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In this video I cover the basics of throwing a baseball, including switching from IK to FK on the arms, adding a parent constraint to control the ball, and making sure that the animation has strong poses to insure that the action is clear.

Download the rig here:

http://www.creativecrash.com/maya/downloads/character-rigs/c/buckid

Buckid was created by Zubuyer Kaolin.

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