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How does muscle memory work?

I know that basketball takes a lot of muscle memory to be good at but how does it work? Is it sort of like a computer program, like as it happens over and over the brain develops and runs the program/ Also, what triggers muscle memory and how long does it take for muscle memory to set in?
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muscle memory is pretty similar to normal memory. when you use your muscles, various synapses in your brain fire, and when they fire they become stronger synapses, just like when you study something synapses in your brain fire and then get strengthened. so repeating a motion over and over will build up those synapses the and allow your brain to recall those muscle movements in the same way that reviewing material for a test over and over will make you able to recall that information more easily.