Ahh.... now there's an interesting idea RM... Almost like your pouches sides are acting like a normal Balearic where it just rests on it rather than being completely enfolded.
@Jaegoor - Looking forward to your thoughts on this.
Alright so... so far If I read everybody correctly, the general sentiment is a cupped pouch is both good and bad. It will both help your throwing as well as hurt it.
My thoughts are similarly divided. Common sense tells me that the less the projectile is being cupped or held, the cleaner the release will be. On the other hand if there is any truth to the Apache article this could be completely wrong, since the accuracy Grandfather seemed to have far exceeds anything the Balearic slingers (or anyone else) currently have. Granted part of that was his motivation, practice and natural skill. But surely if it's possible to have such a degree of accuracy with cupped pouches it should not be affecting my much lower degree of accuracy just yet.
On top of this we are all talking from different slinging experiences. We all have slightly or very different slinging styles. What works for one person may very well hurt someone elses accuracy. This is one major problem with slinging. Experiences are so different as to make it almost impossible to nail anything down for certain.