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Slinging Footballs
Mar 17th, 2010 at 9:16pm
 
I decided to give it a try and made a Sierra Nevada style sling out of jute with an 8" long pouch for holding Nerf footballs.  Works like a charm with bizzantine style and figure 8.  I can effortlessly throw one across my back yard and further with a nice spiral.  Bizzantine gives a better spiral so far, but I may just need more practice with figure 8.  It also works well for the 6"-8" diameter rubber kickballs.  With the round balls, I can use balearic style too.
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Reply #1 - Mar 18th, 2010 at 4:40pm
 
probably good for slinging pesky kids over the fence too Wink
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Reply #2 - Mar 18th, 2010 at 8:06pm
 
how much larger are nerf footballs than real footballs? nerf aint bad, but real footballs would be even better!
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Reply #3 - Mar 19th, 2010 at 7:45am
 
I tried this once, with a bit smaller sized football. I made a sling out of some rope, like a sheep shank sling. It didn't work very well for me, but maybe if you had a good pouch and an elevated place to stand (picnic table?) it might work better.
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Reply #4 - Mar 19th, 2010 at 2:40pm
 
I thought of making a sling somewhat like that to throw dodgeballs, because I have never heard of a rule against it (yet) that would be great, the ball making a loud WHOOOOSH through the air
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Reply #5 - Mar 20th, 2010 at 9:28am
 
Woonilsra wrote on Mar 18th, 2010 at 8:06pm:
how much larger are nerf footballs than real footballs? nerf aint bad, but real footballs would be even better!

They are slightly smaller than real footballs.  Real footballs are more expensive and I didn't have any available to make the sling, otherwise I would have tried. 

You need a pretty long split pouch model sling, or a leather/cloth pouch shaped for a football.  I've found that split pouches give a better spiral.  I put one side of the pouch on each end of the threads.  The Nerf balls are light enough that they will curve and will not fly in a straight line all the time.
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