Heavy Bag Critique

**wilberbear** · 09-13-2015, 05:59 PM

I am not sure if this is right, but you seem a little tense rather than relaxed & loaded for the fast acceleration slamming heavily with elasticity (I focus a lot on elasticity).

**nivek535** · 09-13-2015, 06:41 PM

stop winding up your shots lol.
especially before u jab lol

**Mr.MojoRisin'** · 09-13-2015, 06:46 PM

Originally posted by nivek535

stop winding up your shots lol.
especially before u jab lol

Do you mean when I move my hand really fast before I punch?

**Rockin'** · 09-14-2015, 05:36 PM

not bad...... but why land good right hands and rarely, if ever, follow it up with a hook. you're already forced to take time to get back in to position (left shoulder forward) after you throw the right, why not just bring a hook with it.

Ok.... jab, jab, left hook body, left hook head. Man, when you throw that first hook, to the body, you leave your face sitting up there like a pumpkin on a fence pole just begging to get shot off. After the jabs get low to your left and then dig the hook. Not only is your face taken out of play for straight rights but you've also locked and loaded , for the hook to the body, by getting down a bit. From there bring the hook back up top with your transferred weight and then imagine something coming back at you and react to that defensively.

not bad stuff..........

**Ray Corso** · 09-14-2015, 05:51 PM

Your hitching your left (showing it by dropping the glove then bringing it up, and raising the elbow).
You can correct this in a full length mirror and explain it to a froiend lightly holding the bag and every time you hitch he verbally corrects you.
A towell tap can help, the towell can strike out as you give it away.
You must train as if you'll be fightin the best most talented men. A green amatuer or unprepared pro won't see that flaw but I assure you a well schooled fighter will.
Remember the heavy bag is a good conditioner but its also to increase power. During your rounds step into the bag a few times and sink body hooks and punch THREW with right hands.
Thats a nice sounding tool, good pop and looks like it feels good too!
Good work, always looking to correct flaws. Better shoulder (left shouilder forward) and break down (bend your knees) and through shots too. You don't have to dance around but you can't stand in cement either.
Being able to move 180d on the bag if great and if you can have 360d room too.

Ray.

**juggernaut666** · 09-14-2015, 07:34 PM

Originally posted by Ray Corso

Your hitching your left (showing it by dropping the glove then bringing it up, and raising the elbow).
You can correct this in a full length mirror and explain it to a froiend lightly holding the bag and every time you hitch he verbally corrects you.
A towell tap can help, the towell can strike out as you give it away.
You must train as if you'll be fightin the best most talented men. A green amatuer or unprepared pro won't see that flaw but I assure you a well schooled fighter will.
Remember the heavy bag is a good conditioner but its also to increase power. During your rounds step into the bag a few times and sink body hooks and punch THREW with right hands.
Thats a nice sounding tool, good pop and looks like it feels good too!
Good work, always looking to correct flaws. Better shoulder (left shouilder forward) and break down (bend your knees) and through shots too. You don't have to dance around but you can't stand in cement either.
Being able to move 180d on the bag if great and if you can have 360d room too.

Ray.

Well ray if he is doing all those mistakes how would you rate this guys bag performance....just curious because from what I see mrdagowop looks pretty good to me if I were to compare the two?

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How about this guys technique?Is this flawless too,,is he better than dagowop?

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**juggernaut666** · 09-14-2015, 07:40 PM

Originally posted by Mr.DagoWop

This is me hitting the heavy bag today

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7t3aPUKHrUo

I am wearing 14 oz gloves with 180" ringside wraps. The bag is 100 lbs with 50 lbs at the bottom holding it down so it doesn't move.

I haven't hit the bag in a month. This is my 3rd round and I messed up my shoulder in the 2nd round. The camera is at an odd angle so my stance looks really narrow for some reason.

Leave any helpful comments and ways I could gain more speed/power using my bag.

good snapping punches cant see to good in the dark,but overall fast good whipping punches,power xcould be worked on the overall technique is good...rockin and actually ray gave good pointers...how high is the bag from the ceiling?

Look at this guy in the second link below,not impressive work in the least bit yet no one has any critisms for him because hes a LEGEND and no one told him how bad his techniques was,in the end he paid for it by taking punishment he shouldn't have and it shows why when watching him on the Heavybag because that's exactly how he fought.,..he did everything wrong and was asking to get k.od his speed was which helped him,dont focus on being perfect fight your fight and focus on the small adjustments,if you are tall make bending limited,your style is perfect for a tall fighter make the smaller/shorter guy punch up not straight at you,it would be also better with a some light.

Pardon Our Interruption...

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**evilzombie123** · 09-14-2015, 07:58 PM

Just from observing a bit, you do leave yourself open sometimes so work on moving your head, shoulders, and hand that is not hitting at the moment to compensate for your openings.

You are very tense and tend to wind up your shots by pulling back your arms before your hand goes forward. You may tire faster from doing this and leave more openings. Remember the saying the most painful punch is not the hardest one but the one you never saw coming. Focus on hand speed by practicing a relaxed quick jab, think if reaching out and touching something quickly and pulling back quickly, clench the fist just before impact to help out with the snap but leave it open for part of the motion forward. You move faster when your muscles are relaxed than when they are contracted and tight already. So dont focus on harder punches, focus on faster punches. You dont need to push hard with your arm for strength because your core, feet, legs, and shoulders should put your bodyweight into each punch properly when you get your footwork and rotations down properly. A 180 lbs. body behind a punch is better than pushing out hard with your arms.

I cant really see your feet in the video so I will make a hypothetical suggestion, you may already have great footwork, but just some tips anyways. When you read Championship Fighting by Jack Dempsey he discusses in great detail footwork for doing each of the various punches. From what I could see you pivot a lot and turn for each punch, for a jab try just tapping your foot forward and instead of stepping on it fall onto it a little to add bodyweight into the jab, then slide or hop it back the few inches it moved. The way you move your feet, legs, hips, and shoulders for punches can control everything in a punch so I highly recommend that book or watching some videos on footwork to practice it and perfect it.

And as a final word of advice, raise your bag up by a foot and a half or by 2 feet as if you are fighting someone slightly taller. You will pound all the sand to the bottom so quickly and probably wear out the bag by keeping it at that height. Wrap the bottom in duct tape to protect the seams from bursting as well. I lost a few bags like that, same bag as that I think.

Hope I could help a bit. Good job!

**evilzombie123** · 09-14-2015, 08:02 PM

Oh and what gloves are you using? That could also be a cause for shoulder injuries. I used everlasts and several other cheaper brands(I think 6 other pairs of gloves) and finally invested in some $40 Title training gloves, The improved padding and support gradually let my shoulders heal up and then I never hurt them again while training. Maybe invest in some Titles or Venum gloves, best you can find in the sub $100 range.

Heavy Bag Critique