Creating long-term memory is defining mental representations: a visual image we see when a phrase is introduced to our brain.
Long-term memory enables the brain to process enormous amounts of data in a fraction of a second. The pattern recognition via repetitions in deep practice makes the patterns more and more obvious to the brain. This enables the brain to fill in more and more precisely, allowing for the athlete to produce higher and higher levels of performance while at the same time relying on fewer and fewer visual cues.
This is why the preload is so vital in building the mental representations that eventually become patterns because you have done them so many times and predicted the shot in detail and then successfully made the shot.
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