What is SlingSlang?

Slingballs do many wacky things, especially with the back bar.  Our players and customers make up names for these crazy things that happen when tossed at the SlingSets. Snapback, Hitchhiker & Negator are just a few of these wacky SlingSlang terms. 

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  • Hitchhiker

    Sling balls that wrap around other sling balls.

    • Bait and switch: Similar to a teaser drop down where a player thinks they have a score on one bar but drop down to another.
    • Diggler: When sling ball simply hangs from cross bar and is vulnerable to a knock off, also known as a tea bag
    • Double wrap: When sling ball wraps around the cross bar twice
    • Drop down :A teaser that “drops down” to a higher score.
    • Full Boat: All sling balls from both players score, or are not on the ground.
    • Goal post: When a player hits the side bars
    • Knock off: Player knocks off an opponents sling ball, also known as an assassin or a hit-n-run.
    • Knock off upgrade: Player knocks off an opponents sling ball but to a higher scoring cross bar. 
    • Tommy Knocker: Both slingballs hit 2 different bars at same time making a loud knocking noise.
    • Line driver: Slinging slingballs low and fast
    • Lob toss: Lobbing slingballs high into the air.
    • Mary Lou: A dismount that catches the rear bar
    • Nutmeg: When sling ball goes through cross bars and hits nothing, also called a pass through or clean
    • Parachuter:I n windy conditions when the sling ball seems to die in the wind and drop for a score like a parachute.
    • Piledriver: When slingballs dismount hard into the ground, also known as a spike
    • Reverse Mary Lou: A dismount off the rear bar to a front bar, also known as a snap back upgrade.
    • Schwarzenegger: When a player over tosses the cross bars, too much muscle
    • Short hop: On some surfaces the sling balls can actually bounce of the ground and still appear to score, no score is rewarded but the slingball stays in play

  • Negator

    Scoring the same score right after your opponent scores, also known as Negation.

  • 3 Ring Circus

    When all 3 of your Slings land on the 1,2,and 3 bar. Must be free on negations.

    • Sidewinder: When sling ball wraps around side bars
    • Snap Back: When the sling balls snap back towards the tosser by tossing the sling ball perfectly
    • Snap back circle: A ten foot in diameter circle in between the two cross bars (approximately eight feet from each cross bar) used to generate a bonus throw (Not used in Tournaments)
    • Suicide: Player knocks off their own sling ball, also known as friendly fire.
    • Suicide upgrade: Player knocks off their own sling ball to a higher scoring cross bar
    • Teaser: Sling ball wraps around several times then dismounts, also known as a dismount.
    • Triple dismount: Three spin teaser then dismounts
    • Triple wrap: When sling ball wraps around the cross bar three times, very safe from knock off, also known as shrinkage
    • Water fall: Sling ball scores on each cross bar (excluding rear cross bar) Must be clean No negations