Quote Originally Posted by spaceballwon
oh fear not, i need no primer on the speed bag as ive had one since i was 6 years old and there isnt anything on it that i cant do...i still dabble in it. i used to use it no less than 6 rounds a day. now i use it about 6 rounds a month just to stay sharp on it. fact is, rolling the bag is good for conditioning and its good for coordination and its good for developing longer terms of intense focus. otherwise, slipping and weaving and measuring inside shots is the more practical use of the speedbag, which is sort of what ive resorted to these days because it was no longer challenging to me to roll the thing with any particular changes or rhythms. fun tool...more useful than mitts? not a chance in hell.
Good post, I'd still like to elaborate on it later. Anyways do you practice moving, back and forward, circling and side-stepping? I try to keep it as close to real fighting as possible. I use the same much of the same punches and movement that I would use in the ring. If I see a fighter in the ring that sets up his punch in an interesting way, I'm bound to practice it on the speed bag. It's good mental training, because you have to adjust accordingly to the rebounds it can take hair-trigger reflexes to do what you want to do.

Tommy Noel says you can practice body punching on the speed, I can't figure out what he means. Shifting with an opponent? Hitting the air? Right now my speed bag workouts are limited to head hunting tactics. I still like to do the tricks myself, some of them you actually have to do with your eyes open.

It can be a learning tool, but it can also be a little bundle of fun too.