PGA Level 2 Exam Questions: Golf Biomechanics and Instruction, Exams of Physical Activity and Sport Sciences

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1. What is a probable result of working on the computer for extended periods of time? -- Answer ✔✔ the shoulders to round and the head to extend toward the screen. Rounded Shoulders and upper cross syndrome
2. Why is upper crossed syndrome a probable result of working on the computer for extended periods of time? -- Answer ✔✔ Due to the length of time spent in these positions, the body adapts and strengthens the front side while loosening the back side. This creates the imbalance and causes upper crossed syndrome
3. What happens when factor muscles contract for joint stabilization? -- Answer ✔✔ This allows the agonistic muscles to function appropriately and help the right muscles contract and length. The fixators are very important in sports performance because they ensure efficient movement patterns.
4. According to the course manual, can only a player with a long torso rotation generate power and speed? -- Answer ✔✔ False, both long torso rotation, and short torso rotation can generate power and speed
5. What does a tilted hip position cause? -- Answer ✔✔ a tilted hip position cause a restricted torso rotation toward the higher hip
6. What can upper and lower crossed syndromes create? -- Answer ✔✔ They create reciprocal inhibition. Reciprocal inhibition takes

place when certain muscle groups will shut off and not function appropriately

7. What difficulty would a left dominate stance cause a right-handed golfer? -- Answer ✔✔ a left dominant stance would cause right- handed golfers difficulty in loading their right side at the top of the backswing
8. What is the function of the skeletal system -- Answer ✔✔ The function of the skeleton is to support the body, protect the organs, allow for movement, provide a mineral reservoir, and produce blood cells
9. What are the two compartmental classifications of the skeleton -- Answer ✔✔ The axial Skelton(torso and head), and the appendicular skeleton(arms, legs, pelvis, and shoulder girdle)
10. What comprises the axial skeleton -- Answer ✔✔ The torso and head
11. What is needed to control rotary movement in the golf swing -- Answer ✔✔ Body stability and hip, abdomen, and lower bock mobility are needed to control their rotary movement
12. Upper crossed syndrome can be easily identified in an individual who has what physical feature -- Answer ✔✔ They have a rounded shoulder position, the head or neck is in a forward position, and winging scapulars(that is, the inside edges of the scapula rotate away from the body
13. What is a pattern of movement in which the body works efficiently throughout most athletic movements -- Answer ✔✔ The cross crawl or X Pattern of movement
14. What is a clear reason to evaluate a golfer using the standing pelvic tilt -- Answer ✔✔ students who are unable to perform this action will have a tendency to change golf posture

21. What can a forward head position with rounded shoulders at address cause -- Answer ✔✔ a forward head position creates a rounded golf posture, resulting in an inability to maintain a proper spine angle throughout the swing
22. Which is an indication of an anterior tilt in the pelvis -- Answer ✔✔ the lower back is arched and the hip flexors and quadriceps are tight
23. Which is an effective way for a teacher to maintain the flow of the lesson -- Answer ✔✔ develop an interactive lesson climate. Ask questions, engage the student about the knowledge and the task at hand. When changing topic make it a clear change
24. For golf professionals to develop into successful teachers what needs to be developed and incorporated into their lessons -- Answer ✔✔ teachers need to develop of solid communication skills and dependable methods of conveying appropriate information
25. What should the teacher leave the student with when closing a lesson -- Answer ✔✔ open a door to future learning and more rewarding golf experiences for the student. Leave the student with a position image of himself or herself
26. What strategy should an instructor use to engage the student at the beginning of the lesson -- Answer ✔✔ establish instructional goals and provide an overview on how those goals will be achieved during the lesson. Instill a sense of curiosity, enthusiasm and excitement in the student makes them ready to learn anxious
27. What is an example of a momentum blocker -- Answer ✔✔ lack of punctuality, quality of equipment or the temperature distract the attention from the mission of the lesson

28. How can instructors teach students that what they just learned is part of a bigger picture? -- Answer ✔✔ By saying the new skill learned in the lesson will be built upon in the nest lesson the newly learned concepts need to be practiced so that they can develop further and lead to permeant improvement
29. What is an example of a momentum blocker -- Answer ✔✔ Lack of punctuality, quality of equipment or the temperature distract the attention from the mission of the lesson.
30. How can instructors tech students that what they just learned is part of a bigger picture -- Answer ✔✔ by saying the new skill learned in the lesson will be built upon in the next lesson the newly learned concepts need to be practiced so that they can develop further and lead to permanent improvement
31. What is one way to diminish the spontaneity and creativity that bring life to a lesson -- Answer ✔✔ too much routine
32. What type of practice is the least conducive way to keep the student's enthusiasm when transferring a golf skill learned on the lesson tee to the golf course -- Answer ✔✔ mass practice or simulator practice
33. Students with what level of athletic talent will experience greater frustration when practicing -- Answer ✔✔ natural athletes
34. Do students have to hit golf balls for practice to be effective -- Answer ✔✔ no, practice can be without hitting balls
35. How can the "hit the tee" drill be effective -- Answer ✔✔ The hit the tee drill can be effective in creating clubbed speed, but also can influence the student's clubbed path and angle of approach through impact
36. Why should prescribing practice be a part of every lesson -- Answer ✔✔ learning to play golf requires practice. Therefore,

45. Which drill is the most effective for influencing centeredness of contact -- Answer ✔✔ gradual length drill, divot drill, toe up to toe up drill, outside/ inside tee drill, face tape drill
46. What drill would be most helpful for a person who is having trouble squaring the club face at impact -- Answer ✔✔ toe in/ heel in drill, two-piece backswing drill, hold the finish drill, hit the impact bag drill, swingy drill
47. What can cause incorrect interpretations of images produced by skill performance analysis tools -- Answer ✔✔ incorrect camera angle
48. What should be included in every golf lesson -- Answer ✔✔ a meaningful conclusion or practice assignments
49. What example would make the practice and playing environment similar -- Answer ✔✔ make it competitive, create realistic situations, encourage proper habits, practice to a target
50. What should a player do when full practice time is limited -- Answer ✔✔ the student should build confidence by hitting clubs that the have the most success with or just practice making their best swing and having routine
51. What drill help the student feel the motion required to change the clubhead path through impact -- Answer ✔✔ pump drill
52. What common drill helps the student develop a feel for clubhead speed -- Answer ✔✔ l to l drill, whoosh drill and post impact speed drill, hit the tee drill, weighted club/donut drill, speed sensor drill
53. As an example, what is designed to test a player's consistency and patience -- Answer ✔✔ worse-ball scramble

54. What is a potential problem with multi camera system -- Answer ✔✔ overwhelming the player with multiple images and too much information at once
55. What diagnoses why that ball is going where it is going -- Answer ✔✔ the ball flight
56. The overuse of technology on the lesson tee seems to affect what skill level player more, the advanced player or the beginning player -- Answer ✔✔ book says both the same
57. Will the angle of approach when hitting an iron on an indoor simulator be the same as hitting an iron on a golf course -- Answer ✔✔ no it will not
58. What technology measures ground force -- Answer ✔✔ balance or pressure plates
59. What questions should be asked when assessing the important of technology -- Answer ✔✔ will it speed student progress? Will it help students or teachers understanding of the game? Will it make practice productive? Will it make the game more interesting and enjoyable
60. What can be captured using 3d motion analysis -- Answer ✔✔ the efficiency of movement in the swing
61. The golfer is directed to which stage of learning when receiving too much technological information -- Answer ✔✔ cognitive stage
62. According to the course manual, what percentage of players have been professionally fit for their putter -- Answer ✔✔ 5 %
63. What factors are less relevant when the professional is determining how much technological information to deliver to the

71. What constraints must be considered when developing the design idea? -- Answer ✔✔ time constraints, work, family factors that keep people from pursing the game
72. What is the basis of a positive and supportive relationship with facility manager and owners -- Answer ✔✔ effective communication. This communication is more effective when ownership is engaged in the program
73. How can a player development professional cultivate support from facility managers and owners -- Answer ✔✔ provide data and evidence that demonstrate that player development programs contribute to overall success and profitability of the facility
74. What segments did Golfer Portraits identify as the most promising golfer segments for player development programming? -- Answer ✔✔ Men: Clubhouse, hooked on value, chargers, on the fence Women: junior leaguers, time to play, stressed but serious, least committed
75. How would a golf professional learn more about the customer base in order to overcome potential barriers to golf? -- Answer ✔✔ gathering demographic data on current customers- age, gender, family, profession, income level
76. Should load youth gymnastics be considered a potential competitor to a player development program -- Answer ✔✔ true
77. Why should a segmentation study be used when designing player development programs -- Answer ✔✔ they are useful tool for understand the golfer population in general. Can also measure player commitment to the game
78. How is a player development program budget prepared and finalized -- Answer ✔✔ by working out costs and revenues for

each offering and ensuring it aligns with the facilities financial objectives

79. What outcome can be expected from implementing a junior golf clinic as part of a facilities player development program mix -- Answer ✔✔ associated sales at the facility
80. What is essential to the successful promotion of a facility's player development program -- Answer ✔✔ engaging all staff and gaining their complete buy-in is casual to any program
81. The head professional created a player development program designed for 12 women new to the game. After the first session she noticed that the participants had a wide range of varying skills and individual needs. What would be the best course of action in response to this situation -- Answer ✔✔ modify the objectives for the lesson to meet those evolving needs
82. What should a golf professional do to encourage golfers to participate in the entire player development program -- Answer ✔✔ register and track participants
83. What is a good reason to modify planned activities during a player development program -- Answer ✔✔ to meet evolving needs
84. What is the major reason for implanting player development programs -- Answer ✔✔ to get beginning or existing players to play more often and keep their interest in the game
85. What must a PGA professional do to effectively conduct the evaluation phase of the player development process -- Answer ✔✔ the professional must have hard data and a direct assessment of customer satisfaction
86. The head professionals plan for a new player development program was rejected by the board of directors. What is missing

94. An open-faced grip tends to partner with which release patterns through impact -- Answer ✔✔ a weak (or open-faced) grip tends to partner with a livelier arms and hands release at impact
95. A closed-face grip work well with rotating body and less hands and arms release -- Answer ✔✔ stronger (or closed-face) grips work well with a rotating body and less hands and arms release
96. Who is more appreciative of the importance of the short game, the golf instructor or the student -- Answer ✔✔ the golf instructor but often undervalued by the students he or she teaches
97. What is more important when determining a student's skill level, the method or the effectiveness of the assessment -- Answer ✔✔ the effectiveness of the assessment
98. What should be the primary goal of any teacher -- Answer ✔✔ a primary goal of any instructor should be to help the student develop realistic expectation for the level of performance based in the amount of time he or she has to practice and play as well as his or her commitment level to improve
99. How often do expert teacher pursue additional information and knowledge about their methodology to make them more effective -- Answer ✔✔ expert teachers are always pursing additional information
100. What is the goal of the in the club behind the cup drill -- Answer ✔✔ the goal is for the student to make a stroke with enough speed to put the ball in the cup or past the cup without hitting the shaft