Muhl Bag (or similar) worth the cost?

I'm curious about this as well. Is there a reason you couldn't just use a (cheaper) heavy bag for the same purpose?

Muhl and similar products claim the coating on the bags (and their over-sized balls for tee use) are made of a coating that holds up to being smacked constantly with a bat.

Let's see what others have to say...

I bought a used Everlast punching bag (60lb?) on Craigslist for $40, hung it from a chain and works great.

We own the powerzone which is the power bag and the hanging Tee system. I love. I believe that the power bag is better than a heavy bag because with the power bag you are able to spin the bag over the the top of machine as you build yourself up. I think it is well worth the money.

standballdad,

what drills do you use with it? or just dry swings? any tips?

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Originally posted by Initech:
standballdad,

what drills do you use with it? or just dry swings? any tips?

Just dry swings to show my son which swing delivers more force and power to the ball. We don't really use it as a hitting drill where you use a lot of reps. More of a swing check tool.

We had a Muhl bag in our indoor and, honestly, I would not purchase it again. We had a problem, not with the bag, but with the solid, rubber sleeve that the bag hangs on (through the bag's center). It broke twice.
Also I had to watch the players carefully at that station. They figured out rather quickly that if you positioned the bag back in their stance, they could then strike the bag and "throw" the bag up and over with the bat.

Initech. We do use dry swing and we use full swings as well. You can purchase a direction mat that you can place under it which gives he player a better visual cue of where they are trying to make contact with the bag as if it was the pitch.

For my 8 year old I use a plastic, inflatable boat bumper. It works awesome and is cheap. They work great for Little League age kids!