Physical educators seek to provide an educational setting in which students develop knowledge and motor skills for lifelong learning. As more emphasis is placed on healthy lifestyles, teaching motor skills becomes only a part of their job as physical educators. In this article, the author details a few assessments in target archery that stimulate thinking and increase the interactive teaching process. Target archery is a great sport to begin teaching higher-order thinking and self-management skills because it is a closed skill and therefore proper repetition of the same correct motor pattern is important. If students are not successful they may become discouraged and lose motivation to continue participation. Even though error correction is difficult, beginning archers often exhibit some common errors that they can readily identify and correct in themselves and others. Physical educators must increase students' understanding of good shooting form and teach them how to assess their own performance in order to make them lifelong learners. (Contains 5 figures.)