The ball to the left shows small Anticipation which doesn't give us much information on what is going to happen. For instance, if the ball was a character who was about to leap into the air, he would have to prepare for the jump by crouching down, in order to build up energy just like a spring. The ball with small Anticipation may still look correct but it does not work well for storyboarding. But on the other hand, the second ball has large Anticipation and it almost looks like a rocket that is tacking off. First it Squashes, then it jumps - this way it builds up energy and takes off with power. The rotation that I have used when the ball Anticipates, gives it even more power which makes the whole animation more believable.
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Here is an example of how important the Anticipation is especially when it is used along with Squash and Stretch. In order to create a more powerful expresion the animator first squashes the face and then stretches it. On the right side of the gif is demonstrated the same character performing the same expresion but it looks rather unfinished in comparison with the one that squashes.
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