I would like to see a Slinging Merit Badge for Boy Scouts of America. It has been mentioned before, and some attempts have been made to put together some requirements by PM. It hasn't worked to the best of my knowledge.
Anyways, I threw together some possibilities for requirements, and I want suggestions and comments. Also, more information on how to submit a final draft and so on would be appreciated. I know alot of you are involved in scouting, so...
As you can see, some info still has to be filled in, and I would like recomendations.

Slinging Merit Badge Requirements


1.            Show that you know first aid for the following injuries that could occur while slinging: dehydration, heat reactions, sunburn, hyperventilation, frostbite, hypothermia, insect and tick bites, snakebites, blisters, nosebleed, cuts and scratches, head injuries, shock, object in eye and broken bones.

2.            Define and point out the following terms: sling, projectile, pouch, single pouch, split pouch, retention cord, release cord and finger loop.

3.            Do the following:                                                                                                                            
                  a. Discuss the difference between a split and single pouch sling, and the advantages and disadvantages of each.
                 b. Using materials approved by your councilor, and under his/her      supervision, construct a sling for use in the following requirements.
                 c. Discuss different types of ammunition, such as stones, tennis      balls, golf balls, cement spheres, marbles, etc.

4.            Give a brief history of the sling, and its effects on warfare and technology.

5.      Discuss safety on a slinging range, and safety rules and courtesies practiced by good slingers.  

6.            Using a sling and golf balls as ammunition, score X number of points on a target placed X number of yards away.

Actually, neither. I've helped teach both, and I'm pretty good with a bow and a crack shot with a rifle (just ask the dinner I'm about to consume!). I did reference those two for some of this material. I'm glad you like it.

we don't have Boy Scouts in Canada anymore, its just Scouts Canada. It was deemed unfair by the courts to split the genders, and to deny the girls the right to join the boy scouts because they were girls  . Oh they kept Brownies and Girl guides and I'd bet that no guy would be able to join to learn to be domesticated. Its too bad that they couldn't change the curriculum in the girl guides to reflect more of what changes the girls were wanting. Sometimes PC is worse then old school

What troops are you guys in i am in troop 14 Long Beach

(falls on floor laughing)

number one is TOTALLY covered in the first aid merit.  maybe you should have having first aid merit badge as a requierments.

and for hitting a target X many times, why not hitting a target 5-10 times out of ten? from, ohh say, 15-20 yards?

what about braided, apache, and crochete?

Do I have the Rifle Merit Badge? No.

The reason behind the comprehensive first aid list is pretty much for uniformity. To the best of my knowledge, the only Merit Badge which requires First aid as a prerequisite is Emergency Preparedness, which is largely just an expansion thereof. (This is similar to the Lifesaving - Swimming buildup, except Lifesaving is intense fun.)
All other Merit Badges which deal with being in the field and the possibility of injury just list those most likely, as I have. Therefor, as stated above uniformity was my goal. That list is nowhere near as long as some other I've seen... Try Camping.