Malcom Gladwell in OUTLIERS explains this. He explores how sports greats, and Beatles (the band not the bugs) get so good, and why we never forget how to ride a bike. Remember in Building the Bow, how the first arrow I shot hit the tree? That was the result of the years of practice I had as a youngster. I wasn’t thinking about shooting, I just wanted to see if the bow worked. Btw it is a big tree, and I missed with the second arrow. Archery, fly casting, and riding a bike are stored in some part of the brain that gets the stuff that is repitive. My Dad called the Army wany of teaching. Drill, Drill, Drill. When the sports great “cluches” he is actually thinking about how to throw the ball, when the automatic takes over, it flies right. Watch a tradsman, he dosn’t think about how to drive a nail, he thinks “Nail there.” the rest is automatic. Was at a concert, and the lead guitarist was playing George Harrison riffs while he talked to me. His conciouse mind was conversing, while his sub (or semi) concious played the riffs.
