NSCA Level I Instructor Certification - Aug. 29 - 31, 2025

Northbrook Sports Club is hosting a NSCA Level I certification Class on August 29 - 31, 2025.

Location: 160 Sports Club Drive, Hainesville, IL

Date: 3 days - August 29 - 31, 2025

Cost: $600.00

Level I Criteria

Applicants must:

• Be a paid and active member of the NSCA (CLM memberships do not qualify)

• Be 18 years or older

• Have at least two years of shotgun shooting experience

• Have taken lessons (2 hours) from Level II or equivalent before the course

• Meet the Shooting Proficiency Requirement by EITHER having earned an NSCA C-Class rating at some point and shot a minimum of 3,000 lifetime registered targets OR by passing a basic Shooting Proficiency Test (SPT) during the course.

Level I

At the Level I course, our goal is to provide competent shooters with the knowledge and ability they need to teach the fundamentals of shotgunning to beginning or novice shooters. By the end of the course, candidates should be able to instruct a beginning or novice shooter on such basics as safety, ready position, proper alignment of feet and body, proper balance, shot planning, movement of the shotgun to the target, and using the eyes properly to acquire and break targets. Additionally the instructor should be able to “call a miss” and begin to understand the cause of a missed target. The tuition cost of the Level I Course is $600, plus shells and targets and a shared portion of the Certifying Instructor’s expenses.

1. Level I Course Criteria

2. Level I Certification Course Agenda

3. Level I Instructor Manual (Updated January 2022)

4. Level I Online Application

5. Level I Application – Download

6. Consent for Background Check

7. Testimonials