Teaching kids how to shoot a slingshot.. and maybe some adults too!
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- čas přidán 5. 09. 2024
- PocketPredator.com We have a lot of requests to give information on what is the best way to show kids how to shoot... Well I've shown far more than my share of youngsters how to shoot, and this is my general take on how it's done.
Hey Bill, I'm gonna be sixty eight in Nov. I'm buying a slingshot and plan on using your "kid" instructions. Perfect. I love a cheap sport.
I'm 54 and JUST got into sling shots and I'm addicted !
This video will help teach many newcomers as the sport is growing quite rapidly! In my case, help me teach my 8 year old daughter! Thanks Bill
Less than a minute in and you got a subscriber. My son and I are watching this together, thank you!
Nice! You just helped a 54 year old kid!!!!!
Nice of you to make this video....we need more people that have the patience to teach kids fun childhood things like slingshots canoeing campfire building and swimming.
Can't wait to teach my grandson how to use his slingshot and hit the target! Great video!
Thanks Bill for the info. I have wanted to learn about sling shots since I was a kid 50 years ago but did not know where to get the info. I saw short tv clips of contest is in the southern U.S. states. with the internet it is now possible to spread the knowledge. Thanks for all your hard work.
Awesome Bill, great tips on this topic. I have struggled with my seven year old teaching these concepts.
Your the best Bill
Great instructions. Thanks!
Keep it fun and well paced - good advice, Bill.
Thanks Bill, my son is 5 , I'm working on teaching him the basics, it sucks I live in an urban environment
This was a great video! Thank you for making it! Smart idea making that backstop too!
Thanks Bill excellent advice I will pass it on to my 6yr old grandson thanks for sharing
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wonderful wonderful wonderful!!! I love marksmanship of any kind. I am taking on the slingshot as a new conquest and hope to be able to teach it to my son one day. So your video is going to help me and later my son have a good time with the sling shot. Thank you for your video!
Thanks so much, from Italy!! :)
Thank you so much, this makes it much easyer and more fun to shoot with a slingshot! :D Thanks! :)
Thank you bill I found all of your videos helpful for me I learned a lot from you
You actually don't want to grab the pouch infront of the ammo because if you slowly release it will cause the pouch to catch your index finger and throw the pouch upward which then results to a lower shot. You grab the top and bottom of the ammo and don't hesitate to release
Awesome intro to slingshot shooting, thanks a lot.
Simple and easy understanding thanks sir
Very informative. Some good techniques for the novice teacher.
thanks a lot! this is so informational. continue making videos about shooting a target
That's a Scorpion varient... they range in price from $125 to well over $200 depending on options and how long it takes to make it.
I never knew that shooting a slingshot was so complicated
I know right
Thank you for a great upload.
When i went to thailand they told me to move the catapult forward instead of the string backwards. Kinda susprised me but he did managed to instantly kill a chicken from like 15yards distance with 1 single shot! (which we ate an hour later)
the king of sling shot thanks so much bro
R Gemin w. fr
Kids can use black theraband or not very wide cut gold theraband just fine... just make sure you use a single strip per side and cut it to length accordingly... kids should have their bands be setup with a 5 to 1 draw ratio. So if the draw length is 25 inches the slack part of the bands should be 5 inches long.
Also, start with a larger caliber ammo, like 1/2" marbles or steel... it allows them to grip it with more confidence.
you taught me, a kid, to shoot? Thanks!
He taught me too. People ask me, a twelve year old girl trying to play with a slingshot? Don't shoot other people in the eye, girl.
I am just getting interested in trying this sport.
Thank you for your time and effort to help people.
BTW, I stuck up for you with one person who had nothing better to do than insult good people like you with his unnecessary comment.
If you can call it that.
What a great video. Thank you for taking the time.
Great advice mate, thank you.
Please can you do a video for Timmy to learn to Shoot a slingshot?
Good class superb explain chick bowan I’m from Indian
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hey, simple enough even for me, thanks a lot for the instructions!
I'm hoping to take this as a hobby as well as a blowgun. Hopefully one day I'll get my own bow as well. I really enjoyed the video. :)
Wynter Lee
Good luck! :)
Great video ! New subscriber!
The master ...
Very usefull video.Thank you
@bill Hays tanks for the great vid it helps out slot of people and actually helped me u make it as uncomplicated as possible keep it up :)
Gatorade caps make a great Target
Nice form thanks for sharing.
make this a lot easier for me thank you bill
You are a legend
Great instructional videos. Btw, what bands should one put for a kid's first slingshot?? Yellow theraband??
