When slinging the stone travels along the tangent velocity of a rotating sling. If the sling is traveling not in a circle, but in an ellipse, and the lengthened end is pointing toward your target you have much more room for error and are more likely to hit the target . I find that this technique works best when using a Balearic, helicopter, or similar sidearm throw. When I came up with this and integrated it into my regular technique my accuracy greatly improved. To make the sling travel in an elliptical pattern, simply taking a step and moving your arm to the front of the body to follow through is sufficient. This technique is very similar to how Luis Pons Livermore throws and I believe this is how he achieves such great accuracy.

Drakolith wrote on Jun 8^th, 2017 at 7:48pm:

You could look at a video of Luis Pons Livermore, I know David Morningstar uploaded a great video to youtube of him slinging in slow motion, but I will try to record myself doing this if you want.

it's practice. Pure and simple.

If you look at the wo guys who are currently at the top of the balearic target slinging tree. Jaegoor and luis, they practice A LOT.
Both have their own permament sling ranges and both use consistent ammo.

So that's one level of slinging.
And it has quite specific parameters that most of us will never get the chance to use on a long term basis.

Personally I like to sling with different sized, shape and weight missiles.  It's harder to hit stuff but with sufficient practice you get more accurate with any ammo. and it has much better application in the real world.

That said - both luis and jaegoor can pretty much hit you at any distance with any ammo. And yes I do speak from experience lol

At the end of the day good technique comes from practice, not necessarily the other way round.

Consistent ammo is a lot less important than most of you believe (says the guy selling the moulds to make consistent ammo). http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1496247190/2#2
At the end of the day the ammo is less significant than the sheer number of hours you put in training your muscle memory. 

you might just as well say; overhand throws are more accurate than helicopter throws.

Any time you reduce the plane of release you cut down the likelyhood of the missile going it's own way.

johan wrote on Jun 9^th, 2017 at 7:16am:


Does this differ from saying that your arm/hand is moving directly towards the target on release? Surely that is what converts the circular path of the sling into an ellipse.

I am slowly putting together a list of factors that are not instinctive for me but all need to be represented.

Not trying for full power is huge.

Keeping loose is huge.

I recently began prompting myself to myself to get my arm fully extended on the release. This has made a big difference not only in improving consistency, but has led to an increase in velocity without putting any more muscular power into the swing.

IDK if my arm is even getting to a fully extended state, but just prompting myself to try has proven a big help.

Ich habe das genaue zielen hier schon erklärt. Tun sie es und haben sie Erfolg .