USIAA Marksmanship Rules:
Scholarship and Roster Rules:
Archery:
- All programs can only have a max of 16 players (i.e. 2 men & 2 women for each event) during the regular season; this limit is lifted to 122 players for preseason tryouts only.
- All programs can choose whether to allow athletic scholarships or not; start-up programs are given a max of 5 years to decide whether or not to provide athletic scholarships to players.
- All scholarship programs can only have a max of 3.6 total scholarships, with no full scholarship players.
- All teams must have the following coaches; Head Coach (any art), 1 Recruiter, 1 Archery, 1 Pistol, 1 Rifle, and 1 Shotgun.
- 4 points for a win
- 2 points for a draw
- 1 "bonus" point for losing by 10 points or less.
Archery:
- Each event consists of 3 parts; men's individual, women's individual, men's team, & women's team; the distance from the archer to the target is 50m.
- There are 2 types of bows acceptable (Compound & Recurve)
- Each archer shoots 72 arrows (in six groups of 12 arrows). The winner of each set receives 2 points, and if the scores in the set had tied then each archer will received 1 point. If at the end of 3 sets the score had been tied at 3–3, a single arrow shoot-off would have held and the closest to the center will be declared the winner.
- The team contest consists of best-of-5 series, with 4 arrows per set (2 per archer). The winner of each set receives 2 points, and if the scores in the set had tied then each team will receive 1 point. If at the end of 5 sets the score had been tied at 5–5, the team will choose a member to represent them and a single arrow shoot-off would have held and the closest to the center would be declared the winner.
- The only type of bow allowed to be used is the recurve bow.
- The distance for each athlete regardless of gender is 10m.
- The target for the 10m competitions (17 by 17cm; 6.7 by 6.7in), is traditionally made of light-colored cardboard upon which scoring lines, and a black aiming mark consisting of the score zones 7 through 10, are printed; match diabolo pellets are used.
- The distance for each athlete regardless of gender is 25m.
- Rapid fire pistol competitions use paper targets that are able to turn 90 degrees to appear to the shooter and then turn back to disappear when the shooting time is up. However, electronic devices which use red and green lights to indicate the beginning and the end of the shooting time, and which automatically handle late shots may also be used.
- A series (or string) consists of five shots fired at one target each within a limited time. The targets stand next to each other at a 25 m distance from the shooter. All firing must be done with one unsupported hand. When the targets appear or when the green light comes on, the competitor must raise his arm from a 45 degree angle starting position and fire their five shots. If a shot is too late, it will score as a miss.
- There are 3 different time limits for the series: 8 seconds, 6 seconds, and 4 seconds. A stage consists of two series of each type, and a full course of fire comprises two such stages, or a total of 60 shots.
- For the 10m competitions, the course of fire is an unlimited number of sighter shots followed by 60 competition shots for men or 40 competition shots for women, all fired within 75 minutes for men or 50 minutes for women.
- Shots are fired from the standing position only.
- 4.5 mm (0.177 in) calibre air rifles with a maximum weight of 5.5 kg (12.13 lb) must be used for the 10m competitions;
- The 50m rifle three positions consists of the kneeling, prone, and standing positions, fired in that order; men have 3×40 shots for men and women have 3×20 shots.
- In the men's event, athletes must complete the course of fire within a single time block of 2 hours, 45 minutes. Due to its smaller round count, the women's event has a time limit of 1 hour, 45 minutes. These time limits are applicable to matches conducted using electronic targets; longer times are used if the slower manual scoring system is used.
- The caliber for the 50m competitions is .22 Long Rifle (5.6 mm); Women's rifles may weigh up to 6.5 kilograms (14 lb), as opposed to 8.0 kilograms (17.6 lb) for men.
- Two throwing machines at different heights launch a series of 25 targets in a specific order, some as singles and some as doubles, with the shooter having a fixed position between them. Men's competitions consist of 5 such series, while women's have 3.
- Participants must call for the clays with their gun off the shoulder, with the stock positioned level with the hip. There is also a delay switch incorporated within the clay trap, meaning the clays might be released immediately, or up to three seconds after the clay is called by the shooter. Under no circumstances must the gun be moved until the clay is released.
- The course of fire is 125 targets in the qualification round for men and 75 for women, and 25 additional targets in the final round for the six best shooters.
- All programs play a 10-match season (5h/5a) beginning in the second week of October and ending in the last week of February.
- All athletes must play in at least 2 matches per season.
- The USIAA championship is an individual championship beginning in the second week after the regular seasons ends; the top 4 athletes per gender in each event (i.e., 4 male archers, 4 female archers, etc.) from each region will compete in the regionals (each school can only have a max of 2 total athletes representing them; i.e. 1 man & 1 woman)
- For matches between schools, each event will have 4 athletes competing in them (2 men & 2 woman).
- Each match will last for 3 days (Friday-Sunday):
a) Day #1 = Archery
b) Day #2 = Pistol & Rifle
c) Day #3 = Shotgun (Trap & Skeet)