It's like a handheld trebuchet

You should give it a try, it's satisfyingly fun

I can't imagine being proficient/accurate with a staff sling... that shit is deadly! It's like half the effort, and half the accuracy — but damn, when it hits it fking hits

If it goes left, ya just gotta sling to the right! I expect to have another bullseye in like 3 to 5 years, but I'm living off the current high of "that was awesome!"

The skirmishers (the guys with the slings) would usually withdraw before the enemy got into melee range. If they couldn't do that, they had a bad time.

Bruhhh, I ain't never knew about an atlatl! I gotta practice one thing at a time, but that's right up my alley ...that's cool as all hell

Hell, idk lol. I'm probably already creating bad habits. Maybe "Primal Slingling" on youtube? That helped me learn some basics... and what questions I want to ask myself about technique. But after figuring out a basic throw, I looked up videos of what I was trying to do (like the figure-8 throw) and just practiced

It's honestly just fun; like throwing a baseball, except way more technical? I keep it in my car and highly recommend it as a "I'ma take 30 mins to play for a bit",

You can also braid your own sling from paracord (or whatever really), but I was trying to see if I liked it first, before doing the most lol

Pretty much a fluke, cause I'm nowhere near consistent yet. But it was the target I was aiming at, so I'll take it

Idk about using it as a self-defense weapon unless you're truly committed to kinda... only practicing that skill. But I guess you could definitely make people back the fuck away

I use tennis balls and a local baseball field (it has a fence that I can sling against from the pitchers mound). But you just start slow and try to get a feel for when to release, before trying to really put "oomph" into it. Haven't ever hit myself, but anything else in front of me (almost 180°) is at risk. So tennis balls are the way to start, before slinging rocks or whatever. Apparently marshmallows are a good source of ammo for practicing too. But it is fun and simple enough, I definitely recommend trying

when I played around with one I was using tennis balls.

Softer projectiles at first I'd imagine, then move to pebbles.

Ya just pitch a tennis ball, but sling it instead. It really is that easy (minus the practicing for timing). I highly recommend!