One of the most powerful tool to use in Maya is constrain parent. It can help you to hold the prop, the legs not to slide in walk cycle or even reverse your character's rig to change the pivot. I am Xeniya, seasoned 3D animator who wants to share her knowledge of animation tricks in Autodesk Maya. This is the introduction video on how to use constrain parent to throw and catch a simple prop. #maya #3danimation #animationtricks #animation #autodeskmaya #constraint #constraintparent #tricksoftrade