this is a call to all devoted slingers of slinging.org
how much time does it take to develop goog aim
with the sling?

months? years ?

Dr.Q

Steven hit the answer on the head. The answer is going to depend on the individual slinger and what he is trying to do with his slinging. Trying to hit into an area is going to be far easier thatn to hit a single specific target. If you are going for distance it is going to take less time than if you are learning how to hit a small edible rodent at short range. Been doing this for several years and my accuracy is not up to the level I would like for it to be for me to hunt with it.

Now on the other hand I can send a 85-100 gram rock about a 100m if the conditions are good and I'm not really concerned if it doesn't hit directly in front of me.

Marc Adkins

Well, after about three years of slinging I'm still improving all the time... I throw further and I'm significantly more accurate than a year ago.

I expect the same could be said for most of those who have been slinging considerably longer. The timing is still for me the thing. I reckon I can throw about 85-90% of my maximum distance almost effortlessly. Put the extra effort in and the timing goes completely 

As per Staffslinger's post, one of the difficulties in answering this question is, what do you mean accurate? IMHO anyone who can consistently hit a man sized target at 20 metres in under a few months is doing very well. (Staffslinger's suggestions I would rate as, 1. Brilliant 2. Extremely good but achievable and 3. Just about miraculous. Of course hitting anything at 200m is brilliant as even achieving the distance is a fair achievement.)

Slings differ greatly from other ranged weapons like bows and firearms in that there is no specific aiming technique. A good comparison would be with developing a tennis serve. Those with a good natural hand/eye coordination will learn a lot faster than others, but you just have to do it enough to develop the muscle memory however long that takes in your case. Another difficulty is that nearly all of us are self taught. Even if we are copying a style we have seen on this site, YouTube or elsewhere, we rarely have a coach to watch for errors. Everything is by trial and error. Unfortunately the error part often predominates.

To build accuracy in a safe way ; see the following: http://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1227302217/1#1

I have only been slinging a couple days now but as with any art  as far as I can tell is safety and practice.. practice ..practice, by the way I CAN hit the broad side of a barn after first day  pretty happy with that , to me slinging is relaxing so I will keep up the practice

I'm late for this topic, but here's my view.

Based on my own experience, I would say it takes roughly three months to achive some competent degree of acurracy. Now I have 7 months of slinging experience and I can hit with relative ease a head size target at 6-7 meters (19-22 feet)

This is with lots of practice, nearly every day for the first three months. For me, slinging is a stress relive/recreational purpose, so instead of watching TV or wathever, I go slinging on my free time.

funda_iucunda wrote on Dec 7^th, 2008 at 1:16pm:

Wait, didn't he already do that