Well, you're both right, as you are talking about two different types of memory. Associations are best with "normal" memory, but with sports (or piano/instrume

Well, you're both right, as you are talking about two different types of memory. Associations are best with "normal" memory, but with sports (or piano/instrument playing, or touch-typing etc) we're talking about muscle memory, and there is no way around repetition-repetition-repetition