I’m continuing to learn the speed bag using only online resources. I’ve had some challenges though. Like I mentioned in my first post I was out of town for a week, so I couldn’t install my bag and begin practicing with it. However I did find some good videos that show speed bag training from a first-person perspective. These were especially useful when I watched them through an Oculus Go headset. This was exciting because I had found a new way to utilize technology to help me learn.
Christopher Logan from breakingmuscle.com says that when visualizing, it’s important to feel like you are actually doing the activity in as much detail as possible and the headset helped with this since it was so immersive. I felt like I was there hitting the bag when I had the headset on.
I returned home, installed the bag and practiced with it. I did better than I had expected but still was not able to hit the bag for more than a few times before losing control of it. I came down with a nasty flu the next day and did not hit the bag for a week. However, when I was sick, I practiced in my mind each day. When I started to hit the bag again, I was surprised to see how much I had improved. Now that I knew what it felt like to hit the bag, it seemed like my visualization was more effective. I still have a lot of work to do, but the progress was encouraging.
I’m happy that I’ve been able to make progress despite the challenges. My goal for this week is to hit the bag cleanly and with greater speed.
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Brian Durst EdTech 