PGA Level 3 Study Guide - 3.0 Questions with Solutions
(Latest 2024-2025)
What is an example of a pre-swing adjustment? - correct answers ✅Posture, ball
position, grip, alignment
What adjustments are recommended prior to making in-swing adjustments? -
correct answers ✅Pre-swing
How can a student overcome negative effect or interference in competitive
pressure situations? - correct answers ✅Increase practice under pressure &
playing conditions
What is lacking when newly introduced swing changes are lost between lessons? -
correct answers ✅Practice/play
What types of changes are easiest to learn and often result in rapid improvement
in performance? - correct answers ✅Pre-swing corrections
What is the most important shot in golf? - correct answers ✅The next one
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What is one way that players can achieve realistic goals? - correct answers ✅Set
realistic goals
What is recommended immediate post-shot means for controlling one's emotions
following a poor shot? - correct answers ✅Post-shot routine
What do pre and post-shot routines provide? - correct answers ✅Stay in
present/manage emotions
What pre-shot routine problem could cause a poor shot outcome? - correct
answers ✅Club, distance, target, alignment, ball position
What must one learn in order to gain the benefits of the progressive muscle
relaxation technique? - correct answers ✅How to recognize undesirable tension
& then relax it
Why is it important to have students with similar skill and fitness levels,
motivation and experience for group instruction? - correct answers ✅More likely
to benefit
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What type of player is best served by individual lessons? - correct answers
✅Advanced player
What is a group lesson advantage? - correct answers ✅Cohesion, increased
learning
What is the correct planning assumption behind a skill development sequence for
individual lessons? - correct answers ✅Sequence info, skills with well developed
plan
How should teachers respond to lessons that are getting off track? - correct
answers ✅Clear vision of lesson purpose, back to goal
Why should one have contingency plans? - correct answers ✅In case lesson goes
in a different direction
What should be included in Long term player development planning? - correct
answers ✅Written programs, purpose and goals, key skills, knowledge
What is the purpose of golf instruction from the standpoint of long-term lesson
planning? - correct answers ✅Improve performance
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What is the difference between a lesson plan and a long-term developmental plan?
- correct answers ✅Long term over multiple lessons
How does the PGA define the elite player for purposes of developing a long-term
player development plan? - correct answers ✅Competitive high school player
What is one misconception regarding who is best qualified to teach people with a
disability or injury to play golf? - correct answers ✅Person from outside golf
industry
What is often challenged when teaching a player with a disability or injury? -
correct answers ✅Pre-concluded notions
What is the best course of action if a teacher is unsure of what to say to a player
who has a disability or injury? - correct answers ✅Ask the student for advice
What should an instructor do when teaching someone who has lost a limb? -
correct answers ✅Learn to hit shots emulating disability
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