Assessment of the Archery Team of 2013
Problem: To measure the accuracy of the archery team’s hits on the target and where the grouping of
arrows are placed on the target face.
Name
Age
Gender
Grade Level
Group
Shooting Ability
Practice Hours
(per week)
Jen
18
Female
Senior (HS)
Recurve
Rookie
10
Krissy
17
Female
Senior (HS)
Compound
Starter
20
Kevin
17
Male
Junior (HS)
Recurve
Advance
15
Juan
18
Male
Senior (HS)
Recurve
Starter
5
Tom
16
Male
Junior (HS)
Compound
Rookie
15
Refining the Problem
To be able to measure the accuracy of the archers on this team, a couple of tests will be provided to
them in order to get the ending results I need. Tests will be consisting of a pretest shoot out, posttest
shoot out, hit only the targeted rings, and “hit the dot” game.
The driving point of why the selection of measuring the accuracy of the team is very important is more
or less for the benefit of the students themselves to self-motivate their accuracy in order to improve the
team’s overall scoring. Having a team improve their scoring and the accuracy of their grouping on a
target face can help in the long run if the students choose to get into an actual college level team and/or
to overall improve one’s hunting game.
Methodology

Pretest: have the students shoot a 12 arrow shoot out and collect the scoring of the arrow hits
and to create a visual map of the arrow hits on the target face to be recorded.

Rings: place different size rings on the target face and tell the students to only hit inside of those
rings. This will work on the students getting used to getting their arrows in one location on a
target face. The student will have to shoot 4 arrows into each set of rings.

Hit the Dot: place a small bright circular sticker at any point on the target face to try and get all
of the arrows on that dot. The students can only shoot 3 arrows in order to hit the dot.

Posttest: have the students shoot a 12 arrow out and collect the scoring of the arrow hits and to
create a visual map of the arrows hits on the target face to be recorded and then compared
back to the pretest to see if the accuracy on the target face improved and to compare the two
maps to see the traveling of arrow hits.
Name
Bow Type
Pretest
Pretest Hits
Rings
Hit the Dot
Posttest
Jen
Recurve
67/120
94/120
Krissy
Compound
58/120
110/120
Kevin
Recurve
94/120
117/120
Juan
Recurve
31/120
97/120
Tom
Compound
46/120
89/120
Posttest Hits
The above shows the improvement of the archery team when given special tasks in order to complete
and to set a goal of achievement. Notice from the pretest how the arrows on the face of the target are
scattered and in some cases completely miss the target. Now by drawing three colorful rings, I asked the
team to shoot 4 arrows into each ring. This helps the archers to pick a selected target and to try their
best to aim for that point. The rings are bigger than the X ring on the actual target face but this gives the
students an idea of how they should be aiming for it. Next I had place a small dot sticker on the target.
It’s not over the X ring but on a different ring on the target. This helps the students to pick what their
aiming for and hitting it. Having the sticker over the X ring can be a letdown for the students if they
don’t hit it and can mess them up for their posttest. The sticker dot placed somewhere else on the
target will ensure the students that if they hit that dot, they can hit the X ring. Once the students got
down hitting the dot with only 3 arrows, the sticker is taken off and the students are then ask to hit the
X ring. At this point the students should have the understanding of not looking at the target face as a
whole but to break it down to the smallest ring and aim for that X. The improvement from the pretest
compare to the posttest tripled in the amount of hits and scoring.
Analysis of Results
Comparing the accuracy of the students from the start to where they are now is a great example of how
taking something from the big picture and breaking it into smaller parts. For my students there is no
pass or fail but rather getting their arrows into a tight enough group where they can wrap the index
finger around the group and touch the tip of their thumb, like an “okay” hand gesture. This is what I
strive my students to understanding as well as practicing to get this type of result. This is something that
the students will need to learn in order to score well in tournaments as well as rising the scoring level for
the team as a whole. If a student however is unconsent with their scoring then that student might have
to be pulled from the team in order to stay later at practices to work on their aim. This team is based on
the passion of archer but all of the students must have passing grades in their other classes and must be
a full-time student in order to shoot in tournaments. Other students can shoot for fun but must be a fulltime student. Those students will not participate in tournaments.