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
Planning a full follow through swing of a golf club, or a full follow through of a boxing punch, changes the trajectory of your entire movement
When you **dont** plan the follow through, your muscles will already be working towards a quicker slowdown, meaning you’re pulling back on your swing before contacting the ball
This not only slows your movement, but changes the angle of contact, and changes the path of motion.
Your golf hit will be weaker and way off course, your boxing punch will have less impact and travel slower
Follow throughs are important, the effects really are drastic
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