Learnt a lot with this lesson. Although the straight ahead animation can be a bit repetitive, a real ball and chain, I found it useful as it 's flexible. I was behind the eight ball with some previous animations which just wouldn’t play ball. This technique would have helped me keep my eye on the ball.
To start the ball rolling, I came up with the concept of the ball being reluctant, hence the leaning back. It’s not perfect but it’s in the ballpark. It is also a bit fast but I guess we can fix that in the next lesson on timing. That will be a whole new ball game.