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PGA LEVEL 1 TEACHING &
COACHING 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | A+ GRADED | WITH
EXPERT SOLUTIONS
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
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Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can
cause a motor program memory to be forgotten. - correct answer-
True
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
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One minute is about the short-term memory storage capacity for
new cognitive information before it is lost due to inattention? -
correct answer-True
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-......
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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
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
PGA LEVEL 1 TEACHING &
COACHING 2026 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS | A+ GRADED | WITH
EXPERT SOLUTIONS
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
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Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can
cause a motor program memory to be forgotten. - correct answer-
True
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
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One minute is about the short-term memory storage capacity for
new cognitive information before it is lost due to inattention? -
correct answer-True
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-......
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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
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
