Alicia Weber is a USA Archery Level 2 Instructor and Running and Fitness Coach that has a Homeschool Archery program at Acres of Grace Farm in Howey-in-the – Hills, Florida.
She is currently recruiting for the fall 2024 season. If interested, you can contact her at Awinningway@gmail.com
Alicia’s first-ever homeschool archery team, Three Arrows, tied for third place out of 5 teams in the Spring 2024 Archery Competitive Season.Tremendous Achievements were made in the first-ever Homeschool Archery program where records were set and broken in a League that is 11 years old.
The Homeschool children have proven to be very motivated and excited to excel in the “Aim to be Your Best Archery Program” made specifically for homeschool kids. It gives them individual and team challenges and a well-rounded enrichment. They enjoy how the program is personalized and how the skills build based on their progress.
They had their hardest challenges on the last day of their Spring Semester. They competed in a 10 yard (15 arrow) and 15 yard (15 arrow) challenge shooting a total of 30 arrows. Brendon a 12 year old boy set the league record for youth boys with his score 177 points. A girl who only did archery for three days set the Youth Girls Rookie Record with 97 points.All the students who competed scored points on both the 10 yard and 15 yard targets. Children from 7-18 can join this homeschool program and have the opportunity to compete in various events as a member of a team and individual.
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Alicia is a highly motivated coach and elite multisport athlete who is always breaking barriers. So far this year (as of May 1, 2024) Alicia has set or broken a total of 32 strength and endurance world records. She has been the World’s Most Prolific Female Record Holder, since 2012. In addition to record breaking, she has been competing in 4 sports annually. She competed in her 6th world championship for Indoor Rowing in March (18th total world championship) where she placed 23rd woman in the world out of 419 lightweight women. She competed in three Cross Country clay trail 5k races so far this year placing 3rd, 1st, and 9th overall out of the women. In addition to competing, Alicia enjoys laughing and doing comedy and public speaking. She had a couple Improv contests for the homeschool archery and they placed 1st in one event and second in another event!
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t-_Di_MSdoU
snake comedy show
Easter Weeding Competition
Alicia’s 3rd cross country race of 2024 and largest in state on a clay trail!
WEBER WAY TO WELLNESS REPORTER—CENTRAL FLORIDA, Fall 2021 Seven Teams throughout Central Florida competed in the first archery fitness championship, since the pandemic. It goes down in the books as the 11th Championship and the Red Rubies from Orlando have won their 7th Team Championship with 167 points!! The mixed teams “Arrow Buddies” from Clermont/Groveland and “Amazing Halcyon” from Winter Garden/Clermont tied for second place with 165 points!!
Top Three Boys Overall in Fall 2021 Agility Archery Championship
Ninety percent of the competitors were newbies this season, while the rest consisted of veteran competitors. The youngest competitor was age 6 and oldest was 16. Kai (age 11) won the individual male agility archery championship with 63 points representing the Red Rubies. Following behind him was his teammate Tristan with 61 points. The third place boy was veteran competitor and 2020 Spring Archery Champ, Adam, from Team Amazing Halcyon. On the female side, Lilly from Team Arrow Buddies (age 14) won first for women and tied with Tristan for second overall with 61 points. Maryrose from Amazing Halcyon placed 2nd for girls with 53 points and Zoey from Arrow Buddies placed third for girls with 49 points.
Top Three Girls Overall in Fall 2021 Agility Archery Championship
The youth train and excel in the most difficult type of archery – barebow category archery (without sighting devices). They were tested in archery at 10 yards, magnetic darts at 6 feet, and a 9 foot long timed agility archery challenge. The combined results make their total score.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cKLa3sEEKVU
Watch the Male Agility Archery Champ in ACTION!!
Kai knew that he did not need a bow and arrow to practice to get better. Coach Weber gave him and all the students Top Secret 2 minute bodyweight exercises that helped make previous champions. Coach Weber said anyone who does their “exercise homework” will improve sooo much that she will not recognize them in one week! Kai took his homework seriously and stunned everyone with results no one has seen him do in practice.
