in 1997 i bought my first speed bag set up from sports authority , it was the chuck norris speed bag set , included a fiberglass -like plastic as the drum and basicaly was all plastic except it did come with the ball and hook everlast swivel.
well at the time i wasnt too informed about speed bag set ups and i didnt really know the way things should be done but i figured through trial and error id pic up on it sooner or later.
something was wrong from the begining because i couldnt get the bad to rebound correctly without really really hitting it hard, and i figured well this is probably how youre suppose to hit it . i wasnt aware that the boards bad rebounding effect was making me get very frustrated, i figured everything i needed shouldve ben included in this set so i must be hitting the bag wrong.
a few hours after hitting the bag one day my eye started botherin me, i didnt know what it was, i went to doctor and he said its pink eye and gave me the medicine for that.
to make a long story short it wasnt pink eye but a speck of metal off the swivel in my eye .even the eye doctor didnt believe it , he figured i was doin sum metal work or sumthing. i never even felt anything go in it , so i wasnt sure my self, so i didnt think too much about it. i fgured maybe i rubbed sumthing in my eye that was on my hand.
then it happend again , and i figured the swivel was bad, so i bought new one , everlast ball and hook all metal 2 piece.
it happend to me again, and even again! u would think id learn , but i never heard of anyone else having this problem so i was kinda in denial i guess.
eventualy i had t start wearin eye protection and i practiced that way from then on and i was fine
now i have a balasz pro set up that cost me $600 and its awesome. but i dont like the chain link. so i hooked my old ball hook on it and i love it , and im not having rebound problems so i dont have to hit like a maniac to make it rebound.
but im scared its gunna happen again! is this a normal occurance with the ball hook? i like the style the best cuz of the sound and reobounding but i dont wanna go back to eye doc and get steel removed from my eye again
did this ever happend to anyone else? i thought these 2 piece metal swivels were pretty durable and shoule be able to withstand any kind of punches. is there a limit to how hard i should hit the bag?
i wanna convince myself it was all because of a bad rebound board that made the steel virbate into my eye cuz i was punchin tooo hard too much.
Help me out here . i wanna go back to using the ball and hook cuz its the best sound for the rhythem stuff . someone tell me i wont get steel in the eye again cuz i have a better rebound board now!
well at the time i wasnt too informed about speed bag set ups and i didnt really know the way things should be done but i figured through trial and error id pic up on it sooner or later.
something was wrong from the begining because i couldnt get the bad to rebound correctly without really really hitting it hard, and i figured well this is probably how youre suppose to hit it . i wasnt aware that the boards bad rebounding effect was making me get very frustrated, i figured everything i needed shouldve ben included in this set so i must be hitting the bag wrong.
a few hours after hitting the bag one day my eye started botherin me, i didnt know what it was, i went to doctor and he said its pink eye and gave me the medicine for that.
to make a long story short it wasnt pink eye but a speck of metal off the swivel in my eye .even the eye doctor didnt believe it , he figured i was doin sum metal work or sumthing. i never even felt anything go in it , so i wasnt sure my self, so i didnt think too much about it. i fgured maybe i rubbed sumthing in my eye that was on my hand.
then it happend again , and i figured the swivel was bad, so i bought new one , everlast ball and hook all metal 2 piece.
it happend to me again, and even again! u would think id learn , but i never heard of anyone else having this problem so i was kinda in denial i guess.
eventualy i had t start wearin eye protection and i practiced that way from then on and i was fine
now i have a balasz pro set up that cost me $600 and its awesome. but i dont like the chain link. so i hooked my old ball hook on it and i love it , and im not having rebound problems so i dont have to hit like a maniac to make it rebound.
but im scared its gunna happen again! is this a normal occurance with the ball hook? i like the style the best cuz of the sound and reobounding but i dont wanna go back to eye doc and get steel removed from my eye again
did this ever happend to anyone else? i thought these 2 piece metal swivels were pretty durable and shoule be able to withstand any kind of punches. is there a limit to how hard i should hit the bag?
i wanna convince myself it was all because of a bad rebound board that made the steel virbate into my eye cuz i was punchin tooo hard too much.
Help me out here . i wanna go back to using the ball and hook cuz its the best sound for the rhythem stuff . someone tell me i wont get steel in the eye again cuz i have a better rebound board now!
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