Every year, the Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) hosts a premier sequence of hands-on, informative Junior Rifle Camps for prime school-age college students and coaches in the course of the summer season months. Contributors within the camps obtain helpful classes on intermediate and superior marksmanship expertise by means of varied workouts and demonstrations, all led by present collegiate rifle athletes.
The Junior Rifle Camps are designed to coach rifle fundamentals and strategies by means of group discussions and private steering from skilled mentors on the firing line. The camps are wonderful instruments in creating every athlete’s strengths throughout the bodily and psychological facets of the game whereas refining bother areas that will want extra consideration.
3-Place Air Rifle: The three-Place (3P) air rifle camps are by far the preferred camp CMP provides. Over 5 days, athletes will be taught the basics of 3P air rifle, together with however not restricted to the best way to construct a steady place, the best way to develop and use a shot course of and the best way to compete like a champion.
Athletes will get to know different rivals of comparable talent ranges from across the nation and be taught from a few of the finest collegiate rifle athletes within the sport. Value of the 3P Air Rifle Camp is $400/athlete and $125/grownup chaperone. NOTE: All campers will need to have at the very least one grownup chief to be able to attend.
Registration for the CMP Junior Rifle Camps opens Jan. 9, 2025.
Camp Dates for 2025 embody:
3P Camp #1 – Anniston, AL – June 2-6
3P Camp #2 – West Pueblo, CO – June 9-13
3P Camp #3 – Sapulpa, OK – June 16-20
3P Camp #4 – Ozark, MO – June 23-27
3P Camp #5 – Camp Perry (Port Clinton), OH – June 30-July 3
3P Camp #6 – Anniston, AL – July 14-18
3P Camp #7 – Anniston, AL – July 21-25
Can’t make it to a CMP Summer season Camp? Schedule a non-public camp to your crew, hosted in your vary! View extra information and discover camp registration hyperlinks on the CMP web site at https://thecmp.org/camps/.
Questions on the CMP Junior Rifle Camps could also be directed to CMP camp director, Ryan Hinson, at rhinson@thecmp.org or you possibly can go to the CMP Podcasts web page at https://thecmp.org/news-media/cmp-podcasts/ and click on on the “Junior Rifle Camps” episode to listen to Hinson communicate in additional element!
INTERESTED IN BEING A CAMP COUNSELOR? Discover extra information right here: https://thecmp.org/youth/junior-air-rifle-camps-and-clinics/junior-camp-counselors-2/.
WOULD YOU LIKE YOUR VENUE TO HOST A CAMP? Discover an utility right here: https://thecmp.org/youth/junior-air-rifle-camps-and-clinics/application-to-host-a-cmp-summer-camp/.
A Temporary Historical past of CMP Junior Camps:
The CMP Junior Air Rifle Camp mission has at all times been to assist juniors who’ve a want to enhance their marksmanship expertise and to develop leaders on and off the vary. In 1997, the Director of Civilian Marksmanship Emeritus, Gary Anderson, established the Junior Air Rifle Camps whereas serving as Director of Wolfcreek Capturing Complicated in Atlanta, Georgia – setting the precedent for a way this system could be carried out. The camps obtained assist from the CMP in 1999 and had been absolutely adopted as a CMP program in 2000.
Since then, the Junior Air Rifle Camps have expanded their footprint by means of the addition of recent camp disciplines, new host areas throughout the nation and first-class instruction. Although many issues have modified, the core mission of the Junior Rifle Camps has remained the identical – present high quality instruction to assist athletes in reaching their objectives.
The Civilian Marksmanship Program is a federally chartered 501 (c) (3) non-profit company. It’s devoted to firearm security and marksmanship coaching and to the promotion of marksmanship competitors for residents of the USA. For extra details about the CMP and its packages, log onto www.TheCMP.org.
