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As seen above there are people who've heard of one and not the other. For that reason alone I would think that keeping them separate BUT with appropriate cross links would serve the community better. My still limited understanding of the processes suggest that persons looking at "muscle memory" would tend to be interested from the view point of sports whereas "procedural memory" seems to be more oriented toward cognitive issues such as language.

= Tiger Woods material =

This should go to an entirely different subject. It has little to do with procedural memory. Otherwise we would need to bring Michael Jordan, Lance Armstrong, Venus Williams, and many more. ''Procedular memory'' is a physiology subject. The section I remove might go to Tiger Woods, to Golf, to Learning Golf, or even "procedural memory in Golf".

Here it goes ...

To acquire an appreciation for the application of procedural memory with regard to athletic performance, Yogi Berra had once posed the rhetorical question:

* "How can you think and hit at the same time?" [[Yogi Berra]]

[[Image:20080609 Tiger Woods.jpg|thumb|right|Tiger Woods putting]]

# Judge the line of the ball

# Judge the grain of the turf

# Judge the distance and angle to the hole

# Image the ball going into the hole

# Position the ball somewhere between the center of your feet. You should be able to look straight down on top of the ball

# Align shoulders, hips, knees, and feet parallel and to the left of the target (e.g., image railroad tracks from the ball to the cup—feet outside the tracks, the ball in the middle)

# Grip—thumbs should be pointed straight down, palms facing each other, a light grip

# Posture—stand tall enough so that if you were to practice putting for 30 minutes you would not experience a stiff or sore back

# Arms—should hang naturally and be relaxed

# Hands—should be relative to ball position. Hands should be slightly in front of the ball

# Head position—eyes should be positioned directly over the ball

# Weight—distribute weight evenly, about 50-50, or with a little more weight on the left foot

# Backswing—swing the club straight back. The distance back that the club goes must equal the through stroke distance

# Stroke—the club must accelerate through the ball. Finish with the "face" of the club head pointing directly at the target

# Length of the stroke—it is better to err to a shorter more compact stroke rather than a longer stroke

# Stroke direction—straight back and straight through

# Stroke rhythm—not too fast and not too slow

# Keep head and lower body stationary throughout stroke and swing with the arms

# Wrists—should not break during the stroke

# Arms and shoulders—should do most of the work

# Head/trunk/hips/legs—should remain still during the stroke

# Watch the ball go into the hole <ref name="choking"/>