PGA PGM 3.0 - Level 3 Practice
Questions - All Questions with complete
solution
A teacher determines that a student better relates to internal motor imagery. What technique
would be most successful for this student? - ANSUsing internal imagery. Player imagines what
they see and feel when they execute the swing from the performer's perspective
What is the cognitive rehearsal of a physical activity in the absence of any observable muscular
movement? - ANSMental practice
What is a conscious experience in which a player uses all her senses to create or recreate the
execution of a motor skill in the player's mind? - ANSMotor imagery
A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is unable to learn from a face-on
video of her swing? - ANSExternal imagery
A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is able to learn from a face-on video of
her swing? - ANSInternal imagery
Does cognitively rehearsing procedural skills at a fast rate before physically performing them
interfere with the benefits of mental practice? - ANSFalse - practicing at a faster rate helps
remember the steps they need to perform
What is the definition of modeling when used for teaching and coaching? - ANSThe use of a
demonstration as a means of conveying information about how to perform a motor skill.
(Observational learning, used in demonstration)
When is mental practice and motor imagery most effective? - ANSWhen used in conjunction
with physical practice
What is the best way for beginners to improve their shot performance? - ANSCombine mental
and physical practice
What makes 'cognitive hypothesis' an effective learning tool? - ANSHelps identify what to do
and where to focus attention
Which condition enhances the benefits of mental practice? - ANSCognitive hypothesis
,Based on research, at what speed should a skill be mentally rehearsed prior to actual
performance? - ANSThe same as actual performance (the same speed)
What is an effective means of helping a beginner to use motor imagery to improve
performance? - ANSCombine with physical performance
What situation justifies substituting mental practice for physical practice? - ANSWhen the
student cannot physically practice
According to research, what will optimize performance when combining mental and physical
practice? - ANSRecall past shots, execute prior memory
What is an example of "Form Focus of Attention"? - ANSStance, ball position, posture
What is an example of retroactive transfer? - ANSSubsequent learning of a skill affects ability
to perform previous acquired skill
What is the influence of a previous skill on the current skill to be learned regardless of whether
the influence is positive or negative? - ANSProactive transfer
Addison has acquired a new student who previously played ice hockey. During the opening
interview, Addison asks questions to find out ways he can take advantage of previous learning,
what skills to teach, and what order to teach them. This is an example of what learning transfer
concept? - ANSProactive transfer
What determines the transfer of golf skill learning? - ANSTime, structural similarity, skills and
goals, skill level
What conditions lead to greater learning transfer? - ANSSame/similar conditions, same/similar
skills
What term is used to describe transferring a learned skill of a 20-foot chip onto a practice green
to a 50-foot chip on the same practice green? - ANSResponse generalization
What type of transfer likely occurs when applying the skill of a 20-foot chip learned in practice to
a situation for a 20-foot chip in a club championship tournament? - ANSSlightly positive
transfer
What term is used to describe learning the skill of putting on a practice green and effectively
transferring to various greens on the golf course? - ANSStimulus generalization
How is the "transfer effect" most likely to influence a situation where a player with an
over-the-top down swing is being taught to drop the club below the shaft plane? -
ANSNegatively
, A student and his coach have been practicing high pitch shots from tight lies that he expects to
find on the golf course for an upcoming tournament. What best describes the learning transfer
concept involved in this situation? - ANSStimulus generalization
A relatively new golfer has taken a series of golf lessons beginning with putting, then chipping,
then pitching, and most recently full swing with his irons. He has been able to transfer the
relationship of impact from previous lessons to his full swing. Why has this student succeeded in
his golf learning? - ANSLearning was retained and positively transferred between lessons
What approach is recommended to optimize learning transfer of a golf skill? - ANSSimulating
practice at a level of difficulty that is similar to actual playing conditions
What is an example of a pre-swing adjustment? - ANSPosture, ball position, grip, alignment
Are some pre-swing changes that influence swing execution more challenging to learn and
implement than others? (True/False) - ANSTrue
What adjustments are recommended prior to making in-swing adjustments? - ANSPre-swing
adjustments
What types of changes are easiest to learn and often result in rapid improvement in
performance? - ANSPre-swing adjustments
What is lacking when newly introduced swing changes are lost between lessons? - ANSThe
amount of neural change
A student has been coming over the top on the downswing and is trying to change his
movement in the opposite direction by dropping the club to the inside on the downswing. What
will most likely occur? - ANSNegative transfer effect, interference with the new swing
How can a student overcome negative effect or interference in competitive pressure situations?
- ANSIncrease the amount of practice under both practice and playing conditions until new
movements are strongly established
What is an example of movement? - ANSLearning to transition from one position to another
What is expected when other neural networks positively transfer to the new swing movements?
