The current paper overviews a framework for motor learning and uses this framework to suggest efficient means to practice golf. The framework, known as the Challenge Point Framework, was built from years of laboratory and field studies that have been shown to enhance learning. Throughout the paper, the relationship between practice protocols and the learning that results from them are discussed and where appropriate golf-related examples are provided for the reader to be able to translate from motor learning and neuroscience research to the application of golf. Ultimately the aim of the article is to show how the Challenge Point Framework can be used to enhance golf performance
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