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I've been reading a lot about everybody using overhand throws. My problem is that I throw just once over hand and my shoulder is shot. I also can not equal my power, distance, or accuarcy that way. I usually throw underhand or helicopter with a little sidearm
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Overheand? Do you mean figure 8/ tennis-serve-like throws? or simple overhand (where the pouch stay at same side of the body through out the motion?
My experience is that the overhand throw does not create much power but the figure 8 is very powerful. It works especially well if you use the mid-section of the body to generate power.
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Hey, do what works. If you are getting power, distance, and accuracy with the underhand, don't beat yourself up.
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My experience is that the overhand throw does not create much power but the figure 8 is very powerful.
Yes. The figure eight/tennis throw is probably the most natural throw in my experience. It's about as powerful as my underhand (and much more accurate [though that's not saying much]).
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I usally try just straight overhand I'm not really sure how the figure eight works
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Watch the video two million times, and if you're lucky, you'll finally get it...
(maybe watch some tennis serves too)
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Here is a link to some figure of 8 instructions,
http://www.slinging.org/forum2/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=1;action=display;num=10839297...
and one to the collection of different sling styles Dale collected,
http://www.slinging.org/forum2/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=1;action=display;num=11198258...
and let me add some more links for the fig 8 style, these are not organiced so click and see if you can use it.
http://www.slinging.org/forum2/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=1;action=display;num=11274083...
http://www.slinging.org/forum2/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=1;action=display;num=11279501...
http://www.slinging.org/forum2/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=1;action=display;num=10819155...
http://www.slinging.org/forum2/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=1;action=display;num=11272197...
http://www.slinging.org/forum2/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=1;action=display;num=11205386...
With thanks to Dale for finding most of these links in the first place.
Willeke
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