Modern boxing training focuses way too much on conditioning over skill.
Modern boxing training focuses way too much on conditioning over skill.
Mitts are very functional. Mustafa uses it a ton, he is just against flashy mitt work which can be excessive. If you’re doing flashy mittwork just focused on speed and the coach isn’t correcting you, then yes..you are not going to learn or develop skill. Mitts are a great tool for skill building if done right though..so it really should be about who is using the mitts to teach, not the mitts. The teacher, not the tool!
Speed bag is just straight conditioning, very little actual boxing application. I never use it, a lot of guys don’t. It’s really not needed to be honest.
You can’t compare Mitts to the speedbag, one has a use, the other is just straight conditioning.
Double End Bag gives you everything and is even cheaper to setup, there is no need for a speed bag if you have a Double End Bag.
Double End Bag:
-Practice proper punches
-actual slips with something coming back at you
-the best for hand eye coordination using actual form
-footwork around the bag
-counters (you can even practice a damn pull counter on it when it bounces back)
-conditioning and speed
I don’t even know why people use the speed bag in 2021, just use a double end bag.