PGA Level 3 Teaching Exam Questions and
Complete answers Graded A++
1. When is mental practice and motor imagery most effective?
Used as a supplement to physical practice
2. Which of the following makes cognitive hypothesis an effective learning tool?
Plan ahead for physical movements
Which condition enhances the benefits of mental practice?
Practice when motivated
Based on research at what speed should a skill be mentally rehearsed?
Real Time/Same speed as it takes to actually perform
Whats an example of form focus of attention? Keep Head down?
Keeping Head Still During Putt
What approach is recomended to optimize learning transfer of a golf skill?
The golf skill should be practiced in original learning at the same performance level
demanded in transfer learning.
What types of changes are easiest to learn and often result in rapid
improvement?
Pre-Swing Changes
What is lacking when newly introduced swing changes are lost between lessons.
Limited Neural Changes Occur
What is expected when old neural networks positively transfer to new?
Rate of Learning is expected to be faster
Which is an example of interference or negative transfer?
Old Swing Movements Trump New Swing Thoughts
What is an example of playing smart?
Leave the ball in the best position to hit the next shot.
What do pre and post shot routines provide? Maintaing mental game?
, Focus attention on process of playing the game
Cheryl is ahead of club championship on the final. She three putts and loses.
What happened?
She thought too much
Transfer of golf skill learning depends on the structural similarity of the golf.....
True
All pre swing changes are actually changes of posture.
True
Missy an instructor at ray ranch golf club has approached a long time of hers
about a complete swing change. At first she should not tell the student how long
the changes may take.
False
Willingness to accept poor swings and outcomes is an example of how golfers
can get in their own way.
False
Emotion management strategies should be part of both pre and post shot
routines.
True
What technique should a player use during a preshot routine when a player wants
to trust their swing?
Imagine shot outcome
Which preshot routine could cause a poor shot outcome?
Badly Executed Swing
23. A learned skill of chipping a ball to a hole at one distance in original
learning....
True
What is the essence of the mental game?
Manage Emotions
What is an effective means of helping an inexperienced beginner use mental
practice?
Combined Physical and Mental Practice
Complete answers Graded A++
1. When is mental practice and motor imagery most effective?
Used as a supplement to physical practice
2. Which of the following makes cognitive hypothesis an effective learning tool?
Plan ahead for physical movements
Which condition enhances the benefits of mental practice?
Practice when motivated
Based on research at what speed should a skill be mentally rehearsed?
Real Time/Same speed as it takes to actually perform
Whats an example of form focus of attention? Keep Head down?
Keeping Head Still During Putt
What approach is recomended to optimize learning transfer of a golf skill?
The golf skill should be practiced in original learning at the same performance level
demanded in transfer learning.
What types of changes are easiest to learn and often result in rapid
improvement?
Pre-Swing Changes
What is lacking when newly introduced swing changes are lost between lessons.
Limited Neural Changes Occur
What is expected when old neural networks positively transfer to new?
Rate of Learning is expected to be faster
Which is an example of interference or negative transfer?
Old Swing Movements Trump New Swing Thoughts
What is an example of playing smart?
Leave the ball in the best position to hit the next shot.
What do pre and post shot routines provide? Maintaing mental game?
, Focus attention on process of playing the game
Cheryl is ahead of club championship on the final. She three putts and loses.
What happened?
She thought too much
Transfer of golf skill learning depends on the structural similarity of the golf.....
True
All pre swing changes are actually changes of posture.
True
Missy an instructor at ray ranch golf club has approached a long time of hers
about a complete swing change. At first she should not tell the student how long
the changes may take.
False
Willingness to accept poor swings and outcomes is an example of how golfers
can get in their own way.
False
Emotion management strategies should be part of both pre and post shot
routines.
True
What technique should a player use during a preshot routine when a player wants
to trust their swing?
Imagine shot outcome
Which preshot routine could cause a poor shot outcome?
Badly Executed Swing
23. A learned skill of chipping a ball to a hole at one distance in original
learning....
True
What is the essence of the mental game?
Manage Emotions
What is an effective means of helping an inexperienced beginner use mental
practice?
Combined Physical and Mental Practice
