why is follow through important in sports?

679 viewsOtherPhysics

I didn’t play any sports growing up and my kids are in it now. I hear a lot of talk about “following through” and “follow through”. Throwing a baseball, shooting a basketball, golf swing, hockey, swinging a bat.

In these cases the ball / item has already left or has been hit so why is follow through important? Does it have an effect on the initial release / impact?

In: Physics

13 Answers

Anonymous 0 Comments

Imagine it this way, you’re in a race, if you start slowing down before the race is over you’re going to be slower, than if you powered through and slowed down after.

In this case the race is over but youre following through with your speed even though it doesnt affect times anymore. For the kids if they dont follow through their slowing their arm down before letting go of the ball causing a slower throw

You are viewing 1 out of 13 answers, click here to view all answers.