PGA LEVEL 3 ADVANCED TEACHING AND
COACHING 2026 PRACTICE QUESTION SET
TWO
◉ What is the cognitive rehearsal of a physical activity in the
absence of any observable muscular movement? Answer: Mental
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? Answer: Motor imagery
◉ A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is
UNABLE to learn from a face-on video of her swing? Answer:
Internal imagery
◉ A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is
ABLE to learn from a face-on video of her swing? Answer: External
Imagery
◉ Does cognitively rehearsing procedural skills at a faster rate
before performing them interfere with the benefits of mental
practice? Answer: False, 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? Answer: Observation learning, used in demonstration
◉ When is mental practice and motor imagery most effective?
Answer: When used as a supplement to physical practice
◉ What is the best way for beginners to improve shot performance?
Answer: Five step strategy (get ready/mental, concentrate, execute,
evaluate
Combine mental and physical practice
◉ What makes "cognitive hypothesis" an effective learning tool?
Answer: Planning ahead for physical movements
◉ Which conditions enhance the benefits of mental practice?
Answer: Practice when motivated
◉ Based on research, at what speed should a skill be mentally
rehearsed prior to actual performance? Answer: Real time/ same
speed as it takes to actually perform the skill.
,◉ What is an effective means of helping a beginner to use motor
imagery to improve performance? Answer: Combine with physical
performance
◉ What situation justifies substituting mental practice for physical
practice? Answer: Only if student cannot physically practice
◉ According to research, what will optimize performance when
combining mental and physical practice? Answer: Mentally
practicing before physical practice
◉ What is an example of "Form Focus of Attention"? Answer:
Keeping the body and head still during a putt
◉ What is an example of retroactive transfer? Answer: Returning to
old swing after learning a new swing.
◉ What is the influence of a previous skill on the current skill to be
learned regardless of whether the influence is positive or negative?
Answer: Proactive 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? Answer: Proactive transfer
◉ What determines the transfer of golf skill learning? Answer:
Depends on structural similarity of golf skills acquired in original
and transfer learning. The more similar, the greater the transfer.
◉ What conditions lead to greater learning transfer? Answer: - Time
between original learning and transfer
- Structural similarity
- Similarity of skill goals and cognitive processing
◉ What term is used to describe transferring a learned skill of a 20
foot chip learned in practice to a 50 foot chip in the same situation?
Answer: Response generalization
◉ What type of transfer likely occurs when applying the skill of a 20-
foot chip learned in practice to a situation calling for a 20-foot chip
in a club championship
tournament? Answer: Slightly 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? Answer: Stimulus Generalization
COACHING 2026 PRACTICE QUESTION SET
TWO
◉ What is the cognitive rehearsal of a physical activity in the
absence of any observable muscular movement? Answer: Mental
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? Answer: Motor imagery
◉ A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is
UNABLE to learn from a face-on video of her swing? Answer:
Internal imagery
◉ A student relates primarily to which type of imagery if she is
ABLE to learn from a face-on video of her swing? Answer: External
Imagery
◉ Does cognitively rehearsing procedural skills at a faster rate
before performing them interfere with the benefits of mental
practice? Answer: False, 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? Answer: Observation learning, used in demonstration
◉ When is mental practice and motor imagery most effective?
Answer: When used as a supplement to physical practice
◉ What is the best way for beginners to improve shot performance?
Answer: Five step strategy (get ready/mental, concentrate, execute,
evaluate
Combine mental and physical practice
◉ What makes "cognitive hypothesis" an effective learning tool?
Answer: Planning ahead for physical movements
◉ Which conditions enhance the benefits of mental practice?
Answer: Practice when motivated
◉ Based on research, at what speed should a skill be mentally
rehearsed prior to actual performance? Answer: Real time/ same
speed as it takes to actually perform the skill.
,◉ What is an effective means of helping a beginner to use motor
imagery to improve performance? Answer: Combine with physical
performance
◉ What situation justifies substituting mental practice for physical
practice? Answer: Only if student cannot physically practice
◉ According to research, what will optimize performance when
combining mental and physical practice? Answer: Mentally
practicing before physical practice
◉ What is an example of "Form Focus of Attention"? Answer:
Keeping the body and head still during a putt
◉ What is an example of retroactive transfer? Answer: Returning to
old swing after learning a new swing.
◉ What is the influence of a previous skill on the current skill to be
learned regardless of whether the influence is positive or negative?
Answer: Proactive 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? Answer: Proactive transfer
◉ What determines the transfer of golf skill learning? Answer:
Depends on structural similarity of golf skills acquired in original
and transfer learning. The more similar, the greater the transfer.
◉ What conditions lead to greater learning transfer? Answer: - Time
between original learning and transfer
- Structural similarity
- Similarity of skill goals and cognitive processing
◉ What term is used to describe transferring a learned skill of a 20
foot chip learned in practice to a 50 foot chip in the same situation?
Answer: Response generalization
◉ What type of transfer likely occurs when applying the skill of a 20-
foot chip learned in practice to a situation calling for a 20-foot chip
in a club championship
tournament? Answer: Slightly 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? Answer: Stimulus Generalization
