Originally posted by Stans_with_fist
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There is a bit of a analysis to this that most people might not think about. When I say "have the belly of the bag at your mouth", that doesn't mean you will actually hit it mouth level. The contact point is actually just a tad higher, because when the bag is moving (not stopped hanging straight...) the belly will actually be a bit higher at the point of contact. We normally hit the bag pretty close to it coming off the board, or at the midpoint of the rebound and that puts the belly a bit higher than the mouth at the contact point. You can really put the belly of the bag at your chin and hit it, which will put the belly at your mouth during the correct point of the rebound.
To answer your last question, the bag does NOT need to be higher to include elbow strikes. In fact, having the bag higher will normally make some elbow strikes harder to do. At least I find that for me.
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