Team Officers' Duties and Position

Each team must have a designated adult Team Coach.

Team Coaches are responsible for maintaining discipline within their teams.

Coaches will at all times cooperate with the officials of the tournament in the interests of safety, efficiency, and good sportsmanship.

Team Coaches are responsible for all of the actions of the members of their teams.

It is the Team Coach's responsibility to be familiar with the program.

It is the Team Coach's responsibility to make proper entries.

It is the Team Coach's responsibility to have team members report at the proper firing point at the right time, ready to fire.

It is the Team Coach's responsibility to perform usual coaching duties.

It is the Team Coach's responsibility to check scores, sign score cards and make challenges.

It is the Team Coach's responsibility to check Preliminary and Official Bulletin and Match Director's Bulletins.

It is the Team Coach's responsibility to make protests.

It is the Team Coach's responsibility to collect awards.

In team matches the Team Coach, all firing members of the team, and alternate firing members if allowed by the match conditions and provided by the team, must be named on the entry form before the first shot of the match is fired.

If alternates are allowed and have been named on the entry form, the Team Coach may substitute an alternate for a firing member at any time before the firing member concerned has fired his/her first shot of the match (sighting or record), notifying a Range Officer accordingly.

After a team member has fired the first shot he/she may be substituted for only in case of disabling emergencies such as accident or illness, and then only if approved by the Chief Range Officer.

All shots fired by the replaced competitor count; the replacement fires only the uncompleted portion of the replaced competitor's course of fire.

Coaching on the firing line is permitted in individual and team BB gun matches within the team only.

Coaches may assist the competitor by calling shots, checking times, loading, cocking the gun or by making sight changes.

Coaches must control their voices and actions so as not to disturb other competitors.