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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It often isn’t. Most people’s sense of throwing range is cultivated by Hundreds if not Thousands of repetitions. Muscle memory is a deeper question.
Mechanically – force, arm angle, release timing, spin and grip can all inpact throwing.
In a general sense, since F=mass * Acceleration, if two things have similar mass, they can be thrown similarly. This may account for throwing regular objects like keys – your arm an feel the weight of an object and reference it vs other thungs you’ve thrown before.
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