PGA LEVEL 1 TEACHING AND COACHING
2026 PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED GOLF PERFORMANCE BREAKDOWN
FULL REVIEW
◉ A common mistake in teaching is the expectation that the student
will be able to learn a skill from a verbal suggestion. (T/F) Answer:
True
◉ Cognitive learning is the first phase of learning a student will pass
through when learning a new skill. (T/F) Answer: True
◉ Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of
the autonomous phase of learning. (T/F) Answer: True
◉ Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can
cause a motor program memory to be forgotten. (T/F) Answer: True
◉ Students can expect a slower rate of learning as they progress
through the 3 phases of golf skill learning. (T/F) Answer: True
,◉ Motor learning has taken place when the improvements in skill
technique were caused by changes in motivation. (T/F) Answer:
False
◉ 3 Phases of Golf Skill Learning Answer: 1) Early (cognitive), 2)
Intermediate (associative), 3) Advanced (autonomous)
◉ Memory Answer: An internal representation of an event,
experience, or something learned, and is about its storage and
retrieval.
◉ Retention Answer: Persistence or durability over time of
something learned.
◉ A student's improved performance by the end of the first lesson is
evidence that learning has occurred. (T/F) Answer: True
◉ As learning takes place there are 4 performance characteristics
observed. What are they? Answer: Improvement, consistency,
persistence, adaptability
◉ 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. (T/F) Answer: True
,◉ Changes in performance that result from increased motivation are
suitable as evidence for learning? (T/F) Answer: False
◉ One-minute is about the short term memory storage capacity for
new cognitive information before it is lost due to inattention? (T/F)
Answer: True
◉ Performance production measures are the result of the
movement. (T/F) Answer: True
◉ Intrinsic Feedback Answer: Comes solely from the student and
arises as a natural consequence of the performed skill.
◉ Augmented Feedback Answer: Received from a source external to
the performer that supplements the intrinsic feedback.
◉ Performance is: Answer: Observable Behavior
◉ Learning is not: Answer: Observable Behavior
◉ What is an indication that learning has occurred? Answer: When a
relatively permanent change in performance has occurred.
, ◉ Outcome Measures Answer: simply focus on what happens as a
result of the movement.
◉ What happens to the student in the early phase of golf skill
learning? Answer: The student may have cognitive self-talk aloud,
lack confidence, and fear of failure.
◉ What should instructors teach their students in the early learning
phase? Answer: 1)Explain and demonstrate the new skill or
correction, 2)CLEARLY point out appropriate cues, 3)Encourage
students to exercise patience in learning and 4) Encourage positive
and rational self talk.
◉ How does a student transfer golf skills learned in the cognitive
phase to play on the course in the intermediate phase? Answer:
Transfer Practice
◉ What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? Answer: If
a student has been chipping on flat lie, move the student to uneven
lies.
◉ What would be a Retention Test to determine learning? Answer: If
the student takes a lesson and then practices three times that week,
how will the skill hold up after two weeks with no practice.
2026 PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND
DETAILED GOLF PERFORMANCE BREAKDOWN
FULL REVIEW
◉ A common mistake in teaching is the expectation that the student
will be able to learn a skill from a verbal suggestion. (T/F) Answer:
True
◉ Cognitive learning is the first phase of learning a student will pass
through when learning a new skill. (T/F) Answer: True
◉ Effectively inhibiting unwanted movements is a characteristic of
the autonomous phase of learning. (T/F) Answer: True
◉ Competing movements encountered in new skill learning can
cause a motor program memory to be forgotten. (T/F) Answer: True
◉ Students can expect a slower rate of learning as they progress
through the 3 phases of golf skill learning. (T/F) Answer: True
,◉ Motor learning has taken place when the improvements in skill
technique were caused by changes in motivation. (T/F) Answer:
False
◉ 3 Phases of Golf Skill Learning Answer: 1) Early (cognitive), 2)
Intermediate (associative), 3) Advanced (autonomous)
◉ Memory Answer: An internal representation of an event,
experience, or something learned, and is about its storage and
retrieval.
◉ Retention Answer: Persistence or durability over time of
something learned.
◉ A student's improved performance by the end of the first lesson is
evidence that learning has occurred. (T/F) Answer: True
◉ As learning takes place there are 4 performance characteristics
observed. What are they? Answer: Improvement, consistency,
persistence, adaptability
◉ 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. (T/F) Answer: True
,◉ Changes in performance that result from increased motivation are
suitable as evidence for learning? (T/F) Answer: False
◉ One-minute is about the short term memory storage capacity for
new cognitive information before it is lost due to inattention? (T/F)
Answer: True
◉ Performance production measures are the result of the
movement. (T/F) Answer: True
◉ Intrinsic Feedback Answer: Comes solely from the student and
arises as a natural consequence of the performed skill.
◉ Augmented Feedback Answer: Received from a source external to
the performer that supplements the intrinsic feedback.
◉ Performance is: Answer: Observable Behavior
◉ Learning is not: Answer: Observable Behavior
◉ What is an indication that learning has occurred? Answer: When a
relatively permanent change in performance has occurred.
, ◉ Outcome Measures Answer: simply focus on what happens as a
result of the movement.
◉ What happens to the student in the early phase of golf skill
learning? Answer: The student may have cognitive self-talk aloud,
lack confidence, and fear of failure.
◉ What should instructors teach their students in the early learning
phase? Answer: 1)Explain and demonstrate the new skill or
correction, 2)CLEARLY point out appropriate cues, 3)Encourage
students to exercise patience in learning and 4) Encourage positive
and rational self talk.
◉ How does a student transfer golf skills learned in the cognitive
phase to play on the course in the intermediate phase? Answer:
Transfer Practice
◉ What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? Answer: If
a student has been chipping on flat lie, move the student to uneven
lies.
◉ What would be a Retention Test to determine learning? Answer: If
the student takes a lesson and then practices three times that week,
how will the skill hold up after two weeks with no practice.
