What Goes Up...

...must come down. And when it is caught at the same level, it will have the same speed as when it was thrown up, but in the opposite direction. The progression of speed will be as follows: fast-slower-slow-stop-slow-faster-fast. Does that make sense?

As an example, I will use the rose here in my picture (because I was too lazy to take another picture). If I throw the rose up at a speed of 2 m/s and catch it at the same height, the speed will still be 2 m/s, but the direction will be different. The rose would be going 2 m/s downwards instead of upwards.