Dale
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I use several techniques, with varying amounts of windup. The Forsyth/Apache technque has NO windup; see his article for a description of how to do it. The figure-8 has a one-rotation windup. David Taylor's Greek casts (whether underhand, side-arm or overhand) have about a half-rotation of windup. When I use Jurek's side-arm technique, I get better results with two rotations (Sv, if I remember, uses one rotation).
Drum_slinger, In my opinion, the windup has nothing to do with putting power into the ball/rock/whatever. Its purposes are (1) to get the sling in the proper position for the delivery swing, and (2) to give you a feel for the weight of what you are about to sling (if you are slinging rocks you just picked up).
Altay, Several of us who learned the figure-8 around a year ago, really had problems with it. Swinging the sling behind my head, just felt WRONG. Until I "got it". And you say that the figure-8 is the only one that feels natural to you? I'm envious.
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