Pocket rock.et wrote on Mar 31
st, 2025 at 1:11am:
in this version it doesn't draw the shape of an eight unless you swing it to the left and right of your body.
In this version it does pass on both sides of the body. In part A of the first image, we can see that the sling's path is in front of the body because the line is over top of his legs. In part B, it's behind the body because the line showing the path is broken when it passes the arm. And the sling itself is behind him in the secondary position of the arm/sling.
Don't worry about this style making a perfect image of an '8' from any particular angle. It's not going to. I don't know who coined the name, but I assume it's because this style has almost two full rotations of the sling. One is in front of the body, and the other is behind it. So two loops with a crossing point that's pretty much right over your head.
Pocket rock.et wrote on Mar 31
st, 2025 at 1:11am:
it doesn't draw the shape of an eight unless you swing it to the left and right of your body.
If you mean swinging the sling to the right and left right in front of you, that's not a style. All that does is make sure you can't use your shoulder when you decide to throw the projectile. The reason is because your should needs to be in a forward position in order to swing the sling in a loop to the left (assuming a right handed slinger). And when the sling brought back to the right, there's not enough time to get your shoulder back in order to bring it forward again for the throw. There was a video out there of a guy just rotating the sling side-to-side in front of him and calling it Figure-8. If it's done that way, it's basically a power killer. That movement doesn't add anything beneficial to the throw. I'll see if I can find that video.
I have some thoughts on your post in the other topic and will respond to that.
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