This engaging one-hour presentation will equip sport coaches with a clear understanding of how their coaching behaviors should strategically shift between practice and competition environments. Among other lessons, the session will uncover how coaches can adapt approaches to communication and feedback to align with the distinct objectives of competition versus practice. By the end of this session, coaches will be equipped with actionable strategies to optimize athlete development in practice and maximize performance in competition.

This dynamic one-hour presentation is designed to equip summer camp staff with practical strategies to enhance their seasonal archery programs. We will focus on key areas to create a safe, engaging, and skill-building experience for campers of all levels. A few areas highlighted include, how to conduct internal reviews aligned with best practices, fun activities and skill progressions, and how to manage larger groups, equipment and resources. This session will provide camp staff with actionable ideas and resources to elevate their archery program and create lasting positive experiences for their campers.

Dr. Chris Button will lead a 60-minute exploration into several of the foundational principles of ecological dynamics and their application in sport coaching. The presentation will cover key concepts such as degrees of freedom, functional variability, perception-action coupling, representative design, and constraints on learning, each illustrated with practical examples. Coaches can expect to learn about why it is important to consider their learners as nonlinear dynamical systems and how best to design practice to capitalize on this.

This focused one-hour presentation will equip archery judges with the essential knowledge and procedures for effectively officiating para-archery competitions at the national and international level. Key topics include international para archery classification system, adaptive equipment inspection, rules and penalties for infractions. This session will provide archery judges with the confidence and expertise needed to accurately and fairly officiate international para archery events.

ArcheryPath is a unique platform focused on providing archery performance and equipment analytics technology to help archers, families, and coaches improve performance. ArcheryPath can help you map your archery performance, as well as identify key aspects of your equipment's performance, as well as compare your outcomes to those of top archers in your age/equipment division.

Behind every high-performing archer is a coach-athlete partnership built on trust, communication, and clarity. This session dives into what makes that dynamic successful and thrive under pressure. Learn how to create a performance environment where both coach and athlete grow together.

Join leading expert Dr. Mark Williams for this insightful one-hour presentation delving into the science and application of Quiet Eye in precision sports, including archery. Coaches will unpack the science and benefits of Quiet Eye and learn what the research says about how to train Quiet Eye. This session will equip coaches with a scientific understanding of Quiet Eye and practical strategies to harness its power for improved athlete performance in sport.

This informative one-hour roundtable with four collegiate archery coaches guides high school archers and their parents through the exciting process of applying to and transitioning into collegiate archery programs. Areas of discussion will include navigating the application process, understanding the collegiate archery landscape, how to build your archery profile and communicate with collegiate archery coaches. This session will empower student-athletes and their families with the knowledge and resources needed to successfully navigate the path to collegiate archery.

This engaging presentation offers archery coaches a unique opportunity to gain a broader perspective on coach development principles and best practices from national-level coach developer Guy Krueger, who collaborates with coaches across multiple sports to develop skills. Discover valuable insights on contemporary and effective coaching practices, effecting training environments, and the impact on athletes when coaches have growth mindsets compared to fixed mindsets. This session will provide archery coaches with fresh perspectives and actionable strategies to enhance their coaching effectiveness and contribute to the long-term development of their athletes, drawing upon successful models from the wider sporting world.

This presentation will explore how USA Archery is preparing to leverage the home team advantage for the LA2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games. It will cover key areas such as host country quotas and athlete selection procedures to ensure the strongest possible team. We’ll dive into strategies for growing and optimizing a high performance system, including the use of Team USA’s High Performance Center and efforts to replicate the competition environment. Attention will also be given to minimizing distractions and building a unified team culture to support athlete focus and performance.

Hear directly from elite athletes in this invaluable one-hour presentation designed to guide competitive archers through the transition from national to the international tournament stage. Get practical advice on navigating international travel with your equipment, dealing with jet lag, embracing different cultures, competition-day routines in unfamiliar spaces, and more. This session offers unique insights and practical advice from those who have experienced the moving from national to international competition firsthand. If you want to empower yourself with the knowledge and confidence to pursue your international archery dreams, regardless of age, attend this session.

This impactful one-hour presentation will guide sport coaches in understanding and implementing gender transformative coaching principles to create more equitable and inclusive sporting environments for all athletes. This session will equip coaches with the knowledge and tools to move beyond traditional coaching models and cultivate a truly inclusive and empowering sporting experience for every athlete.

This practical one-hour presentation will equip sport coaches with a diverse toolkit of feedback strategies grounded in motor learning principles to enhance athlete skill development and performance. Feedback timing, content, and delivery type can impact athlete outcomes. By the end of this session, coaches will be able to identify a variety of feedback techniques to optimize motor learning, accelerate skill acquisition, and ultimately elevate athlete performance and intrinsic motivation.

Ariel began shooting at age 10 and started shooting on the National level with Indoor Nationals at age 11. She began shooting on the Outdoor National stage at 13 and made two Cadet USATs and one Junior USAT before jumping into Senior competitions. At age 17, she made her first International team, competing as a Junior Recurve at the Indoor World Championships where she helped win Team Bronze and finished 4th individually. She continued her International career on World Cup, World Championship, and Pan American Games Teams for 5 more years, competing in 10 countries before stepping back to only National events.

