Each summer the Civilian Marksmanship Program sponsors a popular series of Junior Air Rifle Camps and Clinics to teach intermediate and advanced rifle marksmanship skills to junior shooters and their adult leaders. The 2013 CMP Junior Rifle Camps are posted online at
http://www.thecmp.org/3P/Camp.htm and include camps in Anniston, AL, Camp Perry, OH, Phoenix, AZ, Linn, MO and Colorado Springs, CO.
CMP Junior Rifle Camps are for high school-age athletes with at least one year of three-position air rifle competition experience. There is no minimum score requirement for the weeklong camps--CMP camps are open to all athletes who want to improve their rifle marksmanship and competition skills. Many shooters of all skill levels who have attended previous years’ camps have achieved remarkable improvements in their performances and scores.
An important feature of the CMP Junior Rifle Camp format is the emphasis on athletes and adult leaders learning together. At least one adult leader (coach, team or club leader, parent, etc.) must accompany each athlete or group of athletes who attend. Adults may not attend camp unless accompanying athletes. Adult leaders are encouraged, but not required, to attend instruction and coaching sessions with their athletes. Sessions specifically covering coaching topics will be held for interested adults.
The camp schedule includes a variety of instructional topics and activities designed to help the participant develop the tools necessary to excel as a three-position air rifle shooter. Athletes will be divided into training groups and assigned a specific firing point throughout the camp. Each training group will be under the direction of a counselor who is a collegiate rifle team member. Each training day starts with light warm-up and stretching exercises followed by several hours of short presentations and range firing or other training exercises.
A formal competition (3x20 plus final) will be conducted on the last day of each camp full-length camp. Medals will be awarded for both sporter and precision classes after each camp competition. Each camp concludes with a competition awards ceremony following the finals. Participants will also be awarded a distinctive camp t-shirt and certificate at the end of camp.
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