Thread: question about home made double end bag

hey guys,

I've gotten bored of my huge double end bag I bought... so I decided I should make a new one out of a tennis ball.

Now my question is do you guys use elastic rope for the home made double end bag or like simple elastic string (the flat kind you can get at fabric stores)?

.. if elastic string is alright, would it make sense to just use one loong piece that goes through the tennis ball and has a knot right above the tennis ball and right below it? Or would you guys suggest using two separate pieces of elastic one for the top and one for the bottom?

or maybe rope at the top and elastic at the bottom?


... also anyone experiment with anything other than a tennis ball? any thing u guys found that may work better?

Thanks in advance

any input at all guys?

I'm sure a bunch of ppl have probably made double end bags at home.. no?

I was looking for the ideal thing to make the exact same bit of equipment your talking about and i found some rubber string wound up onto a cone like some twine, i never found out where it was bought from or what it was originally used for, i suspect its something for fishing.

You need rubber Balls not to soft, then drill them, so 9mm elastic goes through it or them. If you get 6 and space them with taping both sides of the elastic top and bottom of the balls, and the Balls being different colours theres a nice balance you get for movement put the balls 6" apart. You can even work body shots in while practicing same size as a tennis ball.

Originally Posted by Scrap

You need rubber Balls not to soft, then drill them, so 9mm elastic goes through it or them. If you get 6 and space them with taping both sides of the elastic top and bottom of the balls, and the Balls being different colours theres a nice balance you get for movement put the balls 6" apart. You can even work body shots in while practicing same size as a tennis ball.

you got a picture (or vid) of one of these by any chance I'm a visual learner

Scrap when you say 9mm elastic, you're referring to this stuff right??



and not this...