about how long does it take to get used to a sling and develop mediocre accuracy and power with it?

Ah this is a zen question, well it's a zen answer.

[i]It takes as long as it takes. [/i]


Each person has different physical capabilities and hand eye coordination.

I was slinging with power and confidence about a day after making my first sling - but 20 years later I still wouldn't consider myself particularly accurate :-)
But then I get the most satisfaction from just putting a stone so far out of sight I can't see it land. Hitting stuff that's close up doesn't really do it for me :-)

You can do certain things that will help develop your skill and accuracy. A good reliable sling is the best place to start - get an aussie sling.
There are various articles and threads about how to develop accuracy - a good one recently in one of the threads about concentrating on one aspect at a time.

But we are all different - practice will always help.
So do lots of practice :-)

my first sling. sry for the bad pic it was on a cell phone

by the size of your foot im geussing you are... 12-14?

zyxcountdown wrote on Jun 6^th, 2008 at 10:35pm:

Completely dependent on your idea of mediocrity .

All I can say is that you are likely to get better all the time.

By my standards of mediocrity I was mediocre in both accuracy and power from the start. By the standards of some on this site I would certainly still be considered mediocre .

aardvark thx lol thats a helpful tip and the backwards velocity thing lets just say nothing has been broken..yet