# Velocity Interrupts > Interrupt a gesture spring mid-flight and the momentum carries — position AND velocity ride the same MotionValue into the next animation for a live, natural feel. **Source:** [https://motion.svelte.page/examples/velocity-interrupts](https://motion.svelte.page/examples/velocity-interrupts) **Markdown mirror:** [https://motion.svelte.page/examples/velocity-interrupts.md](https://motion.svelte.page/examples/velocity-interrupts.md) --- This mirror preserves the prose, implementation notes, and runnable Svelte source behind the live example page. ## FIG-001: momentum carries. Each gesture channel rides a persistent `MotionValue`, so interrupting a spring re-targets the SAME value — position AND velocity carry into the next animation. Flick across the card or press mid-spring and the motion continues instead of snapping to a dead start. **Metadata:** tag: `GESTURE` | pattern: `velocity continuity` ### Notes - Press while the `whileHover` spring is still climbing toward 1.4x — the retarget to `whileTap` 0.9 launches from the hover's upward velocity, so the scale keeps growing for a beat before it reverses. That overshoot-then-reverse is the momentum you'd feel in the real thing. - No explicit `transition` — motion's default springs apply. Because a single `MotionValue` backs the channel across gestures, velocity is continuous through every hover↔tap handoff and rapid re-hover. - Nothing to wire up: the same declarative `whileHover` / `whileTap` props gain the momentum for free. Flick the pointer across the card to feel a re-hover carry too. ### Source #### Default.svelte Source file: [src/lib/examples/velocity-interrupts/demos/Default.svelte](https://github.com/humanspeak/svelte-motion/blob/main/docs/src/lib/examples/velocity-interrupts/demos/Default.svelte) ```svelte
// velocity interrupts momentum: carried
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flick across · press mid-spring momentum carries
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