PGA LEVEL 1 TEACHING AND COACHING
2026 FINAL REVIEW PACK COMPLETE
QUESTION SET AND CORE CONCEPT
SUMMARY
◉ 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 a slower 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: True
◉ What is an indication that learning has occurred? Answer: A
relatively permanent change is observed
◉ What is the basis on which instructors can make reliable
inferences that learning has taken place? Answer: Feedback
, ◉ What happens to the student in the early phase of golf skill
learning? Answer: When students try to perform the movements
patterns that make up the new skill, they do so cognitively or by
actively thinking how to perform the movement pattern.
◉ What should instructors teach their students in their early
learning phase? Answer: The instructor should communicate using
words, visual or kinesthetic examples, or other feedback tools to
help illustrate a point. The teacher is responsible for communicating
important relationships between movement patterns that make up
the old and the new skill.
◉ What is the definition of learning? Answer: The change in the
ability of a person to perform a skill
◉ What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? Answer:
Test the skill in a new environment to change the skill slightly
◉ What would be a Retention Test to determine learning? Answer:
Will the learned golf skill hold up if not practiced for a couple of
weeks
◉ Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as
learning takes place. Answer: True
2026 FINAL REVIEW PACK COMPLETE
QUESTION SET AND CORE CONCEPT
SUMMARY
◉ 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 a slower 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: True
◉ What is an indication that learning has occurred? Answer: A
relatively permanent change is observed
◉ What is the basis on which instructors can make reliable
inferences that learning has taken place? Answer: Feedback
, ◉ What happens to the student in the early phase of golf skill
learning? Answer: When students try to perform the movements
patterns that make up the new skill, they do so cognitively or by
actively thinking how to perform the movement pattern.
◉ What should instructors teach their students in their early
learning phase? Answer: The instructor should communicate using
words, visual or kinesthetic examples, or other feedback tools to
help illustrate a point. The teacher is responsible for communicating
important relationships between movement patterns that make up
the old and the new skill.
◉ What is the definition of learning? Answer: The change in the
ability of a person to perform a skill
◉ What would be a Transfer Test to determine learning? Answer:
Test the skill in a new environment to change the skill slightly
◉ What would be a Retention Test to determine learning? Answer:
Will the learned golf skill hold up if not practiced for a couple of
weeks
◉ Confidence is a performance characteristic that is observed as
learning takes place. Answer: True
