How to Hit the Speed Bag Like Rocky

Have you watched the Rocky movies? Want to throw punches like Rocky Balboa, the title character of the Rocky series? Well, in order to throw punches like Rocky, you need a solid basis of basic punches and the variations that can be made over time. Read on to know the tricks and techniques to hit the speed bag like Rocky Balboa.

Set up and technique

It is important to start with the right technique if you want to hit the speed bag like Rocky Balboa. Hitting the speed bag is tough and by not selecting proper technique, you can make it even harder. It should be at proper height so that you can look directly in the mid of the bag. If it is too low, you will be unable to hit the bag properly and if it is too high, it will be tough for you to reach the bag. Furthermore, make sure to keep your elbows up while hitting the bag. This is the basis of hitting technique and enables to train more proficiently. While keeping your elbows down, you will need to move your arms to hit the bag. One needs to hit the bag in the center so that it flies off and returns back to the board back directly in front of the person.

The machine gun

It is one of the techniques used while hitting the speed bag. In this technique, multiple repeated punches are thrown on the bag in quick series. Following this technique can also make the speed bag bounce loud. For performing the machine gun, keep your arms up in the proper position and throw back side of your fist into the bag until it touches the platform. Keep your other hand slightly behind the first hand. Start with striking the bag with lead hand and then replace it with the other hand. What you need to do is move your fists in uninterrupted circles. Using this technique, you would not need to hit the bag very hard. By hitting the same spot of the bag in the same position and distance, with correct speed, you can make your task easy.

Hitting the speed bag like rocky

Rocky hits the speed bag so fast that it is difficult to follow the speed bag’s movement. The technique that rocky uses in the movie has triplet rhythm or three bounces between the strikes. Here is the series how hitting is done. First, the striker hits the bag using fist. As the fist follows through, bag strikes the back of the board. Then bag strikes the front of the board as the fist comes to the starting position. Then the bag strikes the back of the board as fist comes to the starting position. Again, fist is used to hit the bag.