“I have been doing my 2 minute exercises, which made me more confident and capable of achieving great things in archery,” exclaimed Kai, the 2021 Fall Champion.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8pZUKH750A
Watch female agility champ in ACTION!
Lilly loves the fitness added into archery and definitely knows it makes a difference. “It feels cool to win for girls and place second overall out of boys and girls. The agility training translates to better archery as it helps with the hand-eye coordination and speed,” stated Lilly, the Female 2021 Champ.
Runner-Up Champ, Maryrose, said, “I am excited to participate. This seems like a fun opportunity.”
Third place Zoey on second place team really wanted to do a unique sport. When she heard about Alicia’s Archery Fitness Sport League she jumped on the opportunity to join! “I am actually really surprised that I got third place for girls already as a newbie. I enjoy the archery and the fitness. It is a fun sport,” said the excited Zoey after hearing the news that she won third place!
Overall, the kids enjoyed the camaraderie, good sportsmanship, weekly challenges, and championship competition that they had this fall 2021. Now, they will look forward to 2022 and the new challenges in the Archery, Fitness, Sports League under the tutelage of Coach Alicia Weber who has trained athletes from grassroots to Olympic level in her 24 year career.
Contact Alicia at Awinningway@gmail.com for 2019 Summer Obstacle Archery (training/competitions) in Central Florida.
Spring has sprung with a bundle of physical and mental tests, shooting stars, and Superstars of Self Defense Archery in the ninth Championship for Central Florida. Coach Alicia Weber began her Spring Campaign with her own series of record-breaking workouts (shown below) and feats of strength at the Europa Games Fitness Show.
Alicia juggled her own events in April as she had her league consisting of six teams throughout Central Florida compete in a 3 event Series Championship in Self Defense Archery (a highly skilled sport, which tests mental and physical readiness).
The three events become more taxing on the mind and body as they progress through the one month long championship series. All the archer-athletes are in the dark on what will be next to come, but with their grit-determination and focus, they all achieve phenomenal follow-through. This training helps them become Top Students, all around athletes, and good people (building sportsmanship, confidence, and self-esteem).
This season there were 6 teams throughout Central Florida (three were Varsity Teams and three were Junior Varsity Teams). Clermont’s Team Anime won their THIRD Team Championship title with 1,085 points to defeat their biggest rival (Team Red Rubies) by 29 points. Team Red Rubies placed second with 1,056 points. The new Groveland team (Team Curry Wolf) placed third with 698x points.
Varsity Overall Winners 1. Nathan of Team Anime 348 points 2. Henry of Team Red Rubies 333 points 3. Matteo of Team Red Rubies 305 points 4. (First Girl) Raven of Team Anime 285 points 5. (Second Girl) Ashley of Team Anime 228 points 6. (Third Girl) Kalena of Team Anime 224 points
Nathan became the First Male to win two consecutive Series Championship Titles. He won in fall 2018. This is his third championship title. Raven won her third championship title. She is the most prolific Top female competitor in the league. Honorable Mentions: 1. Brandon of Varsity Team Curry Wolf led his team with 220 points placing 6th overall out of boys and girls. He achieved the fastest male in the league title for a Self Defense Balance Drill in Event 3 (giving his team 10 bonus points). 2. Drew (on Varsity Team Curry Wolf) was the only athlete in the league to achieve a Bullseye(x) on a small target in Event 3 at 12 yards. 3. Ashley of Team Anime was the fastest competitor in the entire league to complete a self defense balance obstacle course in Event 1. 4. Kalena of Team Anime was the league dark horse…after only two practices she was able to complete the three part Series Championship and place third for girls!
CENTRAL FLORIDA—Six teams compete for the highly revered title of “Self Defense Archery Team Champion” as Individual Competitors strive to finish in the Top Three. The youth have different reasons to strive and dedicate themselves to such a unique, complex mind-body sport.
One boy is working on being selected into the League Hall of Fame one day. Other new archer-athletes are trying to be their best and soak up the new challenge. While still others enjoy making new friends, setting goals, breaking league records, growing their self-esteem and confidence, and improving their mental and physical condition.
