How to sling like a Balearic slinger

Here I show you how a Balearic slinger uses their sling to propel a stone at velocities up to one hundred miles per hour, and how you can learn this safely with tennis balls before moving up to stones.

[adamthethird]

This is a masterclass on how to educate someone with a video. No crazy graphics, your voice aligns with the action on the screen, step-by-step instruction, occational slow-motions and break-downs.

Can you just make all the instructional videos on youtube? I'd be a genius!

[BoxxerCore]

Learning how to sling from a guy called David, now I just need a Goliath and my Easter Sunday is complete.

[jaguarholly]

As a somewhat veteran slinger myself i would like to confirm this guy knows what he's talking about and that this is an excellent tutorial for beginners.

[antonip]

Nice explanation.
As born and raised in Mallorca (Balearic Islands) I am very surprised of how popular slinger is outside our small island. Much more than here which it is sadly almost forgotten.

[andymac]

I’ve been practicing the use of a sling by playing fetch with my dog. A couple weeks in and already finding that I’m surprising myself with the accuracy I can achieve. Dog is loving the longer runs to retrieve the ball as well!

[jettimite]

This is the best video I’ve found so far. Most are just guys slinging and talking and not breaking down the technique. This is great. Just made my sling this morning and have been slinging at the garage door. So far I’ve shot two tennis balls over the house and into the woods. I think I’ll head on down to the tennis courts next time.

[stevejohnson]

My late wife came from Central Italy and grew up in a sheep farming family. As a teenager she would have to look after the sheep which the family had free roaming and she learnt at a very young age to use a sling. Used mainly to drop a stone near the sheep whilst hearding to make them go in another direction or the direction you wanted them to go but also with lambs there was the risk of wolves, very rare but a risk still

[wiskadjak]

I started slinging when I was a young teen after reading about in the sci fi novel Land of the Giants. Thought it was the coolest thing ever. The method I taught myself was based on the description in the book and is the same as the one you show in this video. When I was in the SCA I demonstrated the power of this weapon at war camps but it never caught on. No one realized just how ubiquitous slings were throughout the the ancient, medieval and early modern worlds. But you've inspired me, David! Time to start practicing again.

[metralla]

When I was a child in Spain I met a shepherd one day, he showed me how to use a sling and then he gave it to me. Never saw him again, nobody around me knew nothing about slings but I got pretty good with it.
There is a sweet spot, maybe milliseconds because is extremely hard to get it right, where you move your wrist just before releasing, if you feel the weight of the stone when pushing with the wrist you are doing it right and the stone will fly much farther and be more accurate as you basically aim with the wrist.

[Lofwyr]

The Youtube algorithm decided that this day I would learn about balearic slingers.

Great video, David.

[Nox_populi]

I can't believe I'm getting a slingstone tutorial from David.

[JosephFallon]

Four sling videos in and yours is the first to mention how you release the blooming thing. Bravo !

[emmetbyrne]

Im going to be showing this video to my history class, so many cultures used slings and itll be great to show them how they were used. Love the video thanks for making it!!

[joewellfair]

When i was a kid i had plenty of free time and lived near endless fields, i tried so hard to learn to use a sling but simply couldn't figure it out intuitively. If only i had your YouTube video 20 years ago lol. Fantastic tutorial

[angeladrovermartinez]

I am a native balearic my parents were also native as well as their parents. I apporve this video. Thanks a lot for your time and effort!

[marleneengel]

Wow! Somehow this came up on my hubbies feed - no real interest before now - but DAVID - what a GOOD teacher you are!! Clear and concise.

[hankvana]

Thanks for posting David! I've always had a thing for "projectile launchers" As a kid I made atlatls, bows & arrows, slings, and slingshots. Practiced hard and "proof of skill" was bagging a rabbit. Retired now, still make those "primitive" weapons and practicing regularly.

[craighoover]

As a teenager I experimented with a sling. Seeing this as how it's properly done would have saved me whacking myself silly with stones. Now I'm inspired again to try.

[eric]

Well, I didn't wake up this morning thinking I needed a sling, but thanks to YouTube's algorithm I guess I do.

[simonforrester]

I've no idea why this video popped up on my feed, but now I'm inspired to learn how to use the sling I brought back from Peru!