PGA PGM 3.0 Level 3 Practice Questions – Complete Question
Bank | All Modules Covered | Updated 2025/2026 Edition
A teacher determines that a student better relates to internal motor imagery. What
technique would be most successful for this student? - correct answerUsing 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? - correct answerMental 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? - correct answerMotor
imagery
A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is unable to learn from a face-
on video of her swing? - correct answerExternal imagery
A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is able to learn from a face-on
video of her swing? - correct answerInternal imagery
Does cognitively rehearsing procedural skills at a fast rate before physically performing
them interfere with the benefits of mental practice? - correct answerFalse - 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? - correct
answerThe 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? - correct answerWhen used
in conjunction with physical practice
What is the best way for beginners to improve their shot performance? - correct
answerCombine mental and physical practice
What makes 'cognitive hypothesis' an effective learning tool? - correct answerHelps
identify what to do and where to focus attention
Which condition enhances the benefits of mental practice? - correct answerCognitive
hypothesis
,Based on research, at what speed should a skill be mentally rehearsed prior to actual
performance? - correct answerThe same as actual performance (the same speed)
What is an effective means of helping a beginner to use motor imagery to improve
performance? - correct answerCombine with physical performance
What situation justifies substituting mental practice for physical practice? - correct
answerWhen the student cannot physically practice
According to research, what will optimize performance when combining mental and
physical practice? - correct answerRecall past shots, execute prior memory
What is an example of "Form Focus of Attention"? - correct answerStance, ball position,
posture
What is an example of retroactive transfer? - correct answerSubsequent 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? - correct answerProactive 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? - correct answerProactive transfer
What determines the transfer of golf skill learning? - correct answerTime, structural
similarity, skills and goals, skill level
What conditions lead to greater learning transfer? - correct answerSame/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? - correct answerResponse
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? - correct
answerSlightly 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? - correct answerStimulus
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? -
correct answerNegatively
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? - correct answerStimulus
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? - correct answerLearning was retained and
positively transferred between lessons
What approach is recommended to optimize learning transfer of a golf skill? - correct
answerSimulating practice at a level of difficulty that is similar to actual playing
conditions
What is an example of a pre-swing adjustment? - correct answerPosture, ball position,
grip, alignment
Are some pre-swing changes that influence swing execution more challenging to learn
and implement than others? (True/False) - correct answerTrue
What adjustments are recommended prior to making in-swing adjustments? - correct
answerPre-swing adjustments
What types of changes are easiest to learn and often result in rapid improvement in
performance? - correct answerPre-swing adjustments
What is lacking when newly introduced swing changes are lost between lessons? -
correct answerThe 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? - correct answerNegative transfer effect,
interference with the new swing
How can a student overcome negative effect or interference in competitive pressure
situations? - correct answerIncrease the amount of practice under both practice and
playing conditions until new movements are strongly established
What is an example of movement? - correct answerLearning to transition from one
position to another
Bank | All Modules Covered | Updated 2025/2026 Edition
A teacher determines that a student better relates to internal motor imagery. What
technique would be most successful for this student? - correct answerUsing 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? - correct answerMental 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? - correct answerMotor
imagery
A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is unable to learn from a face-
on video of her swing? - correct answerExternal imagery
A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is able to learn from a face-on
video of her swing? - correct answerInternal imagery
Does cognitively rehearsing procedural skills at a fast rate before physically performing
them interfere with the benefits of mental practice? - correct answerFalse - 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? - correct
answerThe 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? - correct answerWhen used
in conjunction with physical practice
What is the best way for beginners to improve their shot performance? - correct
answerCombine mental and physical practice
What makes 'cognitive hypothesis' an effective learning tool? - correct answerHelps
identify what to do and where to focus attention
Which condition enhances the benefits of mental practice? - correct answerCognitive
hypothesis
,Based on research, at what speed should a skill be mentally rehearsed prior to actual
performance? - correct answerThe same as actual performance (the same speed)
What is an effective means of helping a beginner to use motor imagery to improve
performance? - correct answerCombine with physical performance
What situation justifies substituting mental practice for physical practice? - correct
answerWhen the student cannot physically practice
According to research, what will optimize performance when combining mental and
physical practice? - correct answerRecall past shots, execute prior memory
What is an example of "Form Focus of Attention"? - correct answerStance, ball position,
posture
What is an example of retroactive transfer? - correct answerSubsequent 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? - correct answerProactive 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? - correct answerProactive transfer
What determines the transfer of golf skill learning? - correct answerTime, structural
similarity, skills and goals, skill level
What conditions lead to greater learning transfer? - correct answerSame/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? - correct answerResponse
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? - correct
answerSlightly 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? - correct answerStimulus
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? -
correct answerNegatively
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? - correct answerStimulus
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? - correct answerLearning was retained and
positively transferred between lessons
What approach is recommended to optimize learning transfer of a golf skill? - correct
answerSimulating practice at a level of difficulty that is similar to actual playing
conditions
What is an example of a pre-swing adjustment? - correct answerPosture, ball position,
grip, alignment
Are some pre-swing changes that influence swing execution more challenging to learn
and implement than others? (True/False) - correct answerTrue
What adjustments are recommended prior to making in-swing adjustments? - correct
answerPre-swing adjustments
What types of changes are easiest to learn and often result in rapid improvement in
performance? - correct answerPre-swing adjustments
What is lacking when newly introduced swing changes are lost between lessons? -
correct answerThe 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? - correct answerNegative transfer effect,
interference with the new swing
How can a student overcome negative effect or interference in competitive pressure
situations? - correct answerIncrease the amount of practice under both practice and
playing conditions until new movements are strongly established
What is an example of movement? - correct answerLearning to transition from one
position to another
