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Tint Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 2323 Hong Kong Gender:	Backhand Oct 31^st, 2022 at 8:37pm Has anyone mastered the backhand style? Any videos? I have been trying but it is weak and inaccurate.
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Backhand Reply #1 - Nov 1^st, 2022 at 6:34am Whatcher mean?
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Mersa Interfector Viris Spurii Online Druid Posts: 2599 Australia Gender:	Re: Backhand Reply #2 - Nov 1^st, 2022 at 7:54am Sarosh does a reasonable backhand.
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1601 California Gender:	Re: Backhand Reply #3 - Nov 1^st, 2022 at 12:26pm Personally, I haven't tried. But I can't imagine it would ever be that effective. I'll give it a go. And +1 to what Mersa said, Sarosh can do it.
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Re: Backhand
Reply #4 - Nov 1^st, 2022 at 2:21pm

When I was first learning slinging, I was playing around coming up with different techniques. Backhand underhand worked very well to get a powerful cast, but with low accuracy. At the time, It was more powerful than I could do with normal sidearm.
Maybe I should take a clip of what I'm describing, however, the technique quickly became redundant and not as powerful, as I became better at slinging.

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funditor Descens Offline Ceteram censeo, rem funditam esse Posts: 173 Vienna, Austria Gender:	Re: Backhand Reply #5 - Nov 1^st, 2022 at 2:29pm Yes this would be interesting, I have seen a relief with slingers seemingly underhand, but I could not think how to get a powerful throw with this technique...
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Backhand Reply #6 - Nov 1^st, 2022 at 8:08pm So what do you mean by ' backhand ?'
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Tint Interfector Viris Spurii Past Moderator Offline Posts: 2323 Hong Kong Gender:	Re: Backhand Reply #7 - Nov 1^st, 2022 at 8:08pm Thanks everyone, Just found this: https://youtube.com/shorts/Mswd8q5V1e0?feature=share It's called Parthian?
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Backhand Reply #8 - Nov 2^nd, 2022 at 6:32am Okay, so nothing fancy, so what's the problem ? Looks pretty simple And tint acroballustics is Sarosh I have no clue why he's called it Parthian. Maybe just closed his eyes and threw a dart at a list of random names. Seems to be how most things get named round here
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Curious Aardvark Forum Moderation Offline Taller than the average Dwarf Posts: 13965 Midlands England Gender:	Re: Backhand Reply #9 - Nov 2^nd, 2022 at 6:35am I can think of one use for it. Would be a good style to use with your off hand. So right handers do backhand with their left hand, and vice versa. Other than that, doesn't seem to have any merit beyond collecting sling styles, which I do
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Re: Backhand
Reply #10 - Nov 2^nd, 2022 at 10:44am

Hmmm... I want to like it but I cant understand exactly how to make it work. Is it for target or distance? So much body movement and not facing the target for so much of the throw I think would make aiming difficult.

One thing I actually kind of love about it is the surprise aspect. If you started out facing away as the man does in the video you could get a shot off fast without revealing too much of whats going on.

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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 2922 PA, USA	Re: Backhand Reply #11 - Nov 2^nd, 2022 at 8:53pm Cool looking throw. But yeah, not sure what it could really be used for. Maybe if you're sneaking around a corner and have to get a throw off really quick, but the wall is on your right hand side.
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1601 California Gender:	Re: Backhand Reply #12 - Nov 4^th, 2022 at 11:48am Dual wielding, spin your body in one direction, throw 2 in rapid succession.
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 2922 PA, USA	Re: Backhand Reply #13 - Nov 4^th, 2022 at 10:23pm IronGoober wrote on Nov 4^th, 2022 at 11:48am: Dual wielding, spin your body in one direction, throw 2 in rapid succession. Hmmmm....... Now there's an idea.
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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13682 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Backhand Reply #14 - Nov 9^th, 2022 at 3:06pm I'll have to try it. It looks like it would be a weaker style but I really can't say until I've done it.
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