Coach Weber captured her 126 overall victory in Clermont Clay Trail 5k on 10/28/18.There are many reasons to try so hard to do so well. The youth have endless opportunities and rewards for their hard work and dedication and Coach Alicia Weber is full of surprises. Her athletes surprise her too!
Amanda is a new female archer-athlete with no competitive background until joining this league. She did wonders in the Series 1 Championship for her Clermont team. Amanda represents Team Anime. She was told she would need to score 34 points minimum in order to lead her team to victory and defeat the extraordinarily regarded Red Rubies. The pressure was on. Coach Weber gave her a pep talk and assured her that her focus would lead her to a phenomenal result. Amanda took the approach to just “Relax and Win.”
The Red Rubies (a team of all boys) have garnered 4 team victories (more than any other team in history). Amanda is on a coed team and she was the last competitor to compete for score on her team.
Amanda breezed through the self defense portion of the event garnering 11 out of 13 possible points. Then, she did something astonishing and shot 2 bullseyes off the bat and kept going to finish with a total 51 points, which propelled Team Anime into First Place with 18.5 point lead over the Red Rubies.
The Top Team Scores are in… Team Anime WINS with 261.5 points. Second Place team is The Red Rubies with 243 points. The third place team is Team Curry Wolf with 221 points. The fourth place team is Junior Rubies with 206 points. Fifth place team is Couriers with 202 points. Sixth place team is Fit N Fighting Fortiter with 171.50 points.
The individual male competition was finalized after Thanksgiving as Newbie Sean from Team Fit N Fighting Fortiter was the trooper to fight the coldest conditions to perform a Top score (36.5 points) for his team.
Top 3 Leading Males and Females so far after Series 1…
1. Nathan Team Anime 59 points
2. Yasiel Team Curry Wolf 57 points
3. Martin (Team Courier) and Henry (Team Red Rubies) 55 points
1. Amber Team Curry Wolf 53 points
2. Raven Team Anime 52 points
3. Amanda and Ashley (Team Anime) 51 points
This is Series 1 of a THREE PART SERIES….MORE SOON.
Below Coach Alicia Weber demonstrates record breaking physical fitness leading up to her League Series 1 Championship.
Alicia performed “Super Woman Witch Self Defense Training Gone South” a Mind-Body Self Defense Challenge. Workout: Hold 2 bows out (weighing approx 5 lbs each) and balance on one foot. The other foot must then do a high side kick at a punching bag for at least 200 consecutive reps (repeat on other side of body). Then, recite Halloween poem from memory in a wall sit.
Alicia broke the strict form 100 burpee pushup with clap and 100 strict form pull-up world record for the 5th time on October 22, 2018 by completing the event in 9 minutes and 51.6 seconds.
Contact Alicia to get in Sharp Shooting Self Defense Shape at Awinningway@gmail.com
CENTRAL FLORIDA (oct 19-20, 2018)—-The weekend “warmup” was Friday evening with armwrestling and Halloween-themed fitness challenges. The highlight was 4 boys armwrestling World Record Weber in an effort to push both of her arms down. It was super-charged sets of training with long lengths of time and effort to attempt to push the world record holder down and then a fitness challenge to work on other muscle groups. The boys ended the evening feeling like confident ghostbusters. They were prepared to take on the Saturday Scarecrows and other Haunts.
“I loved the armwrestling. The whole event with the archery and shuffleboard was really fun and challenging and it was way better than my expectations,” stated Matteo, The League Hall of Famer and winningest athlete in the League. Matteo won the archery and shuffleboard events.
It was a very challenging, exciting, and surprising Pumpkin Shoot with 4 stations. It started with a sound effect relay event. Then, a 3-way pumpkin Aim Challenge event, Scarecrow challenge, and Escape the Cobweb challenge. It came down to the “Bonus Round” to claim the winner. All nine archers were just a few points from one another. Each archer picked their best station to garner the final points to become a breakaway winner. Matteo won with 16 points. A new archery student, Ashley, (who just learned archery this week) tied for second place with Raven (the only female to win 2 consecutive championships). They both scored 15 points. Matteo won the scarecrow as other top archers took home pumpkins.
