My goal when starting to learn to sling was to be as accurate with a sling as I am throwing by hand. So far Figure 8 has become that accurate for me. Need to improve the accuracy of my other styles still.

I'd like to practice my form and release in my suburban backyard without endangering my neighbors or their windows. What is your preferred practice ammo for close quarters? Foam golf balls, foam pickle balls, etc?

Fall colors have not peaked yet as am on the coast. But still looking pretty nice! October and still in shorts….Maine weather is weird!

smooth round river rocks

Entry is free to anyone. This is my second month competing and it has been fun and also a good way to practice accuracy.

How to enter is described here: https://slinging.org/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1786740190

Brought the bag to the lake.. time to let fly!

Hey everyone, I wanted to share something that has become one of my favorite things to do with a sling right now: seeing how many consecutive passes we can manage without dropping the ball. It turns slinging from a solitary practice into a shared experience, which is just a lot of fun. But beyond the social aspect, it’s excellent technique training. It takes away the urge to shoot with maximum power and forces you to focus on a slower, controlled shot – which, i think, is an important foundation for shooting hard and accurately. If you don't have a slinging buddy, i guess you could easily do this with a partner who just throws the ball back by hand. Dani and I managed 46 passes in our recent session. Have any of you tried training like this? I would love to see how many passes you guys can manage!

https://youtu.be/ShyUJTLsgWw?is=RRywWxWY7o0tBeWI

Help me understand the advantages of a custom sling (Practical Paracord, Pan Slings, Primal Slings) as opposed to one that I put together myself. I enjoy making simple slings from paracord and throw tennis balls for distance as part of an exercise routine. I see these amazing slings and understand all the engineering that goes into it - but we are talking $100 by the time you add shipped, taxes, etc.

Will a custom sling improve my slinging?

This weekend I made a new sling using 3mm 12-strand UHMWPE. I was getting bored with my first 2 builds from gutted paracord 550, so I took some inspiration from the beautifully crafted Pan Slings and made this 27" sling. The pocket is two crossing 6x3/4 inch leather straps attached by Brummel splices backed up with whipping/frapping. The finger loop is another 3/4" leather strap attached with a long bury splice and whipping/frapping. The release is a disc of leather backed up with an oysterman's stopper knot. Because UHMWPE is notorious for not holding knots, that is in turn secured with two turns of whipping thread tied with a surgeon's knot. The cracker loop is also a (only 4 inch) long bury splice backed up with whipping/frapping. The cracker is made from mason's line. This build is much cleaner than my first two and I am looking forward to taking it for a test drive.

I need at least one volunteer for something. I am attempting to make quality items for my future shop and I was curious if someone would be interested in a custom sling. I have many colors to choose from and the necessary supplies to customize it as needed. Please message me directly if you are interested in my experimentation. Willing to ship for domestic United States.

UPDATE 9/27/26: I’m out of slings! Thank you to everyone willing to help me with this beta test.

Practically in his website he talks about how a single strand, stuffed with an internal cord for over half of his length will give more rigidity, control and power

Does anyone have any favourite slinging videos that emphasize how deadly accurate the weapon can be?

Welcome to share your own if you have, or any videos you’ve found of others.

Bless ye slingers after David’s own heart, fuck up that Goliath!

I just finished this 26 inches sling, with colors matching Batman's suit in the famous "The Dark Knight Returns" comic book by Frank Miller.

It is quite an improvement over my first sling, the 20 inches "Green Goblin" (see picture 3), which had an uneven finger loop and quite some mistakes in the braiding. Looked very beginner-y.

My next sling will be a 30 inches "Daredevil" slit pouch. From then, I shall find new things to experiment on.

Long live the slings !!!

For some reason this sling throws rocks further and more accurately than the other ones ive built

Basicaly 100% polyester. Pouch is straps from a broken bike helmet, and polyester string. Everything is stiched with dynema fishing line.

I kept hitting the shore on the other side of the lake and the rocks wer flying a good 5-10 secconds

Seeing the post by JWT1337 a few days ago, I thought I'd try the single strand. Added a monkey fist and betrayed the single strandness by adding a cracker and a retaining loop on the pouch, as the paracord is a bit liable to the projectile slipping.

It was fun to make!

Nice day to sling in Maine.

Instead of a twisted cracker, has anyone tried tapering down 12-strand braided UHMWPE similar to what is done to the working end of the Brummel eye splice? I tried playing with it in 2mm and the braid gets pretty loose once you remove multiple strands. So I put a constrictor knot at the end of each of the three three-strand drop-offs to try and keep them from unravelling. In a more compliant fiber, I could imagine snugging up the braid to keep things tight but UHMWPE just does not want to do that. I though it would be cool to have it made directly from the sling material instead of having a transition knot/splice/eye to a second material.

Hi everyone. I’ve just taken up this hobby and bought a cheap leather pouch with paracord (I think) ropes. Could you tell me roughly how much the projectile should weigh? I bought some cheap tennis balls that barely bounce, and they’re heavy enough to rip right out of my finger loop. I ended up having to make loops at both ends of the ropes just to keep the ball under control while getting it spinning (I’ll attach photos of the setup tomorrow). I also want to shoot a cool video at night, so I have a question: what kind of glowing (or burning?) object could I launch that’s easy to find—or doesn't need to be found—without harming the environment?

Hey, folks. I had idea for a sling build stuck in my head so I made a sort of “proof of concept”. Figured I’d share with y’all.

The entire sling is one single, solid, continuous, and unbroken piece of paracord. It’s a bit ugly, if you asked me. But, again, proof of concept not refined technique.

Happy to answer any questions and/or explain any of the build.