Bobsled effect

The early release of the exoergicity appears initially as kinetic energy in the AB direction. This leads to the so-called bobsled effect. As the potential contoms... 

Such effects as the efficient conversion of the exoergicity into product vibration on an attractive surface can readily be visualized in the skewed coordinate system. On an attractive surface the ball is rolling downhill as Q decreases and hence it enters the bend along the reaction path with a high speed. The ball will then fail to make its exit along the products valley and instead it will climb the shoulder of the potential (the bobsled effect) and thereby convert much of the exoergicity to product vibration. 

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