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Yfir Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 122 Sydney Gender:	Re: Pre-rotations vs no pre-rotations Reply #15 - Mar 26^th, 2023 at 4:27am Funny, I almost accidentally made one like that, 'till I thought it was uneven so I took it apart and restarted.
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thabaill Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 156	Re: Pre-rotations vs no pre-rotations Reply #16 - Mar 26^th, 2023 at 5:51am Goat and cow herders here usually use no pre-rotations.
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Reply #17 - Mar 27^th, 2023 at 1:17am

So turns out I've been doing Balearic style wrong this entire time. I always made a wide arc with my arm during the power-stroke, and made sure to swing it heavily and powerfully. That always produced underwhelming results, with both power and accuracy.

Now, I just bring my arm around nice and relaxed, not outstretched, producing a sort of 'flicking'. Getting far better results already, I just hope it stays that way.

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Reply #18 - May 12^th, 2023 at 8:26pm

Yfir wrote on Mar 27^th, 2023 at 1:17am:

So turns out I've been doing Balearic style wrong this entire time. I always made a wide arc with my arm during the power-stroke, and made sure to swing it heavily and powerfully. That always produced underwhelming results, with both power and accuracy.

Now, I just bring my arm around nice and relaxed, not outstretched, producing a sort of 'flicking'. Getting far better results already, I just hope it stays that way.

Oh... turns out I've been doing it a bit wrong too. Well, now I know what to fix!

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Yfir Descens Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 122 Sydney Gender:	Re: Pre-rotations vs no pre-rotations Reply #19 - May 12^th, 2023 at 10:32pm Unfortunately since I posted that I've been having issues with my technique yet again... it's so damn hard to diagnose problems when teaching yourself how to sling!
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IronGoober Interfector Viris Spurii Offline ...and now, No. 1, the larch... Posts: 1601 California Gender:	Re: Pre-rotations vs no pre-rotations Reply #20 - May 13^th, 2023 at 11:12am If you can, posting a video of your throw can help others give you some tips.
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StaffSlinger Senior Member Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 458 Florida	Re: Pre-rotations vs no pre-rotations Reply #21 - May 13^th, 2023 at 12:49pm Yfir -- we don't care if you're famous and hiding your face, or just self-conscious. Start posting some vids of your slinging. If you don't have someone to vid you, there are ways to remotely start the camera when you're ready....
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Reply #22 - May 13^th, 2023 at 7:13pm

I'm famous alright!

Nah, I just don't like the privacy implications of my face being on the internet... AI can access it, facial recognition, what not? I know I can record myself without showing my face, but doing that takes a considerable amount of effort on my behalf so I'm in no rush at the moment. For now I'll just keep on trying to correct myself, if I do get around to recording I'll post it later on.

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Rat Man Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 13680 New Jersey, USA Gender:	Re: Pre-rotations vs no pre-rotations Reply #23 - May 21^st, 2023 at 3:12pm Timpa always wears a ski mask in his videos.
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