SPIDERx Youth Program
Team SPIDERx @ Griffin Archery
Our SPIDERx Youth Archery Program offers weekly practices for ages 8-20, focused on competitive skill development, tournament preparation, and a team atmosphere where young archers can connect and grow together. We prepare the youth for all competition formats and archery organizations. There is a Pin Program and Team Jerseys.
Our Griffin Archery Team SPIDERx is a satellite location of Texas Archery’s SPIDERx Program in College Station, TX. When your archer goes to a competition, they will be part of the larger Team SPIDERx group and have peers to shoot with.
Who Can Apply?
· Youth ages 8-20 with their own equipment
· Need to have archery shooting experience
· If competing already, can submit last year’s scores for jersey placement
Don’t have equipment or shooting experience but wants to learn?
· Attend Griffin Archery’s Beginner Archery Classes or Youth Explore Archery Classes to be taught form and shooting techniques. Classes include equipment.
Does My Youth Have to Compete in Archery Tournaments and how do they work?
· No, your youth doesn’t have to compete, but the goal is to get them comfortable to where they will want to. There are awards, scholarship money and even college scholarships available in archery. It is also a lifelong sport that can put food on the table if ever interested in hunting.
· There are local, state and national tournaments that are broken into Indoor Season & Outdoor Season as well as state, national and international one-off tournaments.
· Parents are responsible for signing up for their youth and transporting them to and from the events, including providing accommodation if needed.
· Griffin Archery hosts the 30 Arrow ArkLaTex Indoor Archery Trail. This is a great way to get into competition archery. Only 30 arrows that are shot in about 1 hour. Awards and Youth Scholarship Money available at the championship.
· Griffin Archery hosts the 60 arrow indoor Shoot Your Way Across Texas (SYWAT). Over 30 Locations across Texas participate. 60 arrows are shot over approx. 2-3 hours. Awards available.
Program Costs (SPIDERx Program + Griffin Archery Home Shop)
SPIDERx Program Costs - $30/month or $300/Annual – Paid Directly to SPIDERx
· Be a part of the The SPIDERx community
· Participation in the Team SPIDERx Pin Program (Pins included, Jersey $71.99+shipping+tax)
· Virtual Pin shoots
· Exclusive access to Team SPIDERx’s private WhatsApp group and Facebook page for updates, tips, and team communication
· Inclusion in team dinners and the opportunity to interact with coaches during events
· 2 Archers $50/month or $500 Annual, 3 Archers $60/month or $600 Annual
Griffin Archery SPIDERx Program Range Costs - $25/Month per youth or $250 Annual – Paid Directly to Griffin Archery
· Weekly training sessions with at least one USA Archery Level 2 Coach present
· Range access to practice any time the shop is open
· Range Free poundage adj., draw-length adj., and tune assessments.
· We hope to teach some of the youth to clean and fletch arrows to save parents money
· Team dinners and events
· Griffin Archery Coaches are currently signed up to be at local & state championships, The Vegas Shoot, College Station Indoor Nationals and others where available.
Not Included in Program Costs
· One on one coaching. Weekly sessions are for team building, tournament training (scoring, rules, different target practice depending on what is coming up), practice time and group technique practice. Griffin Archery offers Improve Accuracy Coaching (Max 4 people in class $35) or private coaching 30min $40, 1hr $70.
· Tech, Tuning, Repair, Parts or Labor Fees. Your youth’s equipment will need to be tuned, repaired, and upgraded with new strings or equipment periodically for them to shoot properly.
· Tournament fees, transportation or accommodation. Parents are responsible for signing up and planning trips.
How to Sign up - And more program info
Griffin Archery Membership
· Sign up in shop
Teamspiderx.com - click on Want To Join in menu then click on Registration Page
· You will need to know the Division – Barebow, Recurve, Compound, Bowhunter. Target Face is SPIDERx Griffin. Local Club put Griffin Archery.
· You will be contacted for payment by Texas Archery after signing up.
· Jerseys are ordered through the website as well. Please contact Griffin Archery at 903-730-5515 or info@griffinarchery.com before ordering to get logos and placement info,
Other Notes
Team SPIDERx Griffin Archery will meet every Thursday from 5:30pm to 7pm, with training from 5:45pm to 6:45pm. Excluding holidays that fall on Thursday.