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PGA PGM LEVEL 1 3.0 TEACHING AND
COACHING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
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. -correct answer- False
A common mistake in teaching is the expectation that the
student will be able to learn a skill from a verbal suggestion -
correct answer- True
Autonomous learning is the first phase of learning a student will
pass through when learning a new golf skill. -correct answer-
False
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of
the autonomous phase of learning. -correct answer- True
Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can
cause a motor program memory to be forgotten. -correct
answer- True
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Students can expect as lower rate of learning as they progress
through the three phases of golf skill learning. -correct answer-
True
Motor learning. has taken place when the improvements in skill
technique were caused by changes in motivation. -correct
answer- False
A student's improved performance by the end of the first lesson
is evidence that learning has occurred. -correct 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. -correct answer- True
Changes in performance that result from increased motivation
are suitable as evidence for learning? -correct answer- False
One minute is about the short-term memory storage capacity
for new cognitive information before it is lost due to inattention?
-correct answer- True
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Performance production measures are the result of the
movement. -correct answer- False
What is an indication that learning has occurred? -correct
answer- Relative permeant change
What is the basis on which instructors can make reliable
inferences that learning has taken place? -correct 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?
-correct answer- ......
What increases as students transition from early to
intermediate to the advanced phase of learning? -correct
answer- Movement coordination
What is the definition of learning? -correct answer- Relatively
permeant change
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What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? -correct
answer- Taking time off and coming back
According to the 2004 Guadagnoli and Lee study, what is the
optimal challenge point? -correct answer- Middle ground of
challenge
According to Gentile's Model, what is the second stage of
learning called? -correct answer- Fixation/diversification
Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as
learning takes place. -correct answer- False
What should instructors limit to help students process
information from short term to long-term memory? -correct
answer- Chunks and cues
Where does the ability to retrieve accomplished swing skills
reside -correct answer- Long-term memory
PGA PGM LEVEL 1 3.0 TEACHING AND
COACHING QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
2025
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. -correct answer- False
A common mistake in teaching is the expectation that the
student will be able to learn a skill from a verbal suggestion -
correct answer- True
Autonomous learning is the first phase of learning a student will
pass through when learning a new golf skill. -correct answer-
False
Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of
the autonomous phase of learning. -correct answer- True
Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can
cause a motor program memory to be forgotten. -correct
answer- True
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Students can expect as lower rate of learning as they progress
through the three phases of golf skill learning. -correct answer-
True
Motor learning. has taken place when the improvements in skill
technique were caused by changes in motivation. -correct
answer- False
A student's improved performance by the end of the first lesson
is evidence that learning has occurred. -correct 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. -correct answer- True
Changes in performance that result from increased motivation
are suitable as evidence for learning? -correct answer- False
One minute is about the short-term memory storage capacity
for new cognitive information before it is lost due to inattention?
-correct answer- True
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Performance production measures are the result of the
movement. -correct answer- False
What is an indication that learning has occurred? -correct
answer- Relative permeant change
What is the basis on which instructors can make reliable
inferences that learning has taken place? -correct 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?
-correct answer- ......
What increases as students transition from early to
intermediate to the advanced phase of learning? -correct
answer- Movement coordination
What is the definition of learning? -correct answer- Relatively
permeant change
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What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? -correct
answer- Taking time off and coming back
According to the 2004 Guadagnoli and Lee study, what is the
optimal challenge point? -correct answer- Middle ground of
challenge
According to Gentile's Model, what is the second stage of
learning called? -correct answer- Fixation/diversification
Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as
learning takes place. -correct answer- False
What should instructors limit to help students process
information from short term to long-term memory? -correct
answer- Chunks and cues
Where does the ability to retrieve accomplished swing skills
reside -correct answer- Long-term memory
