AncientCraftwork wrote on Jul 30
th, 2020 at 2:48pm:
I think that we just started using biconical ammo because the sling was not optimal.
saying stuff like this makes me wonder if you have ever tried slinging over 100m.
AncientCraftwork wrote on Jul 30
th, 2020 at 2:48pm:
I also think this is exactly why slings sort of died out or never took off as a sport, because we have been using the wrong slings. There is a reason why the only slinging we see as an olympic sport is hammer throwing. For something to become an olympic sport, the differences in equipment has to be removed. Convential slings are too much subject to internal ballistics caused by build construction that a universal model could never be agreed upon. But I think that target throwing done with simple one-stone bolas with a set-weight for the weight would level the playing field.
I think uniformity kills sports. Javelin was nerfed and it became less technical and less interesting, other throwing sports are also not getting better from the olympics .
Archery on the other hand has been advancing changing adapting for many years on every branch. I think widely practiced/traditional or commercialized sports can get into the olympics and then get simplified for the olympics not the other way around.