Not exclusively, but most of the time I use a large single loop that fits over the ring and middle finger.  I initially started using it that way because the finger loop on one of my first slings was too big.  But I got used to it, and so continue to make them that way.

  Loop on my ring finger with a single release knot held between my thumb and forefinger.  I've tried every other possible grip and this is what works for me.

I’m a cinched fingerloop fan , around my middle finger pointing out and pinching the release at my first knuckle (fingernail)

Curious Aardvark wrote on Aug 24^th, 2021 at 6:36am:


My daughters started trying to use a sliding loop a few weeks ago - maybe a holdover from all their yoyoing... I honestly had never even thought of it, and then you're doing it CA! I like the ability with your style to change widths on the fly... very creative!

I note most people here use a single release knot - I had to change to two knots after a day of slinging all my skin at the second knuckle slid/squashed/twisted around on my finger creating some horrific blisters. The pinching and releasing just destroyed my index finger.

Slingostar - yours most closely resembles mine... I like the feeling of the cords in my hand.

As it happened, I went from yoyoing when walking the dogs to slinging.
Staff twirling before yoyos and juggling before  that

An hour a day where my hands weren't doing anything, always seemed a shame to waste that kind of dedicated practice time - so I didn't

These days it's mainly thinking time. Pretty much always got something percolating through the gray matter.
And the combination of exercise to get your blood flowing and increased oxygen intake definitely gets your brain working at a higher level.

So yes, sliding loop on my index finger was just second nature when I decided to try slinging
35 plus years agoit also turned out to be the final dog walking skill.
And I'm still learning

The rest of the grip evolved from there.

So your daughter's definitely on the right track

If you get blisters on your retention finger, you're gripping too hard.
Another advantage of the three knot system, you have a very secure grip, but with minimum applied pressure.

The hardest to use release I've ever used was one of jaegoor's long slings, it had a flat wooden toggle. You had to grip that extremely tightly and with decent sized ammo, it was always in danger of slipping and sending the rock off at some random angle.

Watching back my wheelchair video, I was struck by Just how delicate my grip looks.
Never really noticed before.

Almost like someone drinking tea with their little finger sticking out lol

But even with rocks weighing several pounds, it's never felt anything but totally secure.

Rat Man wrote on Aug 24^th, 2021 at 3:46pm:

Same for me. It's my go to grip and has served me well. That being said...

Morphy wrote on Aug 24^th, 2021 at 6:14pm:

I only have two slings with double retention loops, made by GurtTractor, but I've really come to like them. One thing that was interesting was that I originally had the one loop on my middle finger and then the second on my ring finger, but this somehow didn't feel right and was not working at all. I switched to having one on my ring finger and one on my first finger and it started making sense. It felt more, I guess, precise. I don't really know why. It might be that the cords are closer together and a narrow grip works better for me, but now it's the only way I use a double finger loop.