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erricrice

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1 Minute Speed Wallball
Apr 21^st, 2025 at 6:09pm

Alright, here we go! I finally decided to codify it and record a video. Definitely room to improve, but I wanted to get it up here rather than keep trying for a perfect round. Post a video here and get yourself on that leaderboard!!

The goal here is to throw a tennis ball at a wall and catch it before it hits the ground as many times as you can in 60 seconds.

Rules:

Throw from a 6m distance - after lots of testing, this seemed to be a good middle ground, but I'm open to feedback. You don't need a ton of power to get the ball back to you and you have time to react.
1. You can cross the line to catch the ball
One tennis ball only. If it bounces off in a random direction, you have to go retrieve it while the timer runs(like I did )
No buzzer shots. The ball must have returned to your hand before the buzzer to count the point.
You can use any style, but really only Greek(or some variation) is viable.
Cannot be cut from an existing round, must be the start of the attempt.

Some recommendations from doing this a bunch:

This might seem obvious, but you want a dense wall. Concrete or similar is best, otherwise you won't get nearly as much bounce.
Aim high unless you want to be doing a lot of squats.
A stiff sling is a must. Reloading a spaghetti sling is significantly more time consuming and you don't want to be spending time thinking about reloading - you want to get your head back up so you can start to aim your next shot while you're settling your ammo in the pouch by feel.

===========Leaderboard===========

erricrice 15 https://youtu.be/QvfdwCINSv8
FloatingFlint 10 https://youtu.be/bEgTaFnb3jA
NolanSlings 2 https://youtu.be/19_s4QqOrtE
badatslinging 0
usedapotato 0

« Last Edit: Jul 25^th, 2025 at 10:05am by erricrice »

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Stals Descens Offline Have fun! Posts: 188 Olympia Gender:	Re: 1 Minute Speed Wallball Reply #1 - Apr 21^st, 2025 at 6:28pm Your leaderboard names are chef's kiss!
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NolanSlings Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 12 Bath,Mi Gender:	Re: 1 Minute Speed Wallball Reply #2 - Apr 21^st, 2025 at 8:27pm I'll have to try it once I my smiling sling comes in the mail But I don't think I can even get 5 😬
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joe_meadmaker Slinging.org Administrator Offline Slinging Ice is Cool! Posts: 3925 PA, USA	Re: 1 Minute Speed Wallball Reply #3 - Apr 21^st, 2025 at 9:16pm Very cool idea! And great round! I don't have a wall to do that readily available (that I can think of). I'll try to find something though.
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erricrice

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Re: 1 Minute Speed Wallball
Reply #4 - Apr 21^st, 2025 at 9:18pm

NolanSlings wrote on Apr 21^st, 2025 at 8:27pm:

I'll have to try it once I my smiling sling comes in the mail But I don't think I can even get 5 😬

It definitely takes some practice, but keep at it! It's very different than typical target slinging. Even with 5 you'd be in second place!

Stals wrote on Apr 21^st, 2025 at 6:28pm:

Your leaderboard names are *chef's kiss*!

Ha thanks! They're all pretty easy targets, you should push one off the bottom Wink

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xud9a - call me zud 👍 Funditor Offline Ringing Slocks ! Posts: 925 Nottinghamshire, England Gender:	Re: 1 Minute Speed Wallball Reply #5 - Apr 22^nd, 2025 at 3:50am Good exercise and gentle insanity ! Perfect for a Tuesday morning. 😁👍
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erricrice Senior Member Offline reformed spaghetti enthusiast Posts: 494 Clearwater, FL	Re: 1 Minute Speed Wallball Reply #6 - Apr 22^nd, 2025 at 12:54pm Only the gentlest of insanities allowed in this household Let's see what you can do!
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xud9a - call me zud 👍 Funditor Offline Ringing Slocks ! Posts: 925 Nottinghamshire, England Gender:	Re: 1 Minute Speed Wallball Reply #7 - Apr 23^rd, 2025 at 5:55am I can insanity to a very high level of attainment. Slinging,..... not quite as acccomplished but on it . 😁👍
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NolanSlings Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 12 Bath,Mi Gender:	Re: 1 Minute Speed Wallball Reply #8 - May 10^th, 2025 at 12:03pm Finally got my smiling sling in a was able yo do it only had 30 mins though so did not get much practic but I'll try again another time
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NolanSlings Tiro Offline Slinging Rocks! Posts: 12 Bath,Mi Gender:	Re: 1 Minute Speed Wallball Reply #9 - May 10^th, 2025 at 12:03pm NolanSlings wrote on May 10^th, 2025 at 12:03pm: Finally got my smiling sling in a was able yo do it only had 30 mins though so did not get much practic but I'll try again another time https://youtu.be/19_s4QqOrtE?si=VhSBgo453Bhyv2AL
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erricrice Senior Member Offline reformed spaghetti enthusiast Posts: 494 Clearwater, FL	Re: 1 Minute Speed Wallball Reply #10 - May 10^th, 2025 at 3:28pm Hey nice job! You have knocked goliath off the leaderboard 💪 I like your figure eight - I hadn't thought about using that since I haven't practiced it much but it might be something to consider for this due to the short windup. You totally had that last one! Just over your fingertips
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joe_meadmaker

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Re: 1 Minute Speed Wallball
Reply #11 - May 10^th, 2025 at 10:43pm

@NolanSlings - Nice round! Thumbs Up

I think this challenge will definitely be tough with Figure-8 because any overhand style is more likely to come off the wall at a downward angle toward the ground. If you do another attempt, it might be worth a shot to move back just a bit and aim a little higher on the wall. You might already have your own adjustments in mind though. Good stuff man!

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Re: 1 Minute Speed Wallball
Reply #12 - Jul 25^th, 2025 at 6:41am

Today I made a trip to the river bank to get a bucket full of first-class long distance ammunition. When I saw that concrete wall I remembered this challenge and gave it a try. I tried it two times. The first time I got 9 (maybe 10 if I start the timer just another 2/10 of a second later

). The second time I got 8 before the ball went swimming (and half way through the challenge I noticed that I had a knot in the release cord where no knot should be).

https://youtu.be/bEgTaFnb3jA

... and chose him five smooth stones out of the brook, and put them in a shepherd's bag which he had ... (1.Samuel 17,40)

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erricrice

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Re: 1 Minute Speed Wallball
Reply #13 - Jul 25^th, 2025 at 10:06am

Hey nice rounds! You really put on the hard mode with that eddy between you and the wall. One mistake and the tennis ball is sleeping with the fishes Grin

And man I am jealous of that river bed! Talk about first class ammunition, all we have here in florida is sand. I've gotta travel quite a bit to see anything so glorious as those nice round river stones!

The leaderboard now only has 2 fake people left on it. Come on everybody, do you really want to be beaten by badatslinging or a guy who used a potato??

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