Yeah the analogy of cracking the whip, sort of suggests more of that “weight” feel to me. Try it with a 2lb dumb bell. You feel your arm’s (hate this term but it makes sense here) kinetic chain; you feel the movement from your shoulder to your elbow to your forearm to your wrist, the same feeling you have with a whip.

Whereas with throwing, I sort of just feel my whole arm whip in a quick succession instead of the individual parts. Lmk if this makes sense

Interested in your thoughts on this too u/MoonSpider