"Firing the knee" for more lower body power?

[Drill]

During my 13 year old son batting lesson his coach/instructor is trying to get him to use the lower body more and not open up his front shoulder to soon. (you all have heard the term "keep your head on the ball" which happen when you try to over swing or not using your lower body and the batter tries to get as much power out of his upper body.)


My son is still trying to grasp the concept of "firing the knee" I think the think that I heard his coach say is it the same push you get as throwing the ball. Now other than repetition of tee work along with not opening up the shoulders to soon, he is beginning to improve. (4 out of every 10 swings he is getting the timing of fire the knee and upper body move.)


What drill(s) do you use to help fire the knee so to speak


respectfully yours,

drill

[Deemax]

I think your instructor is running out of things to teach, and starting to invent things. Teaching to "knee fire" seems silly. Looking at video, knee firing is not what I see. Hopefully it works out for your son..

[Jake Patterson]

I think your instructor is running out of things to teach, and starting to invent things. Teaching to "knee fire" seems silly. Looking at video, knee firing is not what I see. Hopefully it works out for your son..

Ditto..........

[Drill]

I think your instructor is running out of things to teach, and starting to invent things. Teaching to "knee fire" seems silly. Looking at video, knee firing is not what I see. Hopefully it works out for your son..

what video?


drills please,,

drill

[Ursa Major]

I'm hesitant to dismiss someone else's coaching techniques without knowing the context. It sounds suspect, but the coach conceivably may see a failure to turn the back foot/hip and he hopes that the "firing the knee" cue will give your son some more resolve to get more push. Can you explain in more detail what he describes this cue as doing?

With that said, it sounds a little inconsistent with a desire to get push off the back foot as the coach asserts to be his goal. By focusing on firing the knee (rather than the hip), you very easily could end up with your son spinning on his back foot. So, I'd be hesitant to offer that cue to every hitter.

[Jake Patterson]

I'm hesitant to dismiss someone else's coaching techniques without knowing the context. It sounds suspect, but the coach conceivably may see a failure to turn the back foot/hip and he hopes that the "firing the knee" cue will give your son some more resolve to get more push. Can you explain in more detail what he describes this cue as doing?

With that said, it sounds a little inconsistent with a desire to get push off the back foot as the coach asserts to be his goal. By focusing on firing the knee (rather than the hip), you very easily could end up with your son spinning on his back foot. So, I'd be hesitant to offer that cue to every hitter.

Isolated cues to help a specific individual with a specific problems can mean different things for different coaches and students. I agree - we would have to understand more about the context.

If driving the knee becomes his training mantra then he may be looking for his own unique training signature... Sometimes these helps, sometimes they don't.

[Drill]

None of you have drills for basic swing faults, gurus included?


respectfully yours,

drill

[Chris O'Leary]

My son is still trying to grasp the concept of "firing the knee" I think the think that I heard his coach say is it the same push you get as throwing the ball. Now other than repetition of tee work along with not opening up the shoulders to soon, he is beginning to improve. (4 out of every 10 swings he is getting the timing of fire the knee and upper body move.)

Are you talking about the front knee or the back knee?

[Drill]

Are you talking about the front knee or the back knee?

back knee


drill

[Chris O'Leary]

My son is still trying to grasp the concept of "firing the knee" I think the think that I heard his coach say is it the same push you get as throwing the ball. Now other than repetition of tee work along with not opening up the shoulders to soon, he is beginning to improve. (4 out of every 10 swings he is getting the timing of fire the knee and upper body move.)

What drill(s) do you use to help fire the knee so to speak

I spend more time focusing on the stride and the stiffening of the front knee.

IMO, if the front side does its job of pulling the hips around then the back side will come along.