Kindor wrote on Jun 13
th, 2019 at 10:50am:
figure8 is fun to learn and usually impresses people who see you do it, at least in my experience.
It does look really cool. I'm doing it for a different reason, though.
Quick disclaimer: I'm aware I have no idea what I'm talking about right now. I hit a two foot wide target yesterday from about 20 feet away. It took me about 25 tries to do it and I missed about 25 times after that. But for that instant I felt like a wizard. That's where my slinging game is right now.
That being said. Throwing overhand feels much more natural than throwing side arm. That seems like it rules out Byzantine, Helicopter, and Balearic.
If I remember correctly, that leaves Apache, Greek, and Figure 8. My suspicion is that the body mechanics of Apache are suboptimal b/c radius is not decreased at any point by bending the elbow. I don't know if that is as important as I think it is. I feel like it is difficult to swing the sling into the place I want it at the start of my acceleration phase with Greek (if anyone can give tips on that it would be appreciated). That leaves Figure 8. It is the overhand technique that seems like it has the mechanics that seem optimal to me and it puts the sling in the place that I "think" it needs to be.
Please, Please shoot holes in anything I've said, bad assumptions I've made, or holes in my knowledge.