Highlights of Top Shots and Select Great Moments from the 2018 Halloween Festival
The boys requested to play shuffleboard. The boys and their families stampeded over to Clermont Shuffleboard to continue the excitement. The girls have requested basketball and their special event is coming soon.
“I always love how Alicia challenges the kids with fitness and other activities. The shuffleboard is a new activity. I love the idea that we have all ages of people playing shuffleboard together. We have the kids, adults, and seniors competing together and you rarely see all the generations together in sports. I love this event,” said Matteo’s mom.
Everyone had a good time learning and laughing in the new, fun sport of shuffleboard. The Clermont Shuffleboard Champions guided everyone. There were 4 teams of two people. Matteo and his teammate won as they reached 75 points first (the goal in shuffleboard). It took only an hour for them to claim the victory.
The field of elite male archery fitness competitors st the 2015 Ready Aim Grow Championship! Champions come in all shapes, sizes, and ages. In this championship, the youngest and smallest competitor, Matteo, won!!Summer has now come to a close. Youths 6-18 are now anticipating excitement in the NEW self defense archery fall season beginning soon. The program is going on six years strong with different themes each year as many teams and individuals have been crowned champions! Learn more about the sport league history here.
Many returning archer-athletes will compete as new promising talent emerges onto the scene. Will you be the next Star in Alicia Weber’s Archery, Fitness, Sport League?
Find out your potential in a free demo and try-out. Contact Alicia at Awinningway@gmail.com to schedule your free demo/try-out.
The World’s Most Prolific Female Record Setter and Coach of the Sport League, Alicia Weber, had a busy summer preparing the new curriculum and of course setting records and completing fitness challenges. Here is a look at some of Alicia’s Golden Moments of Summer 2018 where the hot 90+ degree sun was out as her guns were out!
#1. Over Labor Day Weekend 2018, Alicia completed a very challenging, tough, continuous exercise routine per a request of a long-time fan. She completed 31 minutes of consecutive exercises to the song “Bring Sally Up” AKA “Green Sally Up”…See Below.
#2. Ring Challenge at DEFY Orlando. Alicia celebrated the end of summer as she tested the rings and other equipment for the first time at the newly opened DEFY Orlando on August 11.
#3. Alicia re-set the 3 minute consecutive push-up world record for the 6th time this summer with 171 reps.
#4. Alicia re-set the consecutive one minute 180 degree windshield wiper world record and did nearly 1 rep a second in June!
#5. Alicia re-set the highly-aerobic and physically challenging Bar Runner Exercise World Record and brought the record to 254 reps back in June.
#6. Alicia performed special strength feat Memorial Day show as youths asked her questions about fitness.
Huff, Puff, and Triumph!! Beginning is HALF-DONE.
What do you have to lose when you can ONLY WIN?… One hour a week in Alicia’s Archery Fitness Sport League will make you a Winner in Sports and Life!
Alicia Weber is most decorated 10k Beach Runner with 3 victories, 3 runner-up finishes, third place, and 2 course records over course of 7 years.Alicia Weber placed Second Female in the 2018 USA Beach Running Championships (13th overall out of 795 men and women finishers) as her Archery Fitness League competed in their Spring 2018 Qigong Archery Championship Series (3 events). The Qigong Archery Championship consisted of a team competition and individual competition where competitors competed in barebow category archery and Qigong exercises in varying distances upto 30 yards. The third and final event was only 4 arrows at 30 yards and the score was doubled. Youth could earn upto 8 points for positive attitude, teamwork, and good behavior. Coach Weber also competed, but did not give herself the 8 bonus points. If a student was able to beat her score, then a Bonus Award was given. Thirty-two competitors and 4 teams qualified to compete in this very advanced championship. Weber’s score over 3 events came to 130x points.The closest competitor was the first place boy and overall youth winner, Jalal, with 120 points.
The Top Five Scorers on Each Team calculated the points for their team’s overall Series Standing. Red Rubies Won Team Championship with 470 points. Second place team was Unique Innovators with 446 points. Third Place Team was Team Anime with 325 points. Fourth place team was Team Junior Rubies with 194 points.
Team Red Rubies has become the Winningest Team in Archery Fitness History with their 4th team victory out of 7 Championships!
