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i already posted an accuracy standard idea, which was shot to pieces by people who were determinded to find a problem to every solution. here it is again. the original idea was as follows
1. we have 3 standard targets at 10 metres, trash-can (end on) football, and coke-can. ten shots at each, and results are given 10/10/10 for ten hits on all three, or 7/3/0 or whatever you score. any sling and any projectile can be used. 2. distance is achieved with a sling of any material, in proprtion to the size of the slinger so it is not longer than arm-span of the shooter. the glande is a standard weight, eg a golf-ball, tennis ball, 4 ounce fishing weight - it doesn't matter as long as it's agreed. i suggest a golf-ball. (NB this standard glande weight was later rejected as stones could be used) 3. scoring is obtained by adding the target hits, plus the distance divided by 100 and rounded up to the nearest tenth. 4. example - i shoot a 7/4/1 and 146 metres. Tint shoots a 7/5/2 and 300 metres. he scores 16.0 i score 13.5. along comes Techstuf with an incredible sling, and shoots 400 metres and 6/5/1 - he also gets a 16. by this means, expertise in distance adds less to the overall score than accuracy, so that strong men or skilled craftsmen with exotic materials can be competed against by old men like me, or girls and youths, on a more equal footing. 5. the beauty of this system is that we can tell at a glance how skilled someone is, by a small line of figures. by saying that i'm a 7/3/0 and 100m or whatever it happens to be, everyone here will know exactly how skilled or unskilled i am. for instance "he's a 8/7/5 320m" or "i'm a novice, 3/0/0 75m" AND we can convert the combined accuracy/distance into a points system and compete!
NB this was later refined slightly thanks to ideas and objections from other forum members - for instance we couldn't agree on a standard glande - or even a standard trash can, coke can, or football, (the medium sized target was originally a sheet of newspaper, but differences in tabloid and broadsheet sizes vary from country to country! )
so now we have 1. large target not exceeeding 1/4 sq metre 2. meduim target, standard soccer ball 3. small target, upright drinks can not exceeding 500mls 4. distance = freestyle with stone. must be a stone! 5. the same sling must be used for target and distance. 6. score by adding number of hits on large medium and small target, plus distance in metres/100 7. range to targets is 10 metres. NB description easily understood by other slingers, as described. eg 10/7/2/125 (or whatever it happens to be) -which gives a points score of 20.3
NOTE; the distance has been divided by 100 and added to the target score to give an overall points value
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