PGA Level 1 Teaching & Coaching

Improvement in golf skill performance due to increased strength and flexibility as a result of participation in a fitness program is that learning has taken place. (T/F) - Answer- False A common mistake in teaching is the expectation that the student will be able to learn a skill from a verbal suggestion. (T/F) - Answer- True Cognitive learning is the first phase of learning a student will pass through when learning a new skill. (T/F) - Answer- True Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of the autonomous phase of learning. (T/F) - Answer- True Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can cause a motor program memory to be forgotten. (T/F) - Answer- True Students can expect a slower rate of learning as they progress through the 3 phases of golf skill learning. (T/F) - Answer- True Motor learning has taken place when the improvements in skill technique were caused by changes in motivation. (T/F) - Answer- False 3 Phases of Golf Skill Learning - Answer- 1) Early (cognitive), 2) Intermediate (associative), 3) Advanced (autonomous) Memory - Answer- An internal representation of an event, experience, or something learned, and is about its storage and retrieval. Retention - Answer- Persistence or durability over time of something learned. A student's improved performance by the end of the first lesson is evidence that learning has occurred. (T/F) - Answer- True As learning takes place there are 4 performance characteristics observed. What are they? - Answer- Improvement, consistency, persistence, adaptability According to the Challenge Point Framework, the level of difficulty should be increased as a player improves or becomes familiar with how swing movements feel. (T/F) - Answer- True Changes in performance that result from increased motivation are suitable as evidence for learning? (T/F) - Answer- False One-minute is about the sh