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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2340 Australia Gender:	Re: Online challenge Reply #45 - Oct 15^th, 2017 at 8:53am Well I'm much more accurate than when I started slinging. I got really good with this ball a while ago but I've been practicing with rocks lately. Feel like it took longer than it should have today.
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4448 Finland	Re: Online challenge Reply #46 - Oct 15^th, 2017 at 12:08pm I have noticed when switching between different sizes/weights my accuracy goes completely to pot. It's quite surprising how quickly the body adapts and then falls into a rhythm with a certain type of ammo.
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Reply #47 - Oct 15^th, 2017 at 5:09pm

I actually started getting reasonable grouping straight away I just couldn't hit the bottle/can , I started with a can but it kept blowing away , I had no water at that point and the can I was using was 200ml where as the bottle was a little bigger at 600ml . I hit my phone (camera) 3 times and phone went flat so I had a break In between can and bottle.

With rocks I find that the way it releases from the pouch effects my accuracy most if I have smooth rocks I have a much more consistent grouping.

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Reply #48 - Oct 16^th, 2017 at 7:53am

With the changing weight maybe there is some possibility you can adjust, (maybe?), especially if you practice a lot at it. With poorly shaped ammo, its virtually impossible.

Not sure why it took me so long to understand that as a slinger, but once I used a really good, consistent set of ammunition for awhile and then switched back to poorly shaped ammo, it became apparent real fast how badly it can affect your accuracy.

Im convinced people who dont see a big difference arent slinging at small enough targets for it to matter.

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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4448 Finland	Re: Online challenge Reply #49 - Oct 16^th, 2017 at 9:09am I've been trying to switch it up between tennis balls and rocks (and a giant ball bearing) and so not rely on just the one type of ammo too much. It's good to practice a variety of weights and sizes and densities in my opinion.
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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2340 Australia Gender:	Re: Online challenge Reply #50 - Oct 16^th, 2017 at 9:16am Yeah I agree, consistent ammo makes training a lot more progressive. It transfers some of your aiming to odd shaped projectiles but bad release tendencies and aerodynamics make grouping hard. I want to try get a few more days were I can practice soon. Still need to sort out a good hunting ammo.
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Re: Online challenge
Reply #51 - Oct 19^th, 2017 at 9:07am

Curious Aardvark wrote on Aug 21^st, 2017 at 8:07am:

throw with your opposite hand using a style OTHER than underhand

So left handed for right hand slingers and right handed for lefties.

Probably harder than anything suggested so far

I was doing it a few years ago and it wasn't that bad. My brain already knew what to do, my body didn't take long to catch up

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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2340 Australia Gender:	Re: Online challenge Reply #52 - Oct 31^st, 2017 at 9:56pm Im super uncoordinated with my left side. Everything sport wise anyway. Anyone had any chance to try anything???
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Kick past-moderator Offline Posts: 4448 Finland	Re: Online challenge Reply #53 - Nov 1^st, 2017 at 6:52am We had heavy rain for about 2 weeks then a few days ago the snow came and it's been freezing ever since. Any serious slinging for me will have to wait until Spring
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johan Funditor Offline no longer active:keep the flame of slinging alive Posts: 531	Re: Online challenge Reply #54 - Nov 1^st, 2017 at 9:15am i found a range at which i can train for longer distances (up to 150m) pretty safely . my throws have some issues that doesn't show at the short range up to 30m. the stones are released with a downward & right angle of attack... working on it .
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 7885	Re: Online challenge Reply #55 - Nov 1^st, 2017 at 11:06pm Yes sir. Long ranges sure reveal alot. Great way to get better on accuracy if that interests you. The best way I know to get a perfect release: use light ammo and longer distances (40-50 meters). It will really magnify all your problems. If you can get accurate doing that, you are just plain good.
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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2340 Australia Gender:	Re: Online challenge Reply #56 - Nov 26^th, 2017 at 2:19am Been practicing lately but haven't got any footage . Starting to find I have weird trends in my accuracy . Too much ammo variation , balls rocks fruit metal.
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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2340 Australia Gender:	Re: Online challenge Reply #57 - Nov 30^th, 2017 at 10:14pm I did a perfect curve around a tree yesterday. First try can size target. Shocked myself
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Reply #58 - Dec 2^nd, 2017 at 7:42am

So I had a good day practising today I started on odd shaped rocks but got frustrated with the inconsistency of the flight of some of them and the time it was taking to find the smoothest spherical stones. I stopped practicing there and went to my usually spot where I practice with my rubber ball.
Had a good day hitting the bottle from 10m quite a lot and getting consistent grouping. Then I got the camera out.
As usual this messes with my head and I lose my rhythm.
I finally made some progress later on.

Here are 2 videos
One from 10m hit
And a miss from around 35-40 m

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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2340 Australia Gender:	Re: Online challenge Reply #59 - Dec 2^nd, 2017 at 7:43am And the other
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