PGA PGM Level 1 3.0 Teaching and
Coaching
Improvement in golf skill performance due to increased strength and flexibility as a result of
participation in a fitness program is evidence that learning has taken place. - Answer-False
A common mistake in teaching is the expectation that the student will be able to learn a skill from a
verbal suggestion - Answer-True
Autonomous learning is the first phase of learning a student will pass through when learning a new golf
skill. - Answer-False
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of the autonomous phase of learning. -
Answer-True
Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can cause a motor program memory to be
forgotten. - Answer-True
Students can expect as lower rate of learning as they progress through the three phases of golf skill
learning. - Answer-True
Motor learning. has taken place when the improvements in skill technique were caused by changes in
motivation. - Answer-False
,A student's improved performance by the end of the first lesson is evidence that learning has occurred. -
Answer-false
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. - Answer-True
Changes in performance that result from increased motivation are suitable as evidence for learning? -
Answer-False
One minute is about the short-term memory storage capacity for new cognitive information before it is
lost due to inattention? - Answer-True
Performance production measures are the result of the movement. - Answer-False
What is an indication that learning has occurred? - Answer-Relative permeant change
What is the basis on which instructors can make reliable inferences that learning has taken place? -
Answer-Permeant results in experience and practice
How does a student transfer golf skills learned in the cognitive phase to play on the course in the
intermediate learning phase? - Answer-......
What increases as students transition from early to intermediate to the advanced phase of learning? -
Answer-Movement coordination
What is the definition of learning? - Answer-Relatively permeant change
, What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? - Answer-Taking time off and coming back
According to the 2004 Guadagnoli and Lee study, what is the optimal challenge point? - Answer-Middle
ground of challenge
According to Gentile's Model, what is the second stage of learning called? -
Answer-Fixation/diversification
Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as learning takes place. - Answer-False
What should instructors limit to help students process information from short term to long-term
memory? - Answer-Chunks and cues
Where does the ability to retrieve accomplished swing skills reside - Answer-Long-term memory
What is the essential assumption of the basic information processing model? - Answer-People are active
processors of information
Juniors: Learning, fitness, Develop Programs - Answer-
Fundamental movement skills should be the focus of pre-teen training?( - Answer-True
Early success in golf for Juniors is the reliable predictor of long-term success. - Answer-False
What should the learning environment emphasize when working with early childhood students? -
Answer-Experimentations with movement and skills
Coaching
Improvement in golf skill performance due to increased strength and flexibility as a result of
participation in a fitness program is evidence that learning has taken place. - Answer-False
A common mistake in teaching is the expectation that the student will be able to learn a skill from a
verbal suggestion - Answer-True
Autonomous learning is the first phase of learning a student will pass through when learning a new golf
skill. - Answer-False
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of the autonomous phase of learning. -
Answer-True
Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can cause a motor program memory to be
forgotten. - Answer-True
Students can expect as lower rate of learning as they progress through the three phases of golf skill
learning. - Answer-True
Motor learning. has taken place when the improvements in skill technique were caused by changes in
motivation. - Answer-False
,A student's improved performance by the end of the first lesson is evidence that learning has occurred. -
Answer-false
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. - Answer-True
Changes in performance that result from increased motivation are suitable as evidence for learning? -
Answer-False
One minute is about the short-term memory storage capacity for new cognitive information before it is
lost due to inattention? - Answer-True
Performance production measures are the result of the movement. - Answer-False
What is an indication that learning has occurred? - Answer-Relative permeant change
What is the basis on which instructors can make reliable inferences that learning has taken place? -
Answer-Permeant results in experience and practice
How does a student transfer golf skills learned in the cognitive phase to play on the course in the
intermediate learning phase? - Answer-......
What increases as students transition from early to intermediate to the advanced phase of learning? -
Answer-Movement coordination
What is the definition of learning? - Answer-Relatively permeant change
, What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? - Answer-Taking time off and coming back
According to the 2004 Guadagnoli and Lee study, what is the optimal challenge point? - Answer-Middle
ground of challenge
According to Gentile's Model, what is the second stage of learning called? -
Answer-Fixation/diversification
Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as learning takes place. - Answer-False
What should instructors limit to help students process information from short term to long-term
memory? - Answer-Chunks and cues
Where does the ability to retrieve accomplished swing skills reside - Answer-Long-term memory
What is the essential assumption of the basic information processing model? - Answer-People are active
processors of information
Juniors: Learning, fitness, Develop Programs - Answer-
Fundamental movement skills should be the focus of pre-teen training?( - Answer-True
Early success in golf for Juniors is the reliable predictor of long-term success. - Answer-False
What should the learning environment emphasize when working with early childhood students? -
Answer-Experimentations with movement and skills
