NAA Distance's & Target Faces

NAA Distance's & Target Faces

Summary of NAA Distances and Target Faces by Division and Discipline for Outdoor (Target) Each entry states the male distance (in blue), the female distance (in red) and the target face size (in cm).
Eligibility, Distances, Faces, and Ring Rules for Various NAA Archery Rounds
Division:			Master 70+	Master 60+	Master	Senior	Collegiate	AR2	AR3	Junior	AR Cpd Open	AR1	Archer	Cadet	Cub	Bowman
Who is Eligible:			70 yrs** or older	60 yrs** or older	50 yrs** or older	anyone	NCAA eligibility	disabled	disabled	18 yrs* or younger	disabled	disabled	18 yrs* or younger	16 yrs* or younger	14 yrs* or younger	12 yrs* or younger
Outdoor - Score, Hits, Tens, Xs	Recurve	Distance1	60,60,122	70,60,122	90,70,122	90,70,122						70,70,122	60,60,122	70,70,122	50,50,122	30,30,122
		Distance2	50,50,122		70,60,122	70,60,122						60,60,122	50,50,122	60,60,122	40,40,122	25,25,122
		Distance3	40,40,80		50,50,80	50,50,80						50,50,80	40,40,80	50,50,80	30,30,80	25,25,80
		Distance4	30,30,80		30,30,80	30,30,80						30,30,80	30,30,80	30,30,80	20,20,80	20,20,80
	Com- pound	Distance1	60,60,122	70,60,122	90,70,122	90,70,122						70,70,122	60,60,122	70,70,122	50,50,122	30,30,122
		Distance2	50,50,122		70,60,122	70,60,122						70,60,122	50,50,122	60,60,122	40,40,122	25,25,122
		Distance3	40,40,80		50,50,80	50,50,80						50,50,80	40,40,80	50,50,80	30,30,80	25,25,80
		Distance4	30,30,80		30,30,80	30,30,80						30,30,80	30,30,80	30,30,80	20,20,80	20,20,80
	Com- pound Fingers	Distance1	60,60,122	70,60,122	90,70,122
		Distance2	50,50,122		70,60,122
		Distance3	40,40,80		50,50,80		Normal targets have a single spot per target, full 10 rings, scores 1-10 (see depictions below)
		Distance4	30,30,80		30,30,80		3 or 4 spot targets: 3/4 spots per target, each has 5 rings, score 6-10 (each spot actually half the stated diameter)
	Barebow	Distance1				90,70,122	Sizes in Italics - 3 or 4 spot target mandatory for outdoor senior/collegiate/AR/junior classes; optional elsewhere.
		Distance2				70,60,122	* An archer is considered "18 (or 16, 14, 12) or younger" until the end of the year containing the 18 (or 16, 14, 12)th birthday.
		Distance3				50,50,80	** An archer is considered "50 (or 60, 70) or older" from the beginning of the year containing the 50 (or 60, 70)th birthday.
		Distance4				30,30,80
	Crossbow	Distance1				65,65,60
		Distance2				50,50,60
		Distance3				35,35,40
			These categories (most indoor compound) use the inner ten ring rule; all others use the outer ten ring.
			These categories are eligible for the US Open (all qualify at the same distances, faces).
			In AR1, women only qualify for US Open.
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Summary of NAA Distances and Target Faces by Division and Discipline For INDOOR and CLOUT

Each entry states the male distance (number in blue), the female distance (number in red) and the target face size (in cm).

Eligibility, Distances, Faces, and Ring Rules for Various NAA Archery Rounds

Division:

Master 70+

Master 60+

Master

Senior

Collegiate

AR2

AR3

Junior

AR Cpd Open

AR1

Archer

Cadet

Cub

Bowman

Who is Eligible:

70 yrs** or older

60 yrs** or older

50 yrs** or older

anyone

NCAA eligibility

disabled

18 yrs* or younger

disabled

18 yrs* or younger

16 yrs* or younger

14 yrs* or younger

12 yrs* or younger

Indoor - Score, Hits, Tens, Nines

NAA Comp-

etition

Recurve

18,18,40

Compound

18,18,40

JOAD Comp-

etition

Recurve

18,18,40

18,18,60

Compound

18,18,40

Cmpd Fingers

18,18,40

Barebow

18,18,40

Crossbow

18,18,40

Intermediate

Junior

Cadet

Clout

Recurve

* - Clout target is 5 ring, 15 meters in diameter

165,125,*

110,110,*

Compound

185,165,*

110,110,*

Crossbow

165,125,*

110,110,*

These categories (most indoor compound) use the inner ten ring rule; all others use the outer ten ring.

These categories are eligible for the US Open (all qualify at the same distances, faces).

In AR1, women only qualify for US Open.

One Spot Target

Three Spot Target

Each cell contains the male distance in meters (blue), female distance in meters (red), and target diameter in centimeters for a one spot target.

NAA Senior division is equivalent to FITA Senior division.

NAA Master division (aka Master 50+) is equivalent to FITA Master division.

NAA Junior division is equivalent to FITA Junior division.

FITA also recognizes 25 meters distance indoors, and even a combination 18/25 round, but they are rarely used in the US.

Archers who qualify for a particular division automatically are eligible for more competitive divisions if they choose to use them.

For example, cadets are eligible to compete as Junior or Senior, Master 70+ are eligible to compete as Master or Senior as well.