Dr. Candi Raines began competing in target archery in 1993. She has participated in and medaled in many National and International target archery competitions. She was a member of the United States archery biathlon team, competing in the World Championships of 1998 in Italy and 2001 in Poland. In other sports, Candi was a member of the United States Ski-Orienteering Team from 1998 to 2009 participating in seven World Ski-O Championships. Now a member of US Ski-O Masters Team, she has competed in twelve World Masters Ski-O Championships in Europe and the U.S. Interests include foot-orienteering, skiing of all types, ski patrol and golf. Her most memorable trip was in 1998 where over two weeks she participated in the World Ski-O Championships in Austria, took an overnight train to Italy and competed in the first World Archery Biathlon World Championships. She swore to never schlep that much equipment anywhere again. This last season, Candi took the gold and silver in foot orienteering at the International Masters Games in Ohio, the bronze medal in the 70+ US Archery Championships and a silver and two bronze medals at the World Masters Ski-O Champs in Germany. To date, she has competed in 28 countries.

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Dr Chris Button is a Professor of Motor Learning at the University of Otago in the South Island of New Zealand. Although Chris’ primary expertise is in motor learning, much of his research draws upon several scientific sub-disciplines (including psychology, nonlinear dynamics, physiology and biomechanics). Specifically, his research interests include water safety education, sport coaching, and ecological dynamics theory. Such topics have attracted interest both within scientific and political circles as evidenced by invitations to provide expertise for organisations such as the New Zealand’s Ministry of Health, Water Safety NZ, and High Performance Sport New Zealand. Chris loves sport and outdoor physical activity, and he currently coaches football and table tennis for athletes across a wide range of ages and abilities.

Mark Williams is one of the foremost sports scientists globally with a focus on expertise, sport psychology, skill acquisition and talent idetification. He has worked at world-leading universities in the UK, US and Australia. He has published almost 500 articles, written 18 books and delivered more than 200 keynote and invited lectures in over 30 countries. His first popular science book, titled ‘The Best: How Elite Athletes are Made’, was published in December 2020, by Nicholas Brealey in London (Aug) and Boston (Dec). The Best reveals how the most incredible sportspeople in the world get to the top and stay there. It is a unique look at the path to sporting greatness; a story of origins, serendipity, practice, genetics and the psychology of excellence, as well as of sports science and cutting-edge technology. The book explains how the best athletes develop the extraordinary skills that allow them to perform remarkable feats under pressure. He has worked extensively in high-performance sport as an applied sports scientist and as a coach educator. He has delivered courses and services for numerous national governing bodies across the globe, including UEFA, IOC, FIFA, The FA, as well as a multitude of professional sports teams in the Premier League, Premiership Rugby, National Basketball Association, National Football League, Major League Baseball, and several Olympic sports including GB Hockey and Sailing and the US Ski Team. He has also advised various armed forces and government agencies on policy. He regularly delivers on A and Pro-License courses for several national football associations across the globe including The FA, Portuguese FA, Football Federation Brazil, Swedish FA, FA of Wales, Irish FA, Football Federation Australia and US Soccer Federation. He is regarded globally as one of the foremost scientists in the field of applied sports science. He is a Fellow of the European College and Sports Science and the National Academy of Kinesiology in the US, and a Fellow of the British Association of Sport and Exercise Science, where he has been accredited to work as a skill acquisition specialist in high-performance sport. He is Editor-in-Chief of three of the top journals in his field globally, including the Journal of Sports Sciences. He has wide experience of working on radio and television, having been involved in documentaries for several broadcasters including the BBC, CNN, Sky and the History Channel and his work has been reported by many newspapers including The Times (London and New York), Daily Telegraph and Daily Express. He has undertaken radio work for BBC radio 2, 4, 5, and the Voice of America.

Nicole M. LaVoi, Ph.D. is a Senior Lecturer in the area of social and behavioral sciences in the School of Kinesiology at the University of Minnesota and the Director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport. Through action-oriented collaborative research, she translates data and answers critical questions that can make a difference in the lives of girls and women. As a leading scholar on gender, leadership and women coaches, Dr. LaVoi has published 100+ book chapters, research reports and peer-reviewed articles in top-rated journals. Her seminal research includes the annual Women in College Coaching Report Card™ which is aimed at retaining and increasing the number of women in the coaching profession and holding decision makers accountable, a groundbreaking book Women in Sports Coaching (2016), and a documentary GAME ON: Women Can Coach (2018). GAME ON is the third Emmy-nominated collaborative film project with tptMN; along with Concussions & Female Athletes (2011) and Media Coverage & Female Athletes: Women Play Sports, Just Not in the Media (2013, Regional Emmy winner, Best Sport Documentary). As a public scholar she consults with a variety of stakeholder groups, works with industry partners, speaks around the world, fields media requests, provides thought leadership, and serves on numerous mission-driven advisory boards related to girls and women in sport. She is an award-winning athlete and coach, distinguished teacher, regional Emmy winner, two-time Hall of Fame inductee and was named a 2023 USTA Champion of Equality. LaVoi played collegiate tennis at Gustavus Adolphus College winning a NCAA-III National Team Championship where she currently serves on the Board of Trustees. Prior to her career in the academy, she was a USPTA Teaching Pro, an assistant coach at Carleton College, and the head tennis coach at Wellesley College. In her free time she enjoys being outdoors, biking, hiking, golf, and soaking up the sun.

