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The same general principles apply to throwing with all atlatls. Maintain a light grip on the dart so it leaves your hand as soon as you start to throw, and it will exhibit straight flight in the direction you have it pointed. This comes from many years of teaching students to use atlatls. Poor dart flight is usually the result of improper spine, or gripping the dart too much so that it does not release properly. 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Thanks for that. I'm sure lots of people will be interested.","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Nick Allen","url":"https:\/\/www.survivalandbushcrafts.com"}},{"@type":"Comment","@id":"https:\/\/www.survivalandbushcrafts.com\/the-atlatl-a-technological-breakthrough-in-primitive-hunting\/#Comment2","dateCreated":"2022-02-03 03:10:13","description":"If you've not seen it, here is a professional academic study on the extreme effectiveness of the American atlatl, including a successful bison hunt, university-funded.\r\n\r\nhttps:\/\/m.youtube.com\/watch?v=l7jMxfopKjM","author":{"@type":"Person","name":"Mike","url":""}}],"about":["History & Folklore"],"wordCount":1311,"keywords":["hunting","primitive","weapon","woomera"]},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"The Atlatl: a technological breakthrough in primitive hunting","item":"https:\/\/www.survivalandbushcrafts.com\/the-atlatl-a-technological-breakthrough-in-primitive-hunting\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]