Throwball techniques

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Speaking of slingshots, I found a lovely little toy at the grocery store. Called the Hyperdog Slingshot, it's a slingshot sized for tennis balls. Entertaining toy for $25, and it'll launch tennis balls and light throwbags 200+ feet.

here's a link to one of the online places, or for those of you in WI, they happen to sell them at Woodmans grocery stores.
http://www.petgadgets.com/product_details.cfm?product_id=98&content_id=7
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Do you think Tobe Sherrill can modify one of these for arborists to use with different size throw bags?
 
I feel foot placement is another way to point at your shot. especially with the inside foot. Arnold Palmer, Jack Nicalus etc talk about small alignments in the body being critical to fluid motion and shot direction.
 
mmmmm. those cakes look good. start the morning with some of that.

then, try investing (if you haven't) in some zing it. use a lighter weight bag if possible (8 oz). have a variety of weights. buy a compactible storage bag with frisbee's (pancakes in your case) to separate the lines. feed your lines in and have them organized. use the pouches for the extra bags. tie a ball on each side of the line.

this is where success starts. now you are armed and ready. your frustrations with cheap line, the wrong weight, stuck lines, will be reduced because you are more organized.

now your hit ratio will go up automatically.

if you notice you are hitting the crotches a lot instead of going through, just fine tune your aim and realize what you are really aiming for. fine tune the sites. Once you know where you are hitting while looking at a particular target, then udjust accordingly. That big open space above the crotch is where you want to go, so look at that empty space, not the crotch itself. Its kind of hard because its the crotch that we "see" not the empty space. I have to remind myself of that a lot as my aim hones in on the crotch itself at times, over and over.

That's it. Your accuracy will go way up. Aim small miss small.
 
I am having some good days with 2.0mm and 10/12 oz weights. I also have worked out with a 3mm/16oz combo lately. windage, sun and looking a the crotch from the correct angle. Throwing over or through the crotch seems to help if you don't have to finess it. I have also started training with a shortened throwline, 90 feet, with a bag on one end only. For whatever reason I get better shots and really focus on follow through and pointing at the crotch.
 
Speaking of windage... I was practicing today and couldn't hit the broad side of a barn... 36 mph gusts. Even if you make your target, about 50' of line gets blown out of the bag across the yard. Well... I guess it teaches patience!
 
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Who needs Tobe? Just mod it yourself!

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MB, how would you modify it to work for arborists? I have tried this with other hand held slingshots but haven't had any success.
 
I was throwing like a champ on Friday then on the last tree everything went to pot. I ended up in a low union then climbed up from there. Sheesh....

Here you all about the aiming for the gap above the union. Now i need to fine tune the distance so I don't end up tangled in the branches on the backside of the target union.
 
I think its mostly "level of aggravation!" I had a HORRIBLE morning with a tiny elm removal. By tiny I mean 30' tops. grrrr...I just couldn't seem to make a short throw after so many high shots!
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On foot position: I was in gymnastics and dove during the off season. Always seemed to focus on starting in the very same spot, either for focus or it was something to do while all the thoughts were syncing up. Eye on the target.

I lean on the forward, sort of like a fencer. Then I can rock as needed. This stance minimizes any extra body motion. More movement exponentiates error.

Most of my throwing is not for height but finesse-ing through and around obstacles where its not just hitting a target but controlling the curve and the afterflight.

Using mostly 10oz on Zing-It and Fling-It. 12 & 16 oz for bombing through stuff but the my shoulder pangs more often with a single lofting with the heavier throwbag than a job's worth of chucking brush.

Still no luck on the trained squirrel.
 
While the points here have helped with my throwing I have had a few horrendous throws.Now I just review in my head the various tips given here and it helps me regroup. THANKS ALL!
 
Just keep throwing, have a sacrificial bag burning if you think it will make you feel better. Throw line combos are much cheaper that golf clubs making the testing phase easier to absorb financially. The more I try out the better I get. I agree htat running the tips through my head has helped. I have develpoed a routine and now its just gaining muscle memory. No one has mentioned constant heckling from co workers.
 
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