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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)
Ans: 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)
Ans: True
Cognitive learning is the first phase of learning a student will pass through when learning a new skill.
(T/F)
Ans: True
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of the autonomous phase of learning.
(T/F)
Ans: True
Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can cause a motor program memory to be
forgotten. (T/F)
Ans: True
Students can expect a slower rate of learning as they progress through the 3 phases of golf skill
learning. (T/F)
Ans: True
Motor learning has taken place when the improvements in skill technique were caused by changes in
motivation. (T/F)
Ans: False
3 Phases of Golf Skill Learning
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Ans: 1) Early (cognitive), 2) Intermediate (associative), 3) Advanced (autonomous)
Memory
Ans: An internal representation of an event, experience, or something learned, and is about
its storage and retrieval.
Retention
Ans: 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)
Ans: True
As learning takes place there are 4 performance characteristics observed. What are they?
Ans: 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)
Ans: True
Changes in performance that result from increased motivation are suitable as evidence for learning?
(T/F)
Ans: False
One-minute is about the short term memory storage capacity for new cognitive information before it is
lost due to inattention? (T/F)
Ans: True
Performance production measures are the result of the movement. (T/F)
Ans: True
Intrinsic Feedback
Ans: Comes solely from the student and arises as a natural consequence of the performed
skill.
Augmented Feedback
Ans: Received from a source external to the performer that supplements the intrinsic
feedback.
Performance is:
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Ans: Observable Behavior
Learning is not:
Ans: Observable Behavior
What is an indication that learning has occurred?
Ans: When a relatively permanent change in performance has occurred.
Outcome Measures
Ans: simply focus on what happens as a result of the movement.
What happens to the student in the early phase of golf skill learning?
Ans: The student may have cognitive self-talk aloud, lack confidence, and fear of failure.
What should instructors teach their students in the early learning phase?
Ans: 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.
How does a student transfer golf skills learned in the cognitive phase to play on the course in the
intermediate phase?
Ans: Transfer Practice
What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning?
Ans: If a student has been chipping on flat lie, move the student to uneven lies.
What would be a Retention Test to determine learning?
Ans: 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.
According to the 2004 Guadagnoli and Lee study, what is the optimal challenge point?
Ans: the middle ground between being under challenged and over challenged.
According to the Gentile's Model what is the second stage of learning called?
Ans: Fixation/Diversification Stage
Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as learning takes place. (T/F)
Ans: False
PGA Level 1 Teaching & Coaching
Questions with Detailed Verified Answers
(100% Correct Answers) /Already Graded
A+
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)
Ans: 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)
Ans: True
Cognitive learning is the first phase of learning a student will pass through when learning a new skill.
(T/F)
Ans: True
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of the autonomous phase of learning.
(T/F)
Ans: True
Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can cause a motor program memory to be
forgotten. (T/F)
Ans: True
Students can expect a slower rate of learning as they progress through the 3 phases of golf skill
learning. (T/F)
Ans: True
Motor learning has taken place when the improvements in skill technique were caused by changes in
motivation. (T/F)
Ans: False
3 Phases of Golf Skill Learning
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Ans: 1) Early (cognitive), 2) Intermediate (associative), 3) Advanced (autonomous)
Memory
Ans: An internal representation of an event, experience, or something learned, and is about
its storage and retrieval.
Retention
Ans: 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)
Ans: True
As learning takes place there are 4 performance characteristics observed. What are they?
Ans: 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)
Ans: True
Changes in performance that result from increased motivation are suitable as evidence for learning?
(T/F)
Ans: False
One-minute is about the short term memory storage capacity for new cognitive information before it is
lost due to inattention? (T/F)
Ans: True
Performance production measures are the result of the movement. (T/F)
Ans: True
Intrinsic Feedback
Ans: Comes solely from the student and arises as a natural consequence of the performed
skill.
Augmented Feedback
Ans: Received from a source external to the performer that supplements the intrinsic
feedback.
Performance is:
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Ans: Observable Behavior
Learning is not:
Ans: Observable Behavior
What is an indication that learning has occurred?
Ans: When a relatively permanent change in performance has occurred.
Outcome Measures
Ans: simply focus on what happens as a result of the movement.
What happens to the student in the early phase of golf skill learning?
Ans: The student may have cognitive self-talk aloud, lack confidence, and fear of failure.
What should instructors teach their students in the early learning phase?
Ans: 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.
How does a student transfer golf skills learned in the cognitive phase to play on the course in the
intermediate phase?
Ans: Transfer Practice
What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning?
Ans: If a student has been chipping on flat lie, move the student to uneven lies.
What would be a Retention Test to determine learning?
Ans: 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.
According to the 2004 Guadagnoli and Lee study, what is the optimal challenge point?
Ans: the middle ground between being under challenged and over challenged.
According to the Gentile's Model what is the second stage of learning called?
Ans: Fixation/Diversification Stage
Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as learning takes place. (T/F)
Ans: False
