PGA LEVEL 3: TEACHING & COACHING EXAM QUESTIONS WITH
COMPLETE AND ACCURATE SOLUTIONS.
1) How will a more offset head design affect club performance? -- Answer ✔✔ It will
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send the ball to the left and possibly higher.
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2) What should an instructor do when teaching someone who has lost a limb? --
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Answer ✔✔ He should learn how to hit shots emulating the disability.
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3) What determines the transfer of golf skill learning? -- Answer ✔✔ Amount and
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direction of transfer is largely a function of the similarity of the relationship
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between structure of the skills and the stimulus conditions.
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4) What is often challenged when teaching a player with a disability or injury? --
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Answer ✔✔ Making pre-concluded notions
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5) What is the effect of shortening a driver by 1.5 inches? -- Answer ✔✔ Lowers
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swing weight by 9 pts and makes shaft stiffer (+/-3 swing weight points for every
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½ inch added or taken away)
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6) What is often a trade-off during the club fitting process? -- Answer ✔✔ Distance
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for greater accuracy.
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7) How is a 1/64" undersized grip created? -- Answer ✔✔ Stretching it ¾" past its
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original length or using a larger grip core size for the shaft butt size.
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8) Which analytic technique pays the biggest dividend in improving teaching? --
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Answer ✔✔ Systematic observation.
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, 9) As a rule, where should the player tee the ball on the tee in sidewind conditions? -
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- Answer ✔✔ The side in which the wind is coming.
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10) Based on research, at what speed should a skill be mentally rehearsed prior to
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actual performance? -- Answer ✔✔ The same as the actual performance. (The
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same speed) _
11) The Instructional staff at a new driving range rotates to take lesson bookings. Due
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to the high demand of lesson bookings, the instructors are missing out on lesson
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opportunities. What is the most appropriate action the management team should _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
take to address this situation? -- Answer ✔✔ Have a business plan created
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specifically for instructional programs. Or hire another qualified instructor
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12) A Teaching professional wants to spend facility resources on game tracking
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software for her elite-level players. Her facility has recently adopted a new
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growth of the game initiative. What would be a source of potential conflict in this
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scenario? -- Answer ✔✔ Defining the business - different goals between
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instructor and facility. _ _
13) What are the two major ways to structure swing change movements through
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rehearsal? -- Answer ✔✔ Skills and transfer practice _ _ _ _ _ _ _
14) What situation justifies substituting mental practice for physical practice? --
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Answer ✔✔ When the student cannot physically practice. (travel, golf unavailable,
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injury, illness) _
15) What term is used to describe learning the skill of putting on a practice green and
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effectively transferring to various greens on the golf course? -- Answer ✔✔
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Stimulus Generalization _
16) According to the course manual, when working with a less experienced player on
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the course, what lesson content would be most appropriate? -- Answer ✔✔
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Course etiquette, rules, putting technique and situational shots, club selection and
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full swing technique.
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COMPLETE AND ACCURATE SOLUTIONS.
1) How will a more offset head design affect club performance? -- Answer ✔✔ It will
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
send the ball to the left and possibly higher.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
2) What should an instructor do when teaching someone who has lost a limb? --
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer ✔✔ He should learn how to hit shots emulating the disability.
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3) What determines the transfer of golf skill learning? -- Answer ✔✔ Amount and
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direction of transfer is largely a function of the similarity of the relationship
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
between structure of the skills and the stimulus conditions.
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4) What is often challenged when teaching a player with a disability or injury? --
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer ✔✔ Making pre-concluded notions
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5) What is the effect of shortening a driver by 1.5 inches? -- Answer ✔✔ Lowers
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
swing weight by 9 pts and makes shaft stiffer (+/-3 swing weight points for every
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
½ inch added or taken away)
_ _ _ _ _
6) What is often a trade-off during the club fitting process? -- Answer ✔✔ Distance
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
for greater accuracy.
_ _
7) How is a 1/64" undersized grip created? -- Answer ✔✔ Stretching it ¾" past its
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
original length or using a larger grip core size for the shaft butt size.
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8) Which analytic technique pays the biggest dividend in improving teaching? --
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Answer ✔✔ Systematic observation.
_ _ _
, 9) As a rule, where should the player tee the ball on the tee in sidewind conditions? -
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- Answer ✔✔ The side in which the wind is coming.
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10) Based on research, at what speed should a skill be mentally rehearsed prior to
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
actual performance? -- Answer ✔✔ The same as the actual performance. (The
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
same speed) _
11) The Instructional staff at a new driving range rotates to take lesson bookings. Due
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
to the high demand of lesson bookings, the instructors are missing out on lesson
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
opportunities. What is the most appropriate action the management team should _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
take to address this situation? -- Answer ✔✔ Have a business plan created
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
specifically for instructional programs. Or hire another qualified instructor
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
12) A Teaching professional wants to spend facility resources on game tracking
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
software for her elite-level players. Her facility has recently adopted a new
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
growth of the game initiative. What would be a source of potential conflict in this
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
scenario? -- Answer ✔✔ Defining the business - different goals between
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
instructor and facility. _ _
13) What are the two major ways to structure swing change movements through
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
rehearsal? -- Answer ✔✔ Skills and transfer practice _ _ _ _ _ _ _
14) What situation justifies substituting mental practice for physical practice? --
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Answer ✔✔ When the student cannot physically practice. (travel, golf unavailable,
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
injury, illness) _
15) 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? -- Answer ✔✔
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Stimulus Generalization _
16) According to the course manual, when working with a less experienced player on
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the course, what lesson content would be most appropriate? -- Answer ✔✔
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Course etiquette, rules, putting technique and situational shots, club selection and
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
full swing technique.
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