I train on the speed-bag at least four days a week. However, I was never taught how to do it. I learned on my own. The other day I read an article by Sugar Shane Mosley on how he hits the rhythm bag, and it was a little different than the way I do it. I was just wondering if there is a proper way to do it?
The way I hit the bag: It rebounds twice - once off the back wall, then off the front, and then I punch with the bag. (I hope that makes sense)
The way Mosley suggests hitting the bag: It rebounds three times - once off the back wall, then off the front, and finally once more against the back wall. Then you hit it as its coming towards you.
So...which is the proper way? I have a feeling that punching with the motion of the bag helps to develope hand speed; and that punching against the bag developes hand-eye coordination and reflexes. But that's just a guess...
Please - ADMIN, anyone. Just let me know.
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i WOULD IMAGINE IT TAKE MORE FORCE AND ACCURACY TO BOUNCE IT BACK AS IT COME TO YOU NO ONE TAUGHT ME EITHER... BUT, i DON'T EVEN USE IT... DOULBE END BAG DOES IT FOR ME BRO... REFLEXES... SPEED... AND i GE TO THROUGH DIFFERENT PUNCHES WHILE KEEPING RYTHM... WHAT DO YOU THINK?
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YOU'RE THE MAN, ADMIN!! I appreciate the response, I know you're strapped for time. I'll be sure to check out those tutorials or reviews when you post them.
AWOL: You're 100% correct, more force & more accuracy. It's definitely much harder, but I worked on it for like three days solid (thanks to the holiday). Now I think I've got the hang of it. I'm getting quicker, my shots are landing more accurately, and I'm starting to really get the rhythm down. Much more challenging, though. I dig it.
Oh, man, don't get me started on the double-ended bag! I love it! Totally different feel, though. I would tend to agree that it's probably the more practical of the two for a boxer. Your movement when hitting the rhythm bag is more comparable to your movement in the ring against an opponent. And it would seem to sharpen the same reflexes and work on the same rhythms. However, there has to be some reason that boxers hit the speed-bag. Something in that excercise that can't be gained through a double-ended bag workout. So...for the meantime, I'll stick with both.
AWOL
Your're a better man than I. I never had the patince for it... especially at the gym. Probably not the best place to ask but do you know of any benifits or drawbacks to flat feet in the ring?
Dude, that is freakin hilarious!! I have no idea whether or not it's a good thing or a bad thing. All I do know is that I'm flat footed, too! And I've been wondering the same thing.
I have no answers. I've got all my own little theories about how it helps and how it hurts, but they're all just guesses. If you find out, please be sure to let me know.
And if anyone out there knows somethin about flat-footedness, please share the info!
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