Yes, I've been developing this technique. Just whipping it horizontally wasn't giving me much power.
It isn't exactly a subtle technique, as you say, but it packs some oomf when performed correctly.

Hey A_C,

You can find footage of it in my video here:

http://www.slinging.org/forum2/yabb/YaBB.cgi?board=1;action=display;num=11568230...

The one where the body do a full 360.  I forgot to mention it takes quite a bit of pratice to throw with this style.

Wow, that shot is pretty obviously powerful seeing how much of the body is behind it, but that does definitely take a lot of room and time. I'll probably end up giving it a few shots, but I'm thinking I'm stuck with the good ole Greek and Apache styles.

i put together a longer sling, maybe four feet long folded.  it has a large ducttape pouch, and i tried the pirouette style with it, with my normal size ammo.  i found that style with that sling to be inefficient, and i was wasting alot of energy.  i felt this effect mostly when i went back to my sling and felt how much less motion it took to sling a rock harder and faster.  i think that if i were using a larger or heavier ammo than i usually do, then it would be worth the energy needed to sling with that combo.  but since i am using ammo that overages about 2 ounces, and i think the total weight of the sling is nearly that much, it is inefficient.

i think that when i get a chance i might take a trip to the river in the woods and get some bigger heavier stones and try this combo with those.

ps. change the music. It's a bit feeble for the video content. I think something along the lines of Accept's 'Balls to the wall',  would be more appropriate :-)
Even the lyrics work - kinda, well they certainly fit the character of Third Price Tint. Down with oppression and despots and all that ;-)
Though I thought dragons in chinese mythology weren't always bad (nor should they be) So why does he go slinging at the poor wee beasties ?
[url]http://www.lyricsfreak.com/a/accept/balls+to+the+wall_20003438.html[/url]
(check your garlic-creation email tint :-)

I'm not entirely convinced that with a short sling I'd get any more power with a full 360 than I do with the 180 twist I use now.
That uses the anchored foot and waist to add power to the twist that I would lose in a full body turn.
Long sling, I can see the benefit.

great site.

Bjärn,

Whoever wrote that page on slinging, is obviously a slinger.  The essay includes brief but recognizable descriptions of the Apache and the Greek overhand styles, as well as the pirouette.  And the discussion of power versus accuracy is good.  Where did you find this?

EDIT: Oh ... I replied before I read Tint's reply to your message.  It makes sense that a Slinging.org member would have written that.  But I wonder which member?  We have several here who are gamers as well as slingers.