Thanks for the explanation!!
Thanks A lot! So I've been doing it all wrong...
I've been trying to teach my 10 year old cousin he somewhat gets the concept but he thinks he understands and he understands the wrong way and he also has a horrible grip he bends his wrist down to shoot what can i do about that
thanks for teaching il like you dude
pls can i have the blueprints? from the hathcock target sniper slingshot?
no wonder I havent been able to do it properly, I was doin it wrong. thank god I know how to use it tho! what can make good beginers amo?
stones
Hey Bill. I own 2 of you're slingshots already. Which 1 are you shooting here and it looks like a Tie-less version??? How much $ ? Thank you.
thanks for the video btw how long and wide are your bands ?? wanna start hunting small game
Thanks
So, whats the aiming point? Is it the point between the two arms of the slingshot?
janschutz174 no watch the target
some people use the top band as the aiming point
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Usopp!
I use usopp bands sometimes lol
How do you aim?
hey there. You don't talk about the hand holding the slingshot when you shoot. I remember I shot my hand badly when I was a kid and I never had a slingshot after that. Did you shoot your own hand. please comment.
ananda brahmachari
Just make sure you hold it perpendicular to your body. Don't aim downward at your fingers and try to always keep your fingers below the forks if possible.
I just got one on Tuesday and I,m having trouble
I own about 10 slingshots now but none of yours, next on the list tho
Fair enough... NOT...you ever just wanna erase things from your past.? Here's your one big chance.
Good video, my catapult doesn't pull far to the side of the mouth advice please.
Daniel Mensah
It doesn't have to be the side of the mouth, just a set point. Like your shoulder or your nose, just pull it back to a set point. Also if it can't reach your face it probably won't shoot very far.
Well, now I'm pretty confused. I've watched 5 or 6 videos, and the majority of them say you need to rotate the pouch-holding hand about 45 degrees in order to avoid hitting the slingshot frame or your hand, but this guy and maybe one other doesn't say that. So what's the correct way?
OK, thanks for the reply. I guess the feeling I was getting was that it was difficult enough to assure that you were shooting straight through the forks that you needed to rotate the pouch 45 degrees to pretty much insure that you wouldn't hit the forks or your hand.
With which eye do you aim if you are a right handed person?
your right eye,unless youve only got one eye
Its personal preference.
i have same slingshot as u
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Personally I'd insist kids do safety glasses. They're not experienced in the joy of the Faux Pas. You are.
Thanks for that.
i am right handed , which hand use to pull ?
Ahmed Abbas You would pull with your RH.
It was a good video and very useful for me, but it was 7:4 secs
keyword *Keep it Fun*
I'm no youngster and at point number 2 you lost me now sadly I'll never achieve my true potential and risk smashing the windows on the house next door when I was just aiming at their kids
Using a peace sign to shoot! Nice irony.
Nice info but you should practice what you preach on safety or not mention safety at all if your not going to practice
i use airsoft bbs :D
Airsoft Reviews how fast is it? 50m/s?
I havent checked sorry
Slingshots aren't just for kids
bill haze
Hi
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Try make one from a big broom
Thanks I shoot a rabbit with your tricks
I use my slingshot then i got shot in my head
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We remember it easily dude. So rude
No you don't, children have issues remembering multiple things at once. That's why standardized tests are done subject by subject. Their brains aren't developed enough, there are many steps to shooting. How to hold the slingshot, how to stand, how to shoot, where to shoot, what you do during, before, and after shooting, remembering not to breath during shooting etc etc. He is simplifying it sooo god damn much to make it much more your speed.
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thank i can shoot my target alot better
How does someone have trouble shooting a sling shot srsly grab handle put ammo in pouch pinch ammo in pouch then aim and let go its not hard who cares how you stand or what ammo you shoot personally i use small rocks just know two things:What happens if i hit my target and what happens if i miss my target I'm twelve and this is basic common sense not a seven an a half minute video
Aris Tarchinski
How you stand and when you shoot does matters, it drastically increases accuracy. Just like with a gun you should take a deep breath, exhale, wait a few seconds without breathing then shoot. How you stand matters so you can apply more force to the slingshot. Don't act like you know things, everything you know, there are people who know world's more than you.