The string is the inward bender.
The string pulls inward every instant. That continuous tug bends a would-be straight path into a circle.
Tap a moving dot from straight motion into a turn, then release it.
Tap through: straight motion, inward tug, curved path. Remove the tug and straight motion returns.
Move a marker around a circle and see where the string points.
start at topfull circle
A clockwise rig rests at two o’clock with no tangent drawn.
The cut will happen at two o’clock. The ball is moving clockwise. No path is drawn yet.
Clockwise motion. Cut at the two-o’clock mark.
The ball is cut loose at the TWO-O’CLOCK mark while moving clockwise. Which way does its first straight path point?
Slide to cut the string and follow the first path.
string holdingjust after release
