I had a bunch to say so I started a new topic for your question Serg.  It's here: https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1767755889.

I have had some difficulty with this as well and would love to know others' thoughts.
I usually end up pre-spinning the retention cord by grabbing it with my palm down facing my legs, and then rotating it 1/2 turn up before I place the rock. For right hand throwing, with the rock in my left hand, I place it so that the rock is in between my body and the sling, then i rotate it counterclockwise so the sling is between myself anf the rock. Then I grab the release cord and pull it tight. (Depending on which direction and how tight your cords are spun) this can preload the sling to want to open with the release cord slightly behind the retention cord which i find to work decently well. Sometimes ill have to spin the release cord one way or the other to get it to stay where i want it.
Not sure if that helps at all or even makes sense but thats just some of my thoughts.
I also have had a question bouncing around my head for a while.
Say you make a sling with the retention cord braided super tightly so it doesn't twist at all, but the release cord is more like a single strand and can twist somewhat easily.
Compare that to a sling that is the exact opposite, a super stiff, non twisting release cord with a pliable and easily twisted retention cord. I want to make these two slings for myself with those being the only differences and see what I can learn.
Does anyone have thoughts on this matter?

I'm giving consideration to writing a piece that draws a parallel between Zen or instinctive archery and slinging.  In particular, I'd be interested in how you might explain the act of aiming with a sling?

I found a ball of hemp twine and am getting an itch to braid a sling. It's been years since I last made a sling (although I've used some of my slings more recently than that) and I want some advice for what kind to make. I'd like to braid something that's all in one piece ideally, something pretty traditional looking, and something that can handle any size of rock or ball (within reason). Does anyone have any recommendations or good tutorials I should look at?

Problems of slingshot overflowing when throwing. What is the reason? In the photo, throwing with the index finger. It can be seen that everything is going well at first. But there is a swing and departure of the sling behind the back and then its twisting. In the third photo, you can see the overflowing of the sling and, as a result, the descent of the stone sharply upward and to the side. This is clearly visible in the freeze frame.  If Throwing occurs from the middle finger rather than the index finger, is the distance between the sling guides slightly greater and the probability of such an overrun may be less? But still, the main mistake of such descents, as it seems to me, is the loss of thrust and departure from optimal trajectories during a swing.

....I wonder what your opinion is about this twisting and sliding of the stone to the side.

Pocket rock.et, Great video, thanks a lot!!

I'd say that you are doing it right. When I've had to replace the end, I also have had to add in more of the main sling material. I usually would unbraid the cracker quite a way back into the sling, add material to keep the thickness where I wanted it and then add in the cracker material.

I don't know of a better way to do it. But I don't have to do it that often so I haven't experimented that much.

erricrice wrote on Jun 11^th, 2026 at 3:01pm:

Makes sense, so just unbraid longer so I can splice in gradually. Thank you.