Thanks Bruce.





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Dean, et al:

For those that are interested here is a link to the SCTP web site. https://mysctp.com Read through it and especially the FAQS on the drop down under "About". That should answer a lot of questions.

Also see the team map. This is the largest HS student athlete shooting org in the country.

I've got several of my Varsity guys participating in the SCTP this summer.

It's great to see the youngsters shooting but will they continue after Mom and Dad aren't footing the bill?

Did we?

The ones I know will continue.

I sure don’t know for sure, but I think “yes”. Even if they scatter a little they have been introduced, become comfortable with guns, had some instruction and all the other good parts. I’ve said for a long time these gathered youth shooting clubs were our best shot at getting young folks involved. It really doesn’t matter they are not shooting the guns we shoot, at a point in time some may/will.
You folks that are seeing this revival should be making a lot of us feel better about the future, I do. Thanks!

There is some data out there that shows many teens continue shooting at the college level. Then there is a 10 break as they get jobs and start family's. Yes, there are some who have the bucks and just continue to shoot. Think of your own history..... Many that I have watched come back to shoot but as young adults who are not as free with their money as us old farts.

I think NSSF has some tracking data.

It's great to see the numbers of young boys and girls competing in SCTP and other shooting clubs. With student loan debt, starting a job, getting married, raising a family, it takes disposable income to shoot and many don't have it until their mid years. The encouraging part is that if only a small percentage come back to shooting, that will be a significant number. Let's just hope the small clubs are still there.

Here, Here. But, we can help while they are still younger.....