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
If it was a machine throwing the object, it wouldn’t technically matter. Or a block of the throwing mechanism may even be good (such as a catapult).
But for humans, if they don’t plan on following through, the entire biomechanical process will not be as powerful.
EG – If you’re throwing a baseball, and plan to stop moving your arm the moment you release the ball, you’d have to slow down your arm before releasing the ball.
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