I "arm" the shot. It's necessary that  the stone is in the same axis of the sling.

@TOMBELAINE - Did it take long for you to get used to a finger loop release?  I did some experimenting with it, but unfortunately I couldn't get it to work well at all.  I had consistently very late releases during my attempts.  Overhand throws were hitting the ground only a few meters in front of me.  And side arm throws were going way to the left.  It basically felt like using a staff sling that never released early enough.

I'm assuming it's something I'm doing wrong, but I tried many different hand positions.  I tried the index finger curled and holding the release loop.  I tried it with the finger straight.  I tried with the wrist forward and back.  The hand and finger position seemed to make very little difference.  There are only two ways I was able to get the sling to release at a reasonable point.  One was to throw very slowly, so the pouch and projectile could catch up to the throwing hand.  And the other was to completely stop my hand mid-throw.  Neither of these methods are effective because all power is lost.

My question was posed to Tombelaine, but anyone please feel free to chime in.  Has anyone used a release loop with good results?  The only other thought I had was to try a shorter sling, which I haven't done yet.  The logic behind that is a shorter sling will release earlier when using a staff sling.  For my tests I used the same sling that I did in the video that's linked in this thread.  The length is about 29 inches (≈74 cm).

TOMBELAINE wrote on Jan 26^th, 2024 at 5:23am:



I will adjust and try again.