PGA Level 1 Teaching & Coaching Questions With
Correct Answers
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) - -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) - -True
Cognitive learning is the first phase of learning a student will pass through when learning a new
skill. (T/F) - -True
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of the autonomous phase of learning.
(T/F) - -True
Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can cause a motor program memory to be
forgotten. (T/F) - -True
Students can expect a slower rate of learning as they progress through the 3 phases of golf skill
learning. (T/F) - -True
Motor learning has taken place when the improvements in skill technique were caused by changes
in motivation. (T/F) - -False
3 Phases of Golf Skill Learning - -1) Early (cognitive), 2) Intermediate (associative), 3)
Advanced (autonomous)
Memory - -An internal representation of an event, experience, or something learned, and is
about its storage and retrieval.
Retention - -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) - -True
Changes in performance that result from increased motivation are suitable as evidence for
learning? (T/F) - -False
As learning takes place there are 4 performance characteristics observed. What are they? - -
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) - -True
One-minute is about the short term memory storage capacity for new cognitive information before
it is lost due to inattention? (T/F) - -True
Performance production measures are the result of the movement. (T/F) - -True
Intrinsic Feedback - -Comes solely from the student and arises as a natural consequence of
the performed skill.
Augmented Feedback - -Received from a source external to the performer that supplements
the intrinsic feedback.
Performance is: - -Observable Behavior
Learning is not: - -Observable Behavior
What is an indication that learning has occurred? - -When a relatively permanent change in
performance has occurred.
, Outcome Measures - -simply focus on what happens as a result of the movement.
What happens to the student in the early phase of golf skill learning? - -The student may have
cognitive self-talk aloud, lack confidence, and fear of failure.
How does a student transfer golf skills learned in the cognitive phase to play on the course in the
intermediate phase? - -Transfer Practice
What should instructors teach their students in the early learning phase? - -1)Explain and
demonstrate the new skill or correction, 2)CLEARLY point out appropriate cues, 3)Encourage
students to exercise patience in learning and 4) Encourage positive and rational self talk.
What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? - -If a student has been chipping on flat
lie, move the student to uneven lies.
According to the 2004 Guadagnoli and Lee study, what is the optimal challenge point? - -the
middle ground between being under challenged and over challenged.
What would be a Retention Test to determine learning? - -If the student takes a lesson and
then practices three times that week, how will the skill hold up after two weeks with no practice.
Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as learning takes place. (T/F) - -
False
According to the Gentile's Model what is the second stage of learning called? - -
Fixation/Diversification Stage
What should instructors limit the amount of to help students process information from short-term
to long-term memory? - -Information
Where does the ability to retrieve accomplished swing skills reside? - -Recall Memory
Correct Answers
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) - -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) - -True
Cognitive learning is the first phase of learning a student will pass through when learning a new
skill. (T/F) - -True
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of the autonomous phase of learning.
(T/F) - -True
Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can cause a motor program memory to be
forgotten. (T/F) - -True
Students can expect a slower rate of learning as they progress through the 3 phases of golf skill
learning. (T/F) - -True
Motor learning has taken place when the improvements in skill technique were caused by changes
in motivation. (T/F) - -False
3 Phases of Golf Skill Learning - -1) Early (cognitive), 2) Intermediate (associative), 3)
Advanced (autonomous)
Memory - -An internal representation of an event, experience, or something learned, and is
about its storage and retrieval.
Retention - -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) - -True
Changes in performance that result from increased motivation are suitable as evidence for
learning? (T/F) - -False
As learning takes place there are 4 performance characteristics observed. What are they? - -
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) - -True
One-minute is about the short term memory storage capacity for new cognitive information before
it is lost due to inattention? (T/F) - -True
Performance production measures are the result of the movement. (T/F) - -True
Intrinsic Feedback - -Comes solely from the student and arises as a natural consequence of
the performed skill.
Augmented Feedback - -Received from a source external to the performer that supplements
the intrinsic feedback.
Performance is: - -Observable Behavior
Learning is not: - -Observable Behavior
What is an indication that learning has occurred? - -When a relatively permanent change in
performance has occurred.
, Outcome Measures - -simply focus on what happens as a result of the movement.
What happens to the student in the early phase of golf skill learning? - -The student may have
cognitive self-talk aloud, lack confidence, and fear of failure.
How does a student transfer golf skills learned in the cognitive phase to play on the course in the
intermediate phase? - -Transfer Practice
What should instructors teach their students in the early learning phase? - -1)Explain and
demonstrate the new skill or correction, 2)CLEARLY point out appropriate cues, 3)Encourage
students to exercise patience in learning and 4) Encourage positive and rational self talk.
What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? - -If a student has been chipping on flat
lie, move the student to uneven lies.
According to the 2004 Guadagnoli and Lee study, what is the optimal challenge point? - -the
middle ground between being under challenged and over challenged.
What would be a Retention Test to determine learning? - -If the student takes a lesson and
then practices three times that week, how will the skill hold up after two weeks with no practice.
Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as learning takes place. (T/F) - -
False
According to the Gentile's Model what is the second stage of learning called? - -
Fixation/Diversification Stage
What should instructors limit the amount of to help students process information from short-term
to long-term memory? - -Information
Where does the ability to retrieve accomplished swing skills reside? - -Recall Memory
