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PGA Level 3 Teaching & Coaching
Exam Questions With Solved
Solutions
How will a more offset head design affect club performance? -
CORRECT ANSWER>>It will send the ball to the left and possibly
higher.
What should an instructor do when teaching someone who has lost a
limb? - CORRECT ANSWER>>He should learn how to hit shots
emulating the disability.
What determines the transfer of golf skill learning? - CORRECT
ANSWER>>Amount and direction of transfer is largely a function of the
similarity of the relationship between structure of the skills and the
stimulus conditions.
What is often challenged when teaching a player with a disability or
injury? - CORRECT ANSWER>>Making pre-concluded notions
What is the effect of shortening a driver by 1.5 inches? - CORRECT
ANSWER>>Lowers swing weight by 9 pts and makes shaft stiffer (+/-3
swing weight points for every ½ inch added or taken away)
What is often a trade-off during the club fitting process? - CORRECT
ANSWER>>Distance for greater accuracy.
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How is a 1/64" undersized grip created? - CORRECT
ANSWER>>Stretching it ¾" past its original length or using a larger
grip core size for the shaft butt size.
Which analytic technique pays the biggest dividend in improving
teaching? - CORRECT ANSWER>>Systematic observation.
As a rule, where should the player tee the ball on the tee in sidewind
conditions? - CORRECT ANSWER>>The side in which the wind is
coming.
Based on research, at what speed should a skill be mentally rehearsed
prior to actual performance? - CORRECT ANSWER>>The same as
the actual performance. (The same speed)
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? -
CORRECT ANSWER>>Have a business plan created specifically for
instructional programs. Or hire another qualified instructor
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? - CORRECT ANSWER>>Defining
the business - different goals between instructor and facility.
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What are the two major ways to structure swing change movements
through rehearsal? - CORRECT ANSWER>>Skills and transfer
practice
What situation justifies substituting mental practice for physical
practice? - CORRECT ANSWER>>When the student cannot physically
practice. (travel, golf unavailable, injury, illness)
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?
- CORRECT ANSWER>>Stimulus Generalization
According to the course manual, when working with a less experienced
player on the course, what lesson content would be most appropriate?
- CORRECT ANSWER>>Course etiquette, rules, putting technique
and situational shots, club selection and full swing technique.
What term is used to describe transferring a learned skill of a 20-foot
chip onto a practice green to a 50-foot chip on the same practice
green? - CORRECT ANSWER>>Response generalization
What is the cognitive rehearsal of a physical activity in the absence of
any observable muscular movement? - CORRECT ANSWER>>Mental
Practice
The assistant golf professional has been asked to devise a plan to
promote the facility's teaching business to the senior's segment of the
facility's customer base.What promotional consideration should be
PGA Level 3 Teaching & Coaching
Exam Questions With Solved
Solutions
How will a more offset head design affect club performance? -
CORRECT ANSWER>>It will send the ball to the left and possibly
higher.
What should an instructor do when teaching someone who has lost a
limb? - CORRECT ANSWER>>He should learn how to hit shots
emulating the disability.
What determines the transfer of golf skill learning? - CORRECT
ANSWER>>Amount and direction of transfer is largely a function of the
similarity of the relationship between structure of the skills and the
stimulus conditions.
What is often challenged when teaching a player with a disability or
injury? - CORRECT ANSWER>>Making pre-concluded notions
What is the effect of shortening a driver by 1.5 inches? - CORRECT
ANSWER>>Lowers swing weight by 9 pts and makes shaft stiffer (+/-3
swing weight points for every ½ inch added or taken away)
What is often a trade-off during the club fitting process? - CORRECT
ANSWER>>Distance for greater accuracy.
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How is a 1/64" undersized grip created? - CORRECT
ANSWER>>Stretching it ¾" past its original length or using a larger
grip core size for the shaft butt size.
Which analytic technique pays the biggest dividend in improving
teaching? - CORRECT ANSWER>>Systematic observation.
As a rule, where should the player tee the ball on the tee in sidewind
conditions? - CORRECT ANSWER>>The side in which the wind is
coming.
Based on research, at what speed should a skill be mentally rehearsed
prior to actual performance? - CORRECT ANSWER>>The same as
the actual performance. (The same speed)
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? -
CORRECT ANSWER>>Have a business plan created specifically for
instructional programs. Or hire another qualified instructor
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? - CORRECT ANSWER>>Defining
the business - different goals between instructor and facility.
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What are the two major ways to structure swing change movements
through rehearsal? - CORRECT ANSWER>>Skills and transfer
practice
What situation justifies substituting mental practice for physical
practice? - CORRECT ANSWER>>When the student cannot physically
practice. (travel, golf unavailable, injury, illness)
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?
- CORRECT ANSWER>>Stimulus Generalization
According to the course manual, when working with a less experienced
player on the course, what lesson content would be most appropriate?
- CORRECT ANSWER>>Course etiquette, rules, putting technique
and situational shots, club selection and full swing technique.
What term is used to describe transferring a learned skill of a 20-foot
chip onto a practice green to a 50-foot chip on the same practice
green? - CORRECT ANSWER>>Response generalization
What is the cognitive rehearsal of a physical activity in the absence of
any observable muscular movement? - CORRECT ANSWER>>Mental
Practice
The assistant golf professional has been asked to devise a plan to
promote the facility's teaching business to the senior's segment of the
facility's customer base.What promotional consideration should be
