Shelby County Shooting Sports

Rifle Practice is CANCELLED on MAY 19 due to Spencer Co Match.

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4-H has the following to offer :

Youth Development - Youth development is the number one goal of the Shooting Sports Education Program. It teaches decision making, teamwork, self-dicipline, self-confidence, and problem solving.

Safety instruction and supervised practices - It trains youth to handle and shoot firearms safely. It teaches leadership and responsibility in a non-formal environment while offering fun activities for youth and adults. While competition is not the main focus, the program does offer opportunities to participate in shooting events, competing in various disciplines and age groups.

Fun - Its just plain Fun!

Family Activity - strengthen families through participation in lifelong recreational activities

Guess Which Sport?                     

            by: R.A. Soldivera

1. The epitome of athletic achievement is the Olympiad!  This sport is an olympic event.  Only two other sports attract more participating countries.
2. Generally speaking, if a young man or woman is not proficient in a sport by the time they enter high school, there is little or no chance that they will be permitted to participate in a school sport.  This sport does not require previous experience.  As a matter of fact, it is very possible for a person to start in this sport as a high school junior and compete on a national level before they enter college.
3. In some sports an athlete's peak performance will ebb at 16 years of age, other sports at 20, and still others at 28 or even 30 years of age, but beyond the age of 30, an athlete is definitely "over the hill."  Not in this sport.  This sport has had a national champion who was over 60 years old and also a 16 year-old, and every age in between.
4. There are girl's sports and boy's sports, but this sport is both.
5. There are indoor sports and outdoor sports.  This sport is both.
6. There are winter sports and summer sports.  This sport is both (and is featured at both the Winter and Summer Olympics).
7. Football and basketball require teams, while an individual can compete in track.  This sport offers individual participation, team participation, or both at the same time.
8. Chances are, the high schools in your area do not offer one sport with a zero injury record.  Serious injury is a part of most sports.  This sport is the safest of all sports.
9. Sports arenas, courses, courts, gymnasiums and the like, use up a great deal of real estate and may cost tens of millions of dollars.  This sport requires little more than a 50 foot long by 20 foot wide room.
10. This is among the most disciplined of all sports.  Many students report a marked improvement in their ability to concentrate when they apply the principles of this sport to their academic pursuits.
11. "PURITY" is a term used in sports to describe the degree of precision with which a physical function must be executed.  This sport requires the highest degree of purity.
12. Sportsmanship:  "quality and conduct of a person who accepts victory and defeat graciously."  Sadly, in many sports it is not unusual to see one athlete physically attack another.  To date there is no record of such behavior in this sport.
13. In most sports, people with personal physical challenges are treated like invalids, which, by the way, they resent.  Not in this sport.
14. College scholarships are awarded in this sport (These scholarships can be won by both men and women on the same team.)
15. Qualifying for a team in other sports is not a guarantee that one will get a chance to play.  Coaches enter their best athletes and the rest sit on the bench.  In this sport, there are no benches; everyone participates.