Here are Highlights From Competition 1 in Series known as “Qigong Stretch and 20 Yard Challenge”
Here are Highlights from Competition 2 and 3 of the 2018 Qigong Archery Series Championship
The Series Champions are named after combining all three scores.
Congratulations to all competitors on their focus, hard work, positive thinking, and determination to be their best!!
Here is Brief History of Archery Fitness League Championships and Winners and Winning Teams:
2015 Fall Ready Aim Go Championships -Red Rubies Win Team Title (Elite Male/Female Winners Bryce and Indaya)
2016 Spring Ready Aim Grow Championships – Red Rubies Win Team Title (Elite Male/Female Winners Matteo and Indaya)
2016 Fall Obstacle Archery Championships – Red Rubies Win Team Title (Elite Male/Female Winners Israel and Izzy)
2016 Fall Domino Archery Championships – Red Reindeer Win Team Title (Elite Male/Female Winners Sebastian and Aisha (first girl to win overall title out of men and women)
2017 Spring Archery Mind Games Championship – The Tides Win Team Title (Elite Male/Female Winners Sebastian and Siri)
2017 Fall Qigong Archery Series Championship – Team Anime Wins Team Title (Elite Male/Female Winners Nathan and Raven)
2018 Spring Qigong Archery Series Championship – Red Rubies Win Team Title (Elite Male/Female Winners Jalal and Raven)
Seven archer athletes led their team called Anime to an undefeated fall season in Qigong Archery. Nathan and Raven of Team Anime also won the Individual Championship male and female titles. They both captured the most points over the course of 3 unique competitions combining Qigong moves and shooting archery at small targets no larger than a piece of paper at 10 yards. Nathan and Raven had impressive performances as new archers (only in training 3 months) as they competed against competitors who had several years of experience. They showed that great determination and solid focus can set new standards. All the competitors received the same training and only trained one hour a week.
Raven and Nathan 2017 Individual Champions!
“Being in this program and winning shows me that I can and will be able to achieve great things. When I learned I won the Series Championship it was amazing. It was the greatest feeling of pride and anticipation all coming together into one moment,†remarked Raven, the 2017 Female Series Champion.
When you watch archery in the movies, you get inspired and you want to try it. It is different and unique and it is an outstanding skill to learn.
“You have nothing to lose. There is no point in not trying archery. I thought I was just coming out here to shoot archery and work on fitness and to become a champion in a few months against top competition is an amazing surprise,†added Nathan, the 2017 Male Series Champion.
“You may have bad days and good days, but you can express yourself in the archery fitness program and make friends. Kids can come here and make archery dreams and make their archery dreams come true here,†mentioned Anecya on Team Anime as other members of the team nodded in agreement.
Archer Athletes are now in training for the 2018 Championship Series where they will compete in Qigong moves and shoot targets upto 35 yards for a team title and series awards for top 3 male and female. Learn more at www.aliciaweber.com/archery or Contact Alicia at Awinningway@gmail.com
In twenty-one days I coached many athletes to their championships as I coached myself to two major championships in 2 different sports. My adrenaline pumps to the thrill of competition and the excitement of taking myself and others to a whole new level. The difference between a race or regular event and a championship is the commitment, focus, as well as a much greater level of competition. The expectation is to bring out the best in myself and those who I am training. We make an effort to do this repeatedly, which means we need to become better people and better athletes all the time. The key is building all the correct muscles, skills, and great habits of success, so that we are able to peak at the right time for championships. I was involved in 6 championships in 21 days, but these two championships above were the ones where I was the athlete. The remaining 4 championships, I was the coach.
The twenty-one days of 6 Championships began with my personal championship -THE USA 10K Beach Running Championship (which I won 3 times, took 3rd once, and took second…). This year I took my second consecutive second place finish for overall women (16th overall out of 1,280 men and women). I was thrilled with my performance as I never raced in such tough conditions before. There was rain, hail, and 20+ mph winds. I was also very happy that two former University of Florida Gator track/cross country athletes dominated the field. Ceal Muldoon Walker, a former UF runner from the mid-80s, finished first place woman as I was second place woman (former Gator athlete 2000-2002). It was a memorable race, which I kept thinking about for a couple days. I then had to quickly switch gears and get my high energy ready for my 2017 Archery Fitness Mind Games Championship on May 7 where 12 archer athletes qualified.