Guy Krueger is the Associate Director of Coaching for the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee, where he mentors and educates national team coaches across Olympic and Paralympic sports, with a special focus on the “How to Coach” skills of coaching. He has been involved in high performance sport since 1996 as an athlete, coach, and coach developer. Guy is passionate about evidence-based coaching practices and enjoys researching, learning, observing, and discussing the art of coaching. Before stepping into his current role, Guy served as a national team athlete, national coach, high performance director, and director of coach education for USA Archery. In 2024, Guy was honored as the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee's Coach Educator of the Year. As an athlete, his most notable achievements include winning the 2000 World University Archery Championships and securing Team Gold and Individual Silver medals at the 2004 Pan American Games. Guy also works with a number of business leaders around the world by sharing his experiences in high performance to improve their leadership and coaching skills. He has also coached a number of other sports at the youth level including Rugby, Baseball, and Soccer. Guy holds an undergraduate degree in Mathematics from Texas A&M University.

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In 2012, Kris was given the opportunity to form the first archery team at the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg, KY. For the past thirteen years, he has been their Head Varsity Coach. In that span, the team has won numerous National Team Titles, numerous All-Americans, and numerous Individual National Champions in 3D, Indoor, and Outdoor. He is a Level 4 NTS coach and we typically carry around fifty archers in Compound, Recurve, Fixed Pins, and Barebow. He has also had the privilege to coach on international teams and have had athletes make international teams. He spent three years as the Grassroots Director on the USAA board.

Kyle Bissell has studied and practiced the art and science of coaching for 32 years across various sports. In his current role as the Education Manager at USA Archery, Bissell builds upon the work he has done over the past 5-years as a contractor to redirect, reshape and refine the USAA instructor and coach education pipeline. Bissell has certified approximately 800 archery instructors, Levels 1 through 4, from 20-countries over the past 24-years and has trained coaches internationally for World Archery Americas and the Olympic Solidarity Program. He facilitated three coach development workshops at the US Olympic Training Centers, presented on the constraints-led approach to coaching to national coaches across sports within the USOPC, speaks regularly at national coaching symposia, and was awarded the Doc Counsilman Coach of the Year Award through USA Archery in 2023. Bissell is part of the teaching faculty in the Exercise and Sport Studies program at Smith College, teaching motor learning and pedagogy to graduate students pursuing careers in sports coaching. He has a master’s degree in education and currently is a PhD. candidate at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions where he studies motor learning strategies sports coaches can apply to enhance skill acquisition in athletes. Bissell founded Sattva Center for Archery Training in Massachusetts in 2011 where he had the privilege of working with dedicated athletes who achieved many state-level podium places, outdoor and indoor state records in Massachusetts and New York, four podium places at USAA indoor and outdoor target nationals, multiple top 15 finishes in the men’s senior recurve division at indoor and outdoor nationals, gold and silver medals at Pan American Masters Games, and six national NFAA records.

Ms. Lorinda Cohen Gomez graduated from Texas A&M University (TAMU) with an M.S. in Kinesiology in 2006. Currently, Ms. Gomez is an Instructional Professor and Associate Chair for the Physical Education Activity Program. She has taught a variety of KINE 199 Activity courses, KINE 223 Introduction to the Science of Health and Fitness, KINE 334 Coaching in Personal Training, and KINE 121 Physical and Motor Assessment. Ms. Gomez has also been involved in archery for 33 years as a national and international competitor, tournament director and coach. She retired as a competitor in 2004 to focus on coaching and training the TAMU archery team. Ms. Gomez is a 4 time All-American and bronze medalist at the World University Championships. Along with her teaching and coaching responsibilities at TAMU, she also directs and coordinates several tournaments, which have included Texas Shootout (2004-2019), Indoor Nationals (2004-present), Olympic Trials (2012, 2016, 2020), Target Nationals (2008), Youth World Championships (2009), and the World Cups (2010-2012) held in the United States.

My name is Maggie Brensinger. I have been shooting with USA Archery for close to 6 years, and have been on the USA Team for 4 of those years. I am a college student, and will receive my Associate's Degree in Business Administration in December of 2025. I also work as a warehouse order selector for Wegmans Food Markets. I am a current staff shooter for Hoyt Archery, Victory Archery, and Zulu Archery & Outdoors. Outside of archery, I love spending time with my family and friends, reading, and listening to music.

Sara Crowell is the High Performance Director for USA Archery (USAA). With nearly a decade of experience as an Olympic Performance Advisor at the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee (USOPC), she brings deep expertise in high performance strategy, athlete development, and data-driven planning. In her role, Crowell will oversee the United States Archery Team and USAA’s elite programs, guiding athletes and coaches toward continued success on the world stage.

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