Does anyone have a wikipedia account they can use to try to edit the below out of the end of the wikipedia article on slings? The only place I've seen such nonsense is in a videogame. It doesn't even make sense.
Quote:The clumsiest part of using a shepherd's sling is to regain control of the release cord. Conventionally, the loop of the retention cord is placed around a finger of the strong hand. Several projectiles may be held in the weak hand. After the release, an expert will continue the motion. The cradle will catch around a stone held out with the weak hand, so that the end of the release cord swings back to the strong hand retaining the loop. Just after the knot begins to swing, slightly before the knot reaches the strong hand, one drops or throws the projectile toward the ground with the weak hand, starting into the next release. Some people braid the end of the release cord around a weight to help perform this maneuver. With this method, a skillful user can throw an aimed stone every few seconds in a cyclic coordinated movement, until the weak hand is empty.
Even in theory, if someone had enough skill to catch the stone in the cradle after releasing the previous stone, how would he then be able to drop that stone and cradle before even receiving the release cord back yet into his hand?
And seriously, a weight at the end of the release cord would not assist in this process whatsoever. It would result in a sling which doesn't release smoothly since it's working against the dead weight in the release cord in order to release.
Where did this quote come from!? It has to be just a dirty joke or something.