CHOICE OF THE LENGTH

The choice of the length of your whip is very important.

Like in golf where the choice of the right club is very important; in whipcracking, you must be careful when choosing the model and the length of a whip. Stockwhip, bullwhip and target whips have different measurement criteria:

Stockwhip: in measuring of the length of this whip, the handle and the fall are never considered. You only measure the thong. (see the picture)

Bullwhip and Target whip: both these two whips follow the same criteria: you take the measurement of the length from the butt to the end of the braid. (see the picture)

SUGGESTIONS

For the execution of wrapping techniques, the best length would be within the 8 to 12-feet range. In targeting, a 5 to 7-feet length is preferred. About the cracking: 5 - 6 feet is best for "indoor", 8 - 10 ft for "outdoor" cracking.