- ANSLess practice is needed to facilitate performance
What is an example of interference or negative transfer? - ANSOld swing movements trump
new swing thoughts
Questions - All Questions with complete
solution
A teacher determines that a student better relates to internal motor imagery. What technique
would be most successful for this student? - ANSUsing internal imagery. Player imagines what
they see and feel when they execute the swing from the performer's perspective
What is the cognitive rehearsal of a physical activity in the absence of any observable muscular
movement? - ANSMental practice
What is a conscious experience in which a player uses all her senses to create or recreate the
execution of a motor skill in the player's mind? - ANSMotor imagery
A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is unable to learn from a face-on
video of her swing? - ANSExternal imagery
A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is able to learn from a face-on video of
her swing? - ANSInternal imagery
Does cognitively rehearsing procedural skills at a fast rate before physically performing them
interfere with the benefits of mental practice? - ANSFalse - practicing at a faster rate helps
remember the steps they need to perform
What is the definition of modeling when used for teaching and coaching? - ANSThe use of a
demonstration as a means of conveying information about how to perform a motor skill.
(Observational learning, used in demonstration)
When is mental practice and motor imagery most effective? - ANSWhen used in conjunction
with physical practice
What is the best way for beginners to improve their shot performance? - ANSCombine mental
and physical practice
What makes 'cognitive hypothesis' an effective learning tool? - ANSHelps identify what to do
and where to focus attention
Which condition enhances the benefits of mental practice? - ANSCognitive hypothesis
,Based on research, at what speed should a skill be mentally rehearsed prior to actual
performance? - ANSThe same as actual performance (the same speed)
What is an effective means of helping a beginner to use motor imagery to improve
performance? - ANSCombine with physical performance
What situation justifies substituting mental practice for physical practice? - ANSWhen the
student cannot physically practice
According to research, what will optimize performance when combining mental and physical
practice? - ANSRecall past shots, execute prior memory
What is an example of "Form Focus of Attention"? - ANSStance, ball position, posture
What is an example of retroactive transfer? - ANSSubsequent learning of a skill affects ability
to perform previous acquired skill
What is the influence of a previous skill on the current skill to be learned regardless of whether
the influence is positive or negative? - ANSProactive transfer
Addison has acquired a new student who previously played ice hockey. During the opening
interview, Addison asks questions to find out ways he can take advantage of previous learning,
what skills to teach, and what order to teach them. This is an example of what learning transfer
concept? - ANSProactive transfer
What determines the transfer of golf skill learning? - ANSTime, structural similarity, skills and
goals, skill level
What conditions lead to greater learning transfer? - ANSSame/similar conditions, same/similar
skills
What term is used to describe transferring a learned skill of a 20-foot chip onto a practice green
to a 50-foot chip on the same practice green? - ANSResponse generalization
What type of transfer likely occurs when applying the skill of a 20-foot chip learned in practice to
a situation for a 20-foot chip in a club championship tournament? - ANSSlightly positive
transfer
What term is used to describe learning the skill of putting on a practice green and effectively
transferring to various greens on the golf course? - ANSStimulus generalization
How is the "transfer effect" most likely to influence a situation where a player with an
over-the-top down swing is being taught to drop the club below the shaft plane? -
ANSNegatively
, A student and his coach have been practicing high pitch shots from tight lies that he expects to
find on the golf course for an upcoming tournament. What best describes the learning transfer
concept involved in this situation? - ANSStimulus generalization
A relatively new golfer has taken a series of golf lessons beginning with putting, then chipping,
then pitching, and most recently full swing with his irons. He has been able to transfer the
relationship of impact from previous lessons to his full swing. Why has this student succeeded in
his golf learning? - ANSLearning was retained and positively transferred between lessons
What approach is recommended to optimize learning transfer of a golf skill? - ANSSimulating
practice at a level of difficulty that is similar to actual playing conditions
What is an example of a pre-swing adjustment? - ANSPosture, ball position, grip, alignment
Are some pre-swing changes that influence swing execution more challenging to learn and
implement than others? (True/False) - ANSTrue
What adjustments are recommended prior to making in-swing adjustments? - ANSPre-swing
adjustments
What types of changes are easiest to learn and often result in rapid improvement in
performance? - ANSPre-swing adjustments
What is lacking when newly introduced swing changes are lost between lessons? - ANSThe
amount of neural change
A student has been coming over the top on the downswing and is trying to change his
movement in the opposite direction by dropping the club to the inside on the downswing. What
will most likely occur? - ANSNegative transfer effect, interference with the new swing
How can a student overcome negative effect or interference in competitive pressure situations?
- ANSIncrease the amount of practice under both practice and playing conditions until new
movements are strongly established
What is an example of movement? - ANSLearning to transition from one position to another
What is expected when other neural networks positively transfer to the new swing movements?
- ANSLess practice is needed to facilitate performance
What is an example of interference or negative transfer? - ANSOld swing movements trump
new swing thoughts
