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The United States Twirling Association is dedicated to the development of the sport of baton twirling. The Association was founded in 1958 as the first national twirling organization to be run democratically and it remains the only twirling organization that elects its Board of Directors through its membership.
The United States Twirling Association is incorporated in the State of Indiana and is classified as a 501 (c)(3) non-for-profit organization by the Internal Revenue Service. Currently, the United States Twirling Association has a membership of over 6,000 of which 750 are of professional status.
There is United States Twirling Association activity in almost every state with the largest memberships being California, Ohio, Texas and New York. Many of the states have State Councils which promote and govern United States Twirling Association twirling in that state. Every United States Twirling Association Certified Coach at least 18 years of age is automatically entitled membership in the Council of the state where he/she resides.
The USTA is a sport-oriented
organization, that sanctions approximately 200
local, state & regional competitions each
year. The organization utilizes a competitive
format, which is aligned with other subjectively
judged sports adjudicated on an Olympic level
scoring system where scores are shown to the
competitors and audience immediately following
each athlete’s performance.
Each year the United States Twirling Association holds the National Baton Twirling Championships and Festival of the Future competition. The location is rotated geographically to encourage participation by all its membership and to help develop twirling throughout the United States. This competition selects the U.S. National Champions in
Men's and Women's Solo, Strut, Dance Twirl, Two Baton, Three Baton, Teams, and Corps.
The Festival of the Future is a competition for
beginner and intermediate twirlers and teams.
The U.S.T.A. also annually offers the
U.S. Trials Competition to select a team of
competitors representing the
United States into the World Baton Twirling
Championships
The United States Twirling Association also sponsors National and Regional Conventions in altering years. These conventions provide training classes and seminars for coaches and athletes in twirling and related areas such as dance, gymnastics, sports medicine and psychology. The National Convention also includes the General Assembly where the Board of Directors is elected and other business may be brought to the floor by United States Twirling Association Members. United States Twirling Association provisions may apply to serve on one of
the Commissions which propose rule and procedure changes and establish new programs. The current Commissions are: Essential Events,
Competitive Events, Coaches, Judges, Marketing, and Public Relations. Commissions are chosen biannually and meet at the National Convention.
The U.S.T.A. has developed extensive
and comprehensive Professional Training Programs
for member athletes, coaches and judges:
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Judges are certified and required to update and retest regularly.
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Certification
for coaches was developed in coordination with the Judges’ program.
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U.S.T.A.
offers a complete system with logical, progressive skill development
for teachers and coaches for training and educating athletes -
The USTA Competitive/Achievement System
The Association is the official representative of the United State to the World Baton Twirling Federation, which hosts the annual World Championships each summer. There are
now 22 other countries world-wide which participate in these Championships. The United States Twirling Association is also a member of the National Council of Youth Sports.
· The U.S.T.A.
provides a fun-filled magazine, CATCH IT! for its members:
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The
U.S.T.A. is the leader in the field of sport baton twirling. Not only
are all of the above accomplishments FIRSTS – but most also
represent ONLYS, too!
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