How are we able to calculate how far we’re able to throw things extremely precisely?

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For example, if you’re standing 20 feet away from me, and you tell me to throw you a ball, how is my arm able to generate almost the exact amount of power required to throw the ball 20 feet? How and where does this “calculation” happen?

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A similar situation is when you’re driving/cycling and you can tell for which oncoming traffic you have to slow down.

I believe it’s just muscle memory and pattern recognition which the brain is good at.

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