Archer Athletes Shoot For Stars in May 2017 Championships
There were only three first-time championship competitors who competed for the first time for the individual and team competition on TEAM JAG. All other competitors were returning competitors, former champs, multi-champs etc..The competition was the toughest thus far with ages 8-17 vying for titles as they not only had to master barebow category archery, but foot golf, a spelling bee, math problem solving, and mind processing challenges. They were all extremely well prepared and I knew they would wiz through this competition in tip-top form.
Since the youth already know what it is like to train and become a champion, they had to teach spectators about qualities of champions during their introduction.
“Discipline,” Sebastian of the Red Rubies called out as he went on to become the first male to win the overall individual title twice. He helped lead his team, The Red Rubies, to a second place team title.
“Hard work,” added Siri who went on to win her first championship. It was her dream to compete as an archer athlete and she enjoys training and excelling with her teammate, Two time champ, Indaya. Indaya, Siri, and the girls of the Majestic Maroons are named to the league’s first Elite Team. Majestic Maroons won the 2016 Team competition, while The Tides won the 2017 team competition.
Aisha won the 2016 Domino Archery Championship and took second in this one. Izzy of Hematites took third place. New archer, Bryton, of the JAGS took 2nd male, while former champion, Matteo, took third place male. The spring 2017 champions!
The Junior Varsity competitors competed in a virtual archery foot golf championship. They are still honing their skills and they work with skill sets related to their abilities as they move up the developmental pipeline. They had great success and even popped out some new league records!!
Some of the results include Team Ecclesiastes with 54 points, second place team with 47 points was Archery Kings, and third place team with 44 points was a team A R Awesome.
Some of the following records were set for the league in Barebow category archery:
1. Youngest archer in year round program (age 4).
2. First 8yr old to hit a bullseye at 35 yards on his third lesson.
3. First 9 yr old to hit target at 35 yards on 4th lesson.
All the youth reaped the results of their hard work and dedication over the past few months as all their competitions concluded on May 15th. However, I had my own personal competition still to come. The training has been going really great – hopping on my SUP surfboard and hitting some waves in 18.6mph winds and 11-12 mph winds on a lake as I led up to my ocean SUP Championship on May 20. It was predicted to be flatwater, but it turned out to be “rock n’ roll” time for our morning race in St. Petersburg, Florida. Due to high winds of 12 mph and a lot of big waves, the course was shortened to around 2 miles. I was very happy to take the win in such tough conditions!! I became overall female champion in SUP Surfboard category and finished 8 minutes ahead of 2nd place.
I finished my spring season as an elite coach and athlete on a very high note!!
Contact Alicia for coaching at Awinningway@gmail.com
The exciting championship finally arrived and competitors were excited to step up to the cone and give their best efforts. All walked away with age group records and new personal bests in a combo archery target event.
Archery Photo Contest Highlights and Champions
Families enjoy the event for the fun, friendly atmosphere, which encourages good sportsmanship and team play. Determined and dedicated archer, Aisha of the Purple Pandas, won this championship with her score of 96. This is a huge victory for her and she exclaimed, “It feels great to win.”
Matteo won this event before and won again today. “I feel amazing,” he said winning first for boys and third overall with his score of 84x.
It was an exciting match up between Aisha and Nicole of NS Archers as only two points separated them for the Series Championship. Nicole won the Series Championship by one point and finishes second overall today with 94x. Both competitors have developed a lot of confidence and skill over the past year. Their coach was very happy that they both got a big win today!
Henry of The Rubies won the Championship for the boys. He has been showing great progress along with teammate Marcello who attended the one week training camp. Izzy won the first Bullseye Scavenger Hunt and she improved her score on this one.
The archery was very challenging and the scavenger Hunt was the most challenging as well, but there were the most prizes in this championship!
Here are some of the top photos.
Congratulations to all competitors!!
Contact Alicia at Awinningway@gmail.com for upcoming events.
