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slingostarr Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 86 Planet Earth Gender:	Wrist/arm weight for more power and distance? Jun 14^th, 2021 at 9:18pm Had a thought this morning - Has anyone experimented with using one of those weighted wrist/arm band things for jogging to increase the power/distance of their throws? Seems like if it works for a punch, it would work for a sling?
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slingostarr Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 86 Planet Earth Gender:	Re: Wrist/arm weight for more power and distance? Reply #1 - Jun 14^th, 2021 at 11:41pm Couldn't find much online so decided to whip one up with some veg tan leather. If it sucks at least I've got a wrist belt for my steel glandes now!
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slingostarr Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 86 Planet Earth Gender:	Re: Wrist/arm weight for more power and distance? Reply #2 - Jun 14^th, 2021 at 11:41pm With the glandes in it.
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slingostarr Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 86 Planet Earth Gender:	Re: Wrist/arm weight for more power and distance? Reply #3 - Jun 14^th, 2021 at 11:43pm Side on. Each rod weighs about 80 grams. The glandes are 65 grams. 16mm steel rod cut to 50mm lengths, and pointed by putting in a drill press and hitting each end of it with the angle grinder. Very consistent.
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1601 California Gender:	Re: Wrist/arm weight for more power and distance? Reply #4 - Jun 15^th, 2021 at 1:26am Looks great! Tell us if your training method ends up helping.
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slingostarr Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 86 Planet Earth Gender:	Re: Wrist/arm weight for more power and distance? Reply #5 - Jun 15^th, 2021 at 1:39am Actually I hadn't considered it for training. My thought was that like if you punch with a weighted glove, the force is far greater, similarly, if my slinging arm was heavier when I sling a rock, would the force of the impact be greater while wearing the weight?
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JudoP Funditor Offline Rocks away! Posts: 936 UK	Re: Wrist/arm weight for more power and distance? Reply #6 - Jun 15^th, 2021 at 4:45am That's not too shabby at all for something just whipped up. I think it will be effective for training, if you want more resistance while throwing you can simply use heavier ammunition.
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Re: Wrist/arm weight for more power and distance?
Reply #7 - Jun 15^th, 2021 at 5:49am

Thank you 🙂 I do a bit of leathercraft.

I think I didn't make my question very clear, sorry everyone, my bad 🤐

I think it's more a physics question. I'm not looking for more resistance while slinging, I'm more interested in whether there is any more power, velocity or range added to my usual ammo (about 40-50 grams) while there is an increased weight on my wrist, compared to slinging without the weight.

Like if you increased the weight on a trebuchet the range, power and velocity increases. Or if you had a really light weight golf club compared to a heavy one, there would be a difference on the range of the golf ball. Or if you got punched with a regular fist, compared to a fist with a weighted glove on, you would feel a difference in the impact.

Does that make sense kinda?

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slingostarr Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 86 Planet Earth Gender:	Re: Wrist/arm weight for more power and distance? Reply #8 - Jun 15^th, 2021 at 5:51am I'd go out and test it but the weather is dreadful at the moment. Will report back when I do get out there again though 😁
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Reply #9 - Jun 15^th, 2021 at 6:38am

slingostarr wrote on Jun 15^th, 2021 at 5:49am:

I think it's more a physics question. I'm not looking for more resistance while slinging, I'm more interested in whether there is any more power, velocity or range added to my usual ammo (about 40-50 grams) while there is an increased weight on my wrist, compared to slinging without the weight.

if you put it on the throwing arm you'll lower your efficiency. Same as adding weight to bow tips.
if you put it on the non throwing arm it will probably help utilizing the rest of the body better.
nice construction

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slingostarr Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 86 Planet Earth Gender:	Re: Wrist/arm weight for more power and distance? Reply #10 - Jun 15^th, 2021 at 6:41am Ah ok! Thanks for that! Maybe I'll keep it on my other arm. Those rods make a very nice projectile anyway 🙂 Will run some tests anyway, thanks again 😁
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Reply #11 - Jun 15^th, 2021 at 8:46am

slingostarr wrote on Jun 15^th, 2021 at 5:49am:

Thank you 🙂 I do a bit of leathercraft.

I think I didn't make my question very clear, sorry everyone, my bad 🤐

I think it's more a physics question. I'm not looking for more resistance while slinging, I'm more interested in whether there is any more power, velocity or range added to my usual ammo (about 40-50 grams) while there is an increased weight on my wrist, compared to slinging without the weight.

Like if you increased the weight on a trebuchet the range, power and velocity increases. Or if you had a really light weight golf club compared to a heavy one, there would be a difference on the range of the golf ball. Or if you got punched with a regular fist, compared to a fist with a weighted glove on, you would feel a difference in the impact.

Does that make sense kinda?

In the case of the glove and golf club you are getting a heavier object up to speed which will hit harder. The slinging equivalent of this is simply using heavier ammo.

The trebuchet example just increases the force of the machine, it is equivalent to having bigger muscles for slinging.

Increasing weight in your hand is more like putting weight on the wrong side of the trebuchet arm and making it harder for the actual main weight to move the trebuchet arm and launch the projectile.

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slingostarr Junior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 86 Planet Earth Gender:	Re: Wrist/arm weight for more power and distance? Reply #12 - Jun 15^th, 2021 at 9:38am Ahh ok, yeah that does make more sense when you explain it like that. Thanks for the response! I'll shelve that idea back in the half-baked pile 😂
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Morphy Slinging.org Moderator Offline Checkmate Posts: 8102	Re: Wrist/arm weight for more power and distance? Reply #13 - Jun 15^th, 2021 at 10:42am Agree with Sarosh. It will decrease power. But the design is excellent for a non-throwing hand side. Very nice looking!
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 2910 PA, USA	Re: Wrist/arm weight for more power and distance? Reply #14 - Jun 15^th, 2021 at 3:54pm Morphy wrote on Jun 15^th, 2021 at 10:42am: But the design is excellent for a non-throwing hand side. Very nice looking! +1 to this. That thing looks sweet!
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