There is no such thing as muscle memory. Call it whatever you like, but your muscles are incapable of storing memory. I AM a golf professional. LOL I don't have an instructor. I AM an instructor. And I was learning from sport scientist/performance experts about peak performance and how to attain it. And yes you can swing a golf club automatically. By that I mean you are not thinking of the mechanical processes during the act of making the swing. You are not thinking of anything but your target. The process of thinking occurs during practice and your pre-shot routine. Once you are ready to swing, the mind is focused on the target only. Sometimes in peak performance people experience "the zone" which is an even deeper level of automatic .
Google search about motor skill learning, and peak performance studies.
Also there is also no such thing as Mojo. That is just superstition.
"...Muscles are incapable of storing memory."
I'm pretty sure I said the same thing when I stated, "No one really believes that muscles have memory cells like your brain."
Superstition IMHO, is simply what someone calls a thing in which they don't believe.
The same could be said for other beliefs that people have.
You will call a thing superstition, which makes me think you believe in superstition.
Or is that just a catch-phrase you use to explain a concept or the process leading to an outcome?
I was only stating that the term Muscle Memory is used to describe a process or the outcome of a process.
Are you suggesting that there is no such thing as the process that is sometimes described as Muscle Memory, or that the phrase itself does not exist.
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The following are also my opinion: They are neither right or wrong and you can choose to believe them or not.
Mojo... Phil's got it by the bucket loads and Tiger has lost his.
Mojo... Flea's bass, has it.
The Fender Flea Signature Bass you buy in the store which looks like Flea's bass does not.
Pre-shot routine, a ritualistic set of thought process and movements used to summons your Mojo.
Zone... there are no deeper levels, or degrees if you will, of automatic. A thing is automatic or it is not.
How is your using the word Zone any different than me using the word Mojo, other than you believe in one and not the other?
I think people should be able to call a thing what they want to call it.
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You and I probably like different brands of golf balls, or prefer a certain shaft flex, grip, or driver loft.
To turn a phrase then, I might ask:
"What is the best shafting epoxy for Metal?"
If, as a golf pro, you told me that I shouldn't use Pro-V1 balls and based that on the the fact that my swing can't take advantage of the properties of that ball, and that I need something more like a Wilson 50, then we are dealing with proven certainties. If I continue to use the Pro-V in spite of all the scientific evidence to the contrary, you will form an opinion about me that is based in fact and either keep taking my money for lessons or suggest that I find another teacher.
If I ever made a hole in one and no one witnessed it, did it really happen? Yes it did! Would you believe me if I told you about it? You might. Can I publicly go around bragging about it? I could, but the golfer in me says "that's a big fat no-no". If there can be degrees of automatic, then there should be degrees of getting a hole in one. But degrees of either one of those things don't exists. Yet unless we both agree that they don't exist then it's just my opinion and yours.
