PGA LEVEL 1 TEACHING AND COACHING
2026 STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE GOLF
INSTRUCTION FUNDAMENTALS AND PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
◉ 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
2026 STUDY GUIDE COMPLETE GOLF
INSTRUCTION FUNDAMENTALS AND PRACTICE
QUESTIONS
◉ 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
