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AncientCraftwork Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2403	To spin the sling or not May 28^th, 2020 at 7:39am Do you prefer to spin & swing the sling around more than once before taking a shot or do you prefer to sling with 1 rotation or less?
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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Druid Posts: 2612 Australia Gender:	Re: To spin the sling or not Reply #1 - May 28^th, 2020 at 7:55am I mainly sling with a short sling (27”) and personally see no reason to pre rotate. On a long sling I can see the advantages.
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Sarosh Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 1167	Re: To spin the sling or not Reply #2 - May 28^th, 2020 at 7:58am spin
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: To spin the sling or not Reply #3 - May 28^th, 2020 at 9:24am If by spin you mean rotor, no I’m not a big fan. Technically on my side arm I use 2ish full rotations but it’s always the same movement every time and is just enough to get the cords as tight as possible and ready to throw. Basically the Byzantine with a little extra.
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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: To spin the sling or not Reply #4 - May 28^th, 2020 at 9:58am This is really hard for me to answer. I think I do prefer to spin it a few times then hit, but it seems recently I'm far more accurate with Greek than helicopter sooooo... I don't know
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3097 PA, USA	Re: To spin the sling or not Reply #5 - May 28^th, 2020 at 10:13am For a while I've used three rotations before the throw. I've been experimenting with two rotations. I like it, but it still makes the throw feel rushed.
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Archaic Arms Funditor Offline Testing and inventing "Archaic" weapons. Posts: 733	Re: To spin the sling or not Reply #6 - May 28^th, 2020 at 12:50pm Rotating the stone is useful for two reasons, it allows one to gauge and adapt to the weight of the projectile before the throw (important for inconsistent projectiles), as well as have the benefit of the projectile already being in motion for the sake of power and fluidity.
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1676 California Gender:	Re: To spin the sling or not Reply #7 - May 28^th, 2020 at 12:55pm I've tried both, but I primarily practice with no extra rotations. I don't see an advantage. For a few weeks I tried balearic style and was getting pretty accurate with it. Then I switched back to byzantine and was even more accurate, so I stopped spinning the sling.
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Bill Skinner past-moderator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 3292	Re: To spin the sling or not Reply #8 - May 28^th, 2020 at 1:27pm I spin when using stones of different weights. I have also caught myself rushing the shot and just added a couple of spins to start over. Using side arm, not usually.
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Kick Forum Moderation Offline Posts: 4451 Finland	Re: To spin the sling or not Reply #9 - May 28^th, 2020 at 1:53pm Bill Skinner wrote on May 28^th, 2020 at 1:27pm: I have also caught myself rushing the shot and just added a couple of spins to start over. I do this on occasion as well.
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: To spin the sling or not Reply #10 - May 28^th, 2020 at 2:36pm spin for distance - but it adds nothing to target shooting.
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1676 California Gender:	Re: To spin the sling or not Reply #11 - May 28^th, 2020 at 11:43pm Curious Aardvark wrote on May 28^th, 2020 at 2:36pm: spin for distance - but it adds nothing to target shooting. I've never actually been able to throw further by spinning, in fact, the opposite. If its not obvious, not a fan of the spin.
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Jaegoor Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 2832 Gender:	Re: To spin the sling or not Reply #12 - May 29^th, 2020 at 1:08am Alex das sehe ich ganz anders. Es ist mühselig es immer wieder zu erklären. Klar kann ich auf kurze Distanz das drehen weglassen. Dann kann ich aber auch einfach werfen.
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Tomas Interfector Viris Spurii Offline Posts: 2172	Re: To spin the sling or not Reply #13 - May 29^th, 2020 at 6:03am Sometimes I do, sometimes I don't. Whether I spin or not, my throwing motion is pretty much the same.
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Re: To spin the sling or not
Reply #14 - May 29^th, 2020 at 11:44am

Archaic Arms wrote on May 28^th, 2020 at 12:50pm:

Rotating the stone is useful for two reasons, it allows one to gauge and adapt to the weight of the projectile before the throw (important for inconsistent projectiles), as well as have the benefit of the projectile already being in motion for the sake of power and fluidity.

I personally find that with practice you can gauge the weight of the stone with only one rotation, and I don't think that there's any real difference in power by adding more.

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Question: To spin the sling or not
Spin (as with balearic, helicopter, etc) 12 (48.0%) No spin (as with greek, byzantine, fig8 etc) 13 (52.0%) Total votes: 25 « Created by: AncientCraftwork on: May 28^th, 2020 at 7:39am »