Thank you for your warm welcome. I will give you a very quick run-down of my slinging history if I may.
My interest in the sling stems from my love of ancient history and in particular ancient weapons. I have used other weapons over the years (bows etc) but I keep coming back to the sling.
I made my first sling from an old catapult pouch and some stiff, orange garden twine and then had to try and figure out how to use it . From there it was trial and error. The first thing I found out was that the pouch was too narrow and the stone kept falling out (back to the drawing board) it also took me a while to figure out the correct grip as I had no idea how to actually hold the sling. I also found out the hard way that you need
plenty of room when you are learning the sling and
not to stand under trees when learning the underhand throw (what goes up must come down
).
The sling I eventually settled on was similar to Chris's "simple sling" but with a spaced double string each side and a ventilated pouch made from a calf skin
wallet. My style is probably what you would call the helicopter style, although I can't wait to try the Greek style as per your video clips, looks really stylish. As to hitting ducks, Ulrica, I am afraid I could never find a duck that would sit still long enough for me to hit it
.
Once again, well done to Chris and everyone involved with the site.
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