Hello anyone who has seem any slinging competions that could answer some questions about the method/s of slinging used.

Vicente,

Could you give me a detailed description of the styles used there in the islands? Is there one style that is most common?


David

David, 
 
If you refer to the form of throwing of the slingers in the competitions that we organize, I believe that it is not definable, since each slinger has its own style. 
 
Nevertheless the regulation, of which have spoken already in other occasions, defines the regulation form when you participates in competitions, and that basically I expose him next:
 
- You can turn as more the slinger likes it, although it is recommended to turn above the head

- The sling should always be turned in inverse sense to the needles of the clock, except the left-handed slingers
   
- Before loosing the stone, as minimum they have to give two sling turns
 
- When loosing the stone, this has to be higher than the elbow of the slinger
 
Until here that regulated 

Curiosities or particularities: 

There are slingers that make true twirls or decorations with the sling before loosing the stone
 
There are them that they throw the stone being completely static
 
Other they throw it walking some few steps forward
 
Most throws being located of in front of the objective (aim to a target)
 
Others throw lightly leaned toward to the target
   
There are also slingers that turn the sling in the same sense that a bicycle wheel, rotating to the inverse one (loosing the stone when it is higher than the elbow, in accordance with the regulation)
 
Some give many turns to the sling before throwing the stone

Other they only give the two regulation turns 
 
In short that like it can be proven, there are many forms and styles of throwing with the sling, for that reason I said that it is practically indefinable. 
 
I hope my answer is you useful. 

Greetings,
Vicente

PD: 
I wait that in next months to have transferred a DVD the video that we have at the moment in VHS, we are also working in the realization of a new video that we hope to have ended toward half of the year 2005 or maybe will be before, both to your disposition. 


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Vicente:

Nice information!
Mateo has told me about this video... we are all waiting for it!
Tomorrow I'll contact some friends in Spain, devoted to the research of traditional games and sports, in order to know if they have some information about slinging in Spain outside the Baleares. Maybe we can make even more contacts, it would be fine.
Bye.  ¡Saludos!

Thanks for your reply Vicente! We are all waiting to see the DVD!

Vicente,

When you say that slingers must make two rotations, does this include the final whip? Or in other words, one rotaion and then the final rotation ending in the release?

David,

It is obligatory to cover two complete rotations, starting from this moment they can throw the stone.

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