Online Coaching with Coach Tom Hinojosa
USA Archery Level 5 NTS High Performance Coach
USA Archery Level 2 Judge
Coach USA Archery Regional Elite Program (REP) Team
Level 3 Mental Management Certified Instructor
WHO IS ONLINE COACHING FOR?
- Experienced archers who are serious about:
- improving their technique
- improving their mental performance
- taking their training to the next level
- reaching their goals
- Experienced archers also must:
- be disciplined and accountable
- love the sport!
HOW DOES ONLINE COACHING WORK?
- Sessions take place via Zoom
- Parent(s) of athletes under 18 years of age are encouraged to sit in on coaching sessions.
- There are three components to online archery coaching:
- Scheduled, online, live training sessions
- Video recordings of athlete shooting, taken by parent or local coach during practice sessions
- Athlete’s Performance Journal
REQUIRED EQUIPMENT
- Personal archery equipment
- Training range with wifi connections – at your home or otherwise
- This range does not need to exceed 3 to 5 meters in length
- We can consult with you regarding set up of a training range at your home – indoors or outdoors – prior to the first coaching session.
- Computer
- laptop or tablet (i.e. iPad or similar), with working camera & microphone
- Smartphone
- Tripod with smartphone mount/bracket
- Wifi connection which is stable & dependable
Coach Tom Hinojosa
USA Archery Level 5 NTS High Performance Coach; Level 3 Mental Management Certified Instructor; USA Archery Level 2 Judge; USA Archery Regional Elite Program (REP) Coach; USA Archery 2023 & 2025 Junior Pan American Games team Head Coach; 2024 Para-Pan American Championships coach; 2023 Personal Coach at World Archery Youth Championships; USA Archery 2022 ISF Gymnasiade team Head Coach; USA Archery Copa Merengue 2022 Head Coach.
Coach Tom has over 40 years of experience in education and outdoor recreation instruction with a degree in Human Biology from Stanford University.
He achieved USA Archery Level 5 NTS Coach certification in 2022.
Coach Tom has coached students to World Archery Youth Indoor Championships, Top 10 National Rankings, USA Archery Junior Dream Team, USA Archery Regional Dream Team, State Indoor Champions, and has worked with international Olympic archers. He has also been a volunteer coach for the Valor Games for wounded military personnel.
Coach Tom is able to coach/instruct in multiple styles including recurve, long bow, and compound bows.
He began offering private lessons in 2003 when families came to the range looking for qualified instruction. His program quickly grew to include more than 80 students each week supervised by himself and a team of assistant instructors.
Interest in more advanced training and tournament participation led to the formation of a competition team which resulted in archers achieving placement on international youth USA Archery teams and top 10 rankings in both state and national categories. In 2019 he trained an individual archer from beginner to participation in the 2020 USA Olympic Trials in only 15 months by expertly integrating mental, physical, and technical training for accelerated high performance in competition.
Coach Tom teaches the National Training System (NTS), former USA Archery Head Coach Kisik Lee’s approach to archery. He is also familiar with other approaches/techniques for recurve archery.
He is a full time, professional archery coach, specializing in coaching elite archers who are focused on attaining their competitive goals.
Coach Tom provides elite archer coaching in person in Denver, Colorado as well as online for those in other parts of the country and world.
Contact Coach Tom
Coach Tom Hinojosa
USA Archery trained and certified. USA Archery certification is contingent upon passing a national background check and completion of the Safe Sport training program.