are abridged from the rules. Consult the latest edition of the FITA Constitution and Rules for the latest, and ruling, word.]
All Divisions
No electrical/electronic communications devices may be used in front of the waiting line.
The bow is held in one hand and drawn with the other. Multicolor risers and trademarks are allowed on the bow. It may have an optionally adjustable arrowrest on the riser, including pressure button, as long as it is not electric or electronic and offers no aiming aid. The bowstring has a center serving to fit the arrow nocks, with one or two nock locators, and one attachment to serve as a lip or nose mark. An audible or visual draw checker (clicker) may be used as long as it is not electrical. Stabilizers and torque compensators are ok, as long as they do not touch anything but the bow itself, and don't interfere with competitors on the shooting line.
Arrows of any type may be used, as long as the maximum diameter is 11mm or less (.433") (Note: this maximum diameter decreases to 9.3mm (.366") on April 1, 2001.) Arrows must be marked with the competitor's initials, and all arrows used in an end must be of uniform (including color) shaft, fletching and cresting, if any. No sharp edges on the tips are allowed.
Field glasses and telescopes may be used as long as they do not interfere with other competitors on the shooting line. Glasses and sunglasses are allowed as long as they do not magnify more than needed, and are not marked to aid aiming. One eye may be blocked by tape on glasses or a patch.
Any safety hazard, such as a frayed string or bent arrow, may be cause for otherwise legal equipment to be down-checked in the equipment inspection.
Outdoor Target Archery
Recurve (Olympic) Division
A bow as generally understood for target archery, consisting of a handle, riser and two flexible limbs terminating in nocks supporting a single string.
No peepholes, marks, serving or irregularities may occur on the part of the bowstring visible at the archer's full draw.
Any bowsight used must have only a single aiming point, it may not be electrical, and may have no magnifying elements.
Finger protection may be a glove, tab or tape which does not itself hold, draw or release the string. Finger separators may be used. An anchor plate on the tab is ok. The bow hand may use a glove or similar as long as it is not attached to the grip.
Compound Division
A compound bow with a peak draw weight of 60 pounds or less may be used. Cables and cable guards are allowed. The bowstring may contain a peep sight or hole for sighting. The bowsight may not have electrical components but may contain lenses and/or multiple aim points.
A mechanical string release may be used, as long as it does not attach to the bow and has no electrical components.
Indoor Target Archery
Recurve and Compound Divisions
Equipment as outlined in the appropriate division under Outdoor Target Archery above.
Field Archery
Field glasses or rangefinders which aid in evaluating distances or angles are not permitted. Written memoranda, excepting notes about normal sighting marks and the recording of personal scores, are prohibited.
Recurve and Compound Divisions
Equipment as noted for Indoor Archery above.
Barebow Division
A recurve bow as defined for Indoor Target Archery, except that no additions to the bow may be made except for an arrowrest, integral torque compensators without stabilizers, and weights on the lower half of the bow. The bow, unbraced, must be able to pass through a hole of 12.2cm (4.8in). Neither the bow nor the string may have any visible mark that may aid in aiming. In particular, all sight aids and draw check indicators